Overwatch took home peer-based voting panel DICE’s “Game of the Year” award in a move that was never going to go any other way. Also the Game Awards’ Game of the Year, Overwatch made a clean sweep of 2016 awards cycle.
In DICE’s 20th year, only three games won multiple categories: Overwatch, Inside and Uncharted 4
Overwatch
Game of the Year
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
Action Game of the Year
Inside
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
DICE Sprite Award
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Adventure Game of the Year
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Several games nabbed single awards, indicating 2016 was a strong year across all awards categories. New achievements this year nodded to virtual reality and augmented reality games’ rising prominence. Curiously, The Last Guardian’s cat-bird earned this year’s “Outstanding Achievement in Character” award. Take a look:
Eagle Flight
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
Superhot Vr
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
Pokémon GO
Mobile Game of the Year
Pokémon Sun and Moon
Handheld Game of the Year
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Steep
Sports Game of the Year
Dark Souls III
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Forza Horizon 3
Racing Game of the Year
Street Fighter V
Fighting Game of the Year
Ratchet & Clank
Family Game of the Year
Battlefield 1
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
DOOM
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
The Last Guardian – Trico
Outstanding Achievement in Character
