18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
Date	February 5, 2015
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Country	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by	Pete Holmes
Highlights
Most awards	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (8)
Most nominations	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (9)
Game of the Year	Dragon Age: Inquisition
Pioneer	Allan Alcorn and Ralph H. Baer

The 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards was the 18th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2014. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2015 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Pete Holmes.^[1]

The category for the "D.I.C.E. Sprite Award" was introduced. The award for "Online Game of the Year" has been relabeled as "Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay". The categories for the "Downloadable Game of the Year" and "Casual Game of the Year" were discontinued. The craft awards for "Gameplay Engineering" and "Visual Engineering" were merged into the "Outstanding Technical Achievement" award category.^[2]

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was the only video game who had swept the most awards except "Game of the Year", in which Dragon Age: Inquisition won. Ubisoft published the most nominated games and received the most nominations as a publisher with Ubisoft Montreal receiving the most nominations as a developer. Nintendo had published the most award-winning games.

Allan Alcorn received the "Pioneer Award" for creating Pong, one of the first video games. Ralph H. Baer, designer of the Magnavox Odyssey, also was posthumously awarded the "Pioneer Award." The Apple App Store received the first "Technical Impact Award".^[3]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Game of the Year Awards

Game of the Year Dragon Age: Inquisition — BioWare, Electronic Arts‡ Destiny — Bungie, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	D.I.C.E. Sprite Award Transistor — Supergiant Games‡ Hohokum — Honeyslug, Sony Computer Entertainment Monument Valley — Ustwo The Banner Saga — Stoic, Versus Evil Threes — Sirvo
Handheld Game of the Year Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS — Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Games, Nintendo‡ Bravely Default — Silicon Studio, Nintendo Child of Light — Ubisoft Montreal Shovel Knight — Yacht Club Games Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call — Square Enix, indieszero	Mobile Game of the Year Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment‡ 80 Days — Inkle Kingdom Rush: Origins — Ironhide Game Studio, Armor Games Monument Valley — Ustwo Threes — Sirvo
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Destiny — Bungie, Activision‡ Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Elite Dangerous — Frontier Developments Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment World of Tanks [Xbox 360] — Wargaming	Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Destiny — Bungie, Activision Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Monument Valley — Ustwo Project Spark — Team Dakota, Microsoft Studios

Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Lumino City — State of Play Games Monument Valley — Ustwo Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) — Upper One Games, E-Line Media The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts	Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Dungeon of the Endless — Amplitude Studios Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Assassin's Creed Unity — Ubisoft Montreal Infamous Second Son — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Sunset Overdrive — Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios Titanfall — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Monument Valley — Ustwo‡ Assassin's Creed Unity — Ubisoft Montreal Sunset Overdrive — Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier
Outstanding Achievement in Character Talion *(Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor)* — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Jonathan Irons (Call of Duty: Advance Warfare) — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Pagan Min (Far Cry 4) — Ubisoft Montreal Abigail "Fetch" Walker (Infamous First Light) — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Delsin Rowe (Infamous Second Son) — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Destiny — Bungie, Activision‡ Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris — Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix Europe The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts Transistor — Supergiant Games
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Destiny — Bungie, Activision‡ Assassin's Creed Unity — Ubisoft Montreal Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier	Outstanding Achievement in Story Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ South Park: The Stick of Truth — Obsidian Entertainment, South Park Digital Studios, Ubisoft The Wolf Among Us — Telltale Games This War of Mine — 11 Bit Studios Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier
Outstanding Technical Achievement Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Infamous Second Son — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Sunset Overdrive — Insomniac Games, Microsoft Studios

Genre Awards

Action Game of the Year Destiny — Bungie, Activision‡ Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare — Sledgehammer Games, Activision Far Cry 4 — Ubisoft Montreal Titanfall — Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts Wolfenstein: The New Order — MachineGames, Bethesda Softworks	Adventure Game of the Year Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡ Infamous Second Son — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment The Vanishing of Ethan Carter — The Astronauts The Wolf Among Us — Telltale Games Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Ubisoft Montpellier
Family Game of the Year LittleBigPlanet 3 — Sumo Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment‡ Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes — Avalanche Software, Heavy Iron Studios, Disney Interactive Studios Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham — Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Project Spark — Team Dakota, Microsoft Studios Skylanders: Trap Team — Toys for Bob, Beenox, Activision	Fighting Game of the Year Super Smash Bros. for Wii U — Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Games, Nintendo‡ Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- — Arc System Works, Aksys Games Nidhogg — Messhof Ultra Street Fighter IV — Dimps, Capcom
Racing Game of the Year Mario Kart 8 — Nintendo EAD‡ Forza Horizon 2 — Playground Games, Microsoft Game Studios The Crew — Ivory Tower, Ubisoft	Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dragon Age: Inquisition — BioWare, Electronic Arts‡ Bravely Default — Silicon Studio, Nintendo Divinity: Original Sin — Larian Studios The Banner Saga — Stoic, Versus Evil World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor — Blizzard Entertainment
Sports Game of the Year FIFA 15 — EA Canada‡ Madden NFL 15 — EA Tiburon MLB 14: The Show — SCE San Diego NBA 2K15 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games	Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft — Blizzard Entertainment‡ Boom Beach — Supercell Civilization: Beyond Earth — Firaxis Games, 2K Games Dungeon of the Endless — Amplitude Studios Endless Legend — Amplitude Studios, Iceberg Interactive

Special Awards

Pioneer

Technical Impact

Apple App Store

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Games that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Game
9	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
7	Far Cry 4
6	Destiny
6	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
5	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
5	Monument Valley
4	Infamous Second Son
	The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
	Valiant Hearts: The Great War
3	Assassin's Creed Unity
	Sunset Overdrive
	Titanfall
2	Bravely Default
	Dragon Age: Inquisition
	Dungeon of the Endless
	Project Spark
	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
	The Banner Saga
	The Wolf Among Us
	Threes
	Transistor

Nominations by company
Nominations	Games	Company
17	6	Ubisoft
12	3	Activision
10	2	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
9	1	Monolith Productions
8	5	Sony Computer Entertainment
7	4	Electronic Arts
7	2	Blizzard Entertainment
6	3	Microsoft Studios
6	1	Bungie
5	4	Nintendo
	2	Sucker Punch Productions
	1	Sledgehammer Games
		Ustwo
4		The Astronauts
3	2	Amplitude Studios
	1	Insomniac Games
	1	Respawn Entertainment
2	2	2K Games
		Bandai Namco Games
		Sora Ltd.
		Square Enix
	1	BioWare
		Silicon Studio
		Sirvo
		Stoic
		Supergiant Games
		Team Dakota
		Telltale Games
		Versus Evil

Multiple awards

Games that received multiple awards
Awards	Game
8	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
4	Destiny
2	Dragon Age: Inquisition
	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Awards by company
Awards	Games	Company
8	1	Monolith Productions
8		Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
4		Activision
4		Bungie
3	3	Nintendo
3	2	Electronic Arts
2	2	Bandai Namco Games
	2	Sora Ltd.
	1	Blizzard Entertainment
	1	BioWare

External links

Official website

References

^ "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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^ "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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[1] "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

[2] "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[3] "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[4] "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Finalists" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[5] "18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[6] "Dragon Age: Inquisition Soars to Victory with Game of the Year at 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

[7] "2015 D.I.C.E. Awards". BrutalGamer. February 6, 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[8] Seedhouse, Alex (2015-02-08). "Nintendo scoop three awards at the 18th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards". Nintendo Insider. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

[9] "Dragon Age: Inquisition Takes Game of the Year at DICE Awards". The Escapist. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

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