The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards), co-hosted for the fourth year by Jessica Chobot and Greg Miller. Academy members will begin general voting for the video game industry’s premier, peer-juried awards show on Friday, Jan. 10th at 5:00 PM PDT.
The winners will be revealed at the D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony on Thursday, February 13th at Aria Resort Las Vegas as the culmination of the week-long industry gathering at the 2020 D.I.C.E. Summit (#DICE2020).
Sixty-five games released in 2019 received nominations. Control and Death Stranding lead the nominees with eight nominations each followed by Disco Elysium and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, each earning six nods. Tying for four nominations each include Outer Wilds and Untitled Goose Game while A Short Hike, Mortal Kombat 11, Resident Evil 2, and Sayonara Wild Hearts each received three. Finalists for 2019’s top honor, Game of the Year, are: Control, Death Stranding, Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, and Untitled Goose Game.
“On behalf of the Academy, I want to thank our peer panelists, who always dedicate their time, energy, and expertise in evaluating and selecting 2019’s best games,” said Meggan Scavio, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “To all of the finalists – a big congratulations on continuing to push the boundaries of storytelling, creativity and technical innovation. We can’t wait to celebrate your achievements at the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards!”
The Academy and its Board of Directors thank all of the people who serve as Peer Panelists and generously volunteer their time to determine finalists. View a full list of Peer Panelists here.
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Days Gone | Death Stranding | Devil May Cry 5 | Luigi's Mansion 3 |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Nintendo |
| Infinity Ward | SIE Bend Studio | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | Next Level Games | |
| Animation Directors: Mark Grigsby Jason Greenberg |
Lead Animator: Jake Spence Cinematic Animation Supervisor: Emmanuel Roth |
Lead Animator: Masaaki Kawata |
Lead Animator: Yuichiro Hiraki |
Lead Animator: Marie Wyatt |
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Concrete Genie | Control | Death Stranding | Resident Evil 2 |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | Sony Interactive Entertainment | 505 Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Capcom Co., Ltd. |
| Infinity Ward | Pixelopus | Remedy Entertainment | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | |
| Studio Art Director: Joel Emslie |
Art Director: Jeff Sangalli |
Art Director: Janne Pulkkinen |
Art Director: Yoji Shinkawa |
Art Director: Satoshi Takamatsu Environment Lead: Yoshitsugu Tanaka Concept Artist: Tomonori Takano |
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| Control | Death Stranding | Death Stranding | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Untitled Goose Game |
| Jesse Faden | Cliff Unger | Sam Porter Bridges | Greez | The Goose |
| 505 Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Electronic Arts | Panic |
| Remedy Entertainment | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | Respawn Entertainment | House House |
| Writer: Sam Lake Voice Actor: Courtney Hope |
Writer: Hideo Kojima Voice Actor: Mads Mikkelsen |
Writer: Hideo Kojima Voice Actor: Norman Reedus |
Narrative Lead: Aaron Contreras Voice Actor: Daniel Roebuck Head of Respawn: Vince Zampella |
Developers: Michael McMaster Jake Strasser Nico Disseldorp Stuart Gillespie-Cook |
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| Arise: A Simple Story | Control | Erica | Golem | Mortal Kombat 11 |
| Techland Publishing | 505 Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Highwire Games | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Piccolo Studio | Remedy Entertainment | Flavourworks | NetherRealm Studios | |
| Composer: David García |
Composers: Petri Alanko Martin Stig Andersen |
Composer: Austin Wintory |
Audio Director/Composer: Martin O'Donnell |
Main Theme/Story Mode Composer: Wilbert Roget, II Audio Director: Dan Forden Advanced Composer: Nathan Grigg |
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Death Stranding | Mortal Kombat 11 | Resident Evil 2 | Sayonara Wild Hearts |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
Capcom Co., Ltd. | Annapurna Interactive |
| Infinity Ward | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | NetherRealm Studios | Simogo |
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| Audio Director: Stephen Miller |
Audio Lead: |
Director of Audio: Rich Carle Audio Director: Dan Forden Senior Sound Designer: Stephen Schappler |
Composer: Shusaku Uchiyama Sound Designer: Shohei Miyata |
Sound Designer: Daniel Olsen Audio Lead: Daniel Olsen |
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| Control | Disco Elysium | Outer Wilds | Telling Lies | The Outer Worlds |
| 505 Games | ZA/UM | Annapurna Interactive | Annapurna Interactive | Private Division |
| Remedy Entertainment | Mobius Digital | Sam Barlow | Obsidian Entertainment | |
| Lead Writer: Sam Lake Writer: Clay Murphy Narrative Lead: Josh Stubbs |
Lead Writer: Robert Kurvitz Writers: Helen Hindpere Argo Tuulik Cash DeCuir Olga Moskvina Siim Sinamae Justin Keenan Andrus Laansalu |
Writer: Kelsey Beachum |
Writers: Sam Barlow Amelia Gray |
Writers: Carrie Patel Megan Starks Nitai Poddar Daniel McPhee Paul Kirsch Kate Dollarhyde Chris L'Etoile Game Directors: Tim Cain Leonard Boyarsky |
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Concrete Genie | Control | Death Stranding | Metro Exodus |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | Sony Interactive Entertainment | 505 Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Deep Silver |
| Infinity Ward | Pixelopus | Remedy Entertainment | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | 4A Games |
| Principal Engineers: Dan Nelson Michal Drobot |
Principal Engineer: David Lee Swenson Engineer: Xun "Eric" Zhang |
Lead Programmer: Sean Donnelly Northlight Technology Team Manager: Mikko Orrenmaa Lead Graphics Programmer: Tatu Aalto |
Lead Game Designer: Hiroaki Yoshiike UI Designer: Tsutomu Hashiguchi |
Executive Producer: Oleksandr Shyshkovtsov, CTO Game and Creative Director: Oleksandr Shyshkovtsov, CTO |
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Control | Devil May Cry 5 | Gears 5 | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | 505 Games | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Xbox Game Studios | Activision Publishing, Inc. |
| Infinity Ward | Remedy Entertainment | The Coalition | FromSoftware, Inc. |
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| Co-Studio Head and Creative Director, Infinity Ward: Patrick Kelly Head of Development, Call of Duty and Co-Studio Head, Infinity Ward: Dave Stohl |
Lead Producer: Juha Vainio Game Director: Mikael Kasurinen |
Producer: Matt Walker Senior Producer: Michiteru Okabe Director: Hideaki Itsuno |
Studio Head: Rod Fergusson Technical Director: Mike Rayner Campaign Design Director: Matt Searcy Multiplayer Design Director: Ryan Cleven |
Executive Producers: Robert Conkey Yuzo Kojima Creative Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki Co-Director: Kazuhiro Hamatani |
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| Death Stranding | Luigi's Mansion 3 | Resident Evil 2 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Nintendo | Capcom Co., Ltd. | Electronic Arts | Nintendo |
| Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | Next Level Games | Respawn Entertainment | ||
| Producer: Hideo Kojima Creative Director: Hideo Kojima Game Director: Hideo Kojima |
Representative: Kensuke Tanabe Creative Director: Bryce Holliday Game Director: Bryce Holliday Supervisor: Yoshihito Ikebata |
Producers: Yoshiaki Hirabayashi Tsuyoshi Kanda Directors: Kazunori Kadoi Yasuhiro Anpo |
Game Director: Stig Asmussen Lead Game Designer: Brandon Kelch Lead Combat Designer: Jason de Heras Lead Level Designer: Jeff Magers Narrative Lead: Aaron Contreras |
Producer: Eiji Aonuma Creative Director: Mikiharu Oiwa |
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| A Short Hike | DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 | Ring Fit Adventure | Super Mario Maker 2 | Yoshi's Crafted World |
| Adam Robinson-Yu | SQUARE ENIX | Nintendo | Nintendo | Nintendo |
| Good-Feel | ||||
| Game Director: Adam Robinson-Yu |
General Director: YUJI HORII Character Designer: AKIRA TORIYAMA Music Composer: KOICHI SUGIYAMA Producers: Noriyoshi Fujimoto Takuma Shiraishi Director: Kazuya Niinou |
Producer: Koichi Kawamoto Creative Director: Hiroshi Matsunaga Game Director: Hiroshi Matsunaga |
Producer: Takashi Tezuka Creative Director: Toshiyuki Kusakihara Genki Yokota Game Directors: Shigefumi Hino Satoko Higashi |
Producers: Takashi Tezuka Etsunobu Ebisu Creative Director: Masahiro Yamamoto Game Director: Masahiro Yamamoto |
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| Dead or Alive 6 | Jump Force | Mortal Kombat 11 | Samurai Shodown | |
| KOEI TECMO GAMES |
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | SNK Corporation | |
| Team NINJA | Spike Chunsoft | NetherRealm Studios | ||
| Producer and Director: Yohei Shimbori Art Director and Game Scenario Lead: Yutaka Saito Battle Director: Akihiro Nakamura |
Producer: Hiroyuki Kaneko Director: Toyokazu Sakamoto |
Creative Director: Ed Boon Studio Head: Shaun Himmerick |
Director: Nobuyuki Kuroki Concept and Battle Designer: Hidetoshi Ishizawa Lead Game Designers: Yuji Watanabe Kaito Soranaka |
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| Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled | DiRT Rally 2.0 | F1 2019 | Mario Kart Tour | Trials Rising |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | Codemasters | Codemasters | Nintendo | Ubisoft |
| Beenox |
Ubisoft RedLynx, Ubisoft Kyiv | |||
| Executive Producer: Stéphane Gravel Creative Director: Thomas Wilson Game Director: Philippe Turcotte |
Development Director: Geoff Smith Game Director: Ross Gowing Technical Director: Gary Buckley |
Executive Producer: Christopher Gray Game Director: Lee Mather Chief Games Director: Gavin Cooper |
Producer: Hideki Konno Creative Director: Kosuke Yabuki Game Directors: Yugo Hayashi Shinya Fujiwara |
Producer: Mikko Lindholm Creative Director: Antti Ilvessuo |
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| Disco Elysium | Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | Kingdom Hearts III | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield | The Outer Worlds |
| ZA/UM | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
Private Division |
| GAME FREAK | Obsidian Entertainment | |||
Creative Director/ Game Director: Robert Kurvitz Art Director/ Game Director: Aleksander Rostov Executive Producers: Kaur Kender and Tõnis Haavel |
Producer and Director: Naoki Yoshida |
Director: Tetsuya Nomura Co-Director: Tai Yasue |
Producer: Junichi Masuda Creative Director: Shigeru Ohmori Game Director: Shigeru Ohmori |
Producer: Eric DeMilt Game Directors: Tim Cain Leonard Boyarsky |
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| FIFA 20 | Madden NFL 20 | MLB The Show 19 | NBA 2k20 | NHL 20 |
| EA Sports | EA Sports | Sony Interactive Entertainment | 2K | EA Sports |
| EA Vancouver EA Romania |
EA Tiburon | SIE San Diego Studio | Visual Concepts | EA Vancouver |
| Executive Producer: Aaron McHardy Creative Director: Matt Prior |
Creative Director: Michael Young Executive Producer: Seann Graddy |
Producer: Marcus Efting Creative Director: Nick Livingston Design Director: Jason Villa |
Lead Engineer: Andrew H. Marrinson Executive Producer: Jeffrey J. Thomas Gameplay Director: Mike Wang |
Creative Director: William Ho Executive Producer: Sean Ramjagsingh |
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| Anno 1800 | Fire Emblem: Three Houses | Oxygen Not Included | Slay The Spire | Total War: Three Kingdoms |
| Ubisoft | Nintendo | Klei Entertainment Inc. | Humble Bundle | SEGA |
| Ubisoft Mainz |
Nintendo Intelligent Systems CO., LTD KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. LTD. |
Mega Crit Games | Creative Assembly | |
| Executive Producer: Burkhard Ratheiser Creative Director: Dirk Riegert Lead Game Designer: Jan Dungel |
Producers: Hitoshi Yamagami Masahiro Higuchi Takashi Morinaka Creative Directors: Toshiyuki Kusakihara Genki Yokota Game Director: Naoko Horie |
Developers: Jamie Cheng Alia McCutcheon Johann Seidenz Ju-Lian Kwan Graham Jans |
Producers: Casey Yano Anthony Giovannetti Creative Directors: Casey Yano Anthony Giovannetti Game Directors: Casey Yano Anthony Giovannetti |
Game Director: Janos Gaspar Lead Designer: Attila Mohacsi Total War Executive Producer: Mike Simpson |
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| Asgard's Wrath | Blood & Truth | Pistol Whip | Stormland | Westworld Awakening |
| Oculus VR | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Cloudhead Games | Oculus VR | HBO |
| Sanzaru Games | London Studio | Insomniac Games | Survios | |
| Senior Technology Director: Evan Arnold Senior Development Director: Jenny Huang Technical Art Director: Jean-Francois Lepine Lead Engineers: Carlos Hurtado Dan Halpern |
Technical Directors: Will Burdon Mark Lintott |
Lead Engineer: Paul White Design Lead: Cameron Oltmann Art Lead: Jonathan Hackett Senior Engineers: Christopher Roe 3D Artist: Matt Lyon |
Lead Designer: Mike Daly Game Director: Mike Daly Creative Director: Duncan Moore |
Executive Producer: Lisa Ohanian Game Director: James Iliff Chief Games Director: Daniel Zeligman |
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| Asgard's Wrath | Blood & Truth | Pistol Whip | The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets |
Trover Saves the Universe |
| Oculus VR | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Cloudhead Games | Fast Travel Games | Squanch Games, Inc. |
| Sanzaru Games | London Studio | |||
| Game Director: Bill Spence Executive Producer: Glen Egan Senior Creative Director: Mat Kraemer Creative Director: Grace Morales Lingad |
Director of VR Product Development: Stuart Whyte |
Creative Director: Denny Unger Design Lead: Cameron Oltmann Audio Director: Joel Green Level Designers: Antony Stevens Dan Taylor |
Creative Director: James Hunt |
Executive Producer: Tanya Watson Creative Director: Justin Roiland Design Director: Erich Meyr Art Director: Mikey Spano |
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| A Short Hike | Disco Elysium | Sayonara Wild Hearts | Untitled Goose Game | WHAT THE GOLF? |
| Adam Robinson-Yu | ZA/UM | Annapurna Interactive | Panic | Triband, The Label |
| Simogo | House House | Triband | ||
| Game Director: Adam Robinson-Yu |
Creative Director/ Game Director: Robert Kurvitz Art Director/Game Director: Aleksander Rostov Executive Producers: Kaur Kender Tõnis Haavel |
Producers: Simon Flesser Magnus Gardebäck Creative Director: Simon Flesser Game Directors: Simon Flesser Magnus Gardebäck |
Developers: Michael McMaster Jake Strasser Nico Disseldorp Stuart Gillespie-Cook |
Creative Directors: Tim Garbos Peter Bruun Lead Game Design: Tim Garbos Gameplay Design: Lasse Astrup Felix Nordanåker Óscar Losada Morten Skouboe Puns: Rune K. Drewsen |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | GRINDSTONE | Sayonara Wild Hearts | Sky: Children of the Light | WHAT THE GOLF? |
| Activision Publishing, Inc. | Capybara Games | Annapurna Interactive | thatgamecompany | Triband, The Label |
| TiMi Studios | Simogo | Triband | ||
| Game Director: Matt Lewis Producer: Fei Ao Creative Director: Jeremiah Maza |
Producers: Nathan Vella Matt Repetski Game Director: Dan Vader Design: Kris Piotrowski Kenneth Yeung Ben Thomas |
Producers: Simon Flesser Magnus Gardebäck Creative Director: Simon Flesser Game Directors: Simon Flesser Magnus Gardebäck |
Creative Director: Jenova Chen |
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| Apex Legends | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Destiny 2: Shadowkeep | TETRIS🄬 99 |
Wargroove |
| Electronic Arts | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Bungie | Nintendo | Chucklefish |
| Respawn Entertainment | Infinity Ward |
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| Creative Director: Todd Alderman Executive Producer: Drew McCoy Game Director: Chad Grenier Head of Respawn: Vince Zampella |
Co-Studio Head and Creative Director, Infinity Ward: Patrick Kelly Head of Development, Call of Duty and Co-Studio Head, Infinity Ward: Dave Stohl |
General Manager, Destiny 2: Mark Noseworthy Game Director, Destiny 2: Luke Smith |
Lead Online Designer: Akira Kinashi Lead Online Engineer: Ryuhei Hirota |
Producer: Lili Ibrahim Creative Director: Lili Ibrahim Game Director: Finn Brice |
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| Baba is You | Disco Elysium | Outer Wilds | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | Slay the Spire |
| Hempuli Oy | ZA/UM | Annapurna Interactive | Activision Publishing, Inc. | Humble Bundle |
| Mobius Digital | FromSoftware, Inc. | Mega Crit Games | ||
| Designer: Arvi Teikari |
Creative Director/ Game Director: Robert Kurvitz Art Director/ Game Director: Aleksander Rostov Executive Producers: Kaur Kender and Tõnis Haavel |
Lead Designer: Loan Verneau |
Design Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki |
Lead Designers: Casey Yano Anthony Giovannetti Design Directors: Casey Yano Anthony Giovannetti |
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| A Short Hike | Control | Disco Elysium | Outer Wilds | Untitled Goose Game |
| Adam Robinson-Yu | 505 Games | ZA/UM | Annapurna Interactive | Panic |
| Remedy Entertainment | Mobius Digital | House House | ||
| Game Director: Adam Robinson-Yu |
Game Director: Mikael Kasurinen |
Creative Director/ Game Director: Robert Kurvitz Art Director/ Game Director: Aleksander Rostov |
Creative Director: Alex Beachum Game Director: Alex Beachum |
Developers: Michael McMaster Jake Strasser Nico Disseldorp Stuart Gillespie-Cook |
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| Control | Death Stranding | Disco Elysium | Outer Wilds | Untitled Goose Game |
| 505 Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | ZA/UM | Annapurna Interactive | Panic |
| Remedy Entertainment | Kojima Productions Co., Ltd. | Mobius Digital | House House | |
| Lead Producer: Juha Vainio Game Director: Mikael Kasurinen |
Producer: Hideo Kojima Creative Director: Hideo Kojima Game Director: Hideo Kojima |
Creative Director/ Game Director: Robert Kurvitz Art Director/ Game Director: Aleksander Rostov Executive Producers: Kaur Kender Tõnis Haavel |
Producer: Loan Verneau Creative Director: Alex Beachum Game Director: Alex Beachum |
Developers: Michael McMaster Jake Strasser Nico Disseldorp Stuart Gillespie-Cook |
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