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