The game/studio walked away with awards for Outstanding Achievement in Story, Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and, as expected, Game of the Year.
Other big winners included Bioshock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons.
Check out the full list of winners below or head on over to the official site.
Suspense, horror, and surreal worlds dominated the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the video game industry?s most prestigious honors. Naughty Dog?s dystopian, post-apocalyptic reimagining of the zombie thriller, The Last Of Us, stole the show with 10 awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Story, Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and the industry?s top honor, Game of the Year.
The evening?s other big winners included Irrational Games? provocative alternate-historical FPS, Bioshock Infinite, which took home Action Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition. PopCap?s runaway mobile hit Plants vs. Zombies 2 won both Casual Game of the Year and Mobile Game of the Year, while EA Canada?s FIFA 14 continued the FIFA franchise?s run of five consecutive wins with Sports Game of the Year. Brothers ? A Tale of Two Sons, Starbreeze Studios? touching, story-driven adventure, took home the hardware for Downloadable Game of the Year. Wargaming?s multiplayer online game World of Tanks took home the honor for the D.I.C.E. Awards? newest category, Online Game of the Year.
?Tonight?s big winner, The Last of Us, is a prime example of how today?s modern video game studios expertly blend art, game play, and storytelling to transcend the traditional notion of video games,? said Martin Rae, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. ?This year?s winners range from deep, story-driven epics and massive interactive worlds to realistic sports action and engaging mobile experiences. They paint a broad picture of the new golden age we?re currently experiencing in the video game industry.?
Hosted by actress, producer and gamer Felicia Day, with fellow gamer and filmmaker, Freddie Wong, the awards were revealed in front of industry professionals at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas and broadcast online via Twitch.tv. The show was the culmination of the annual two-day D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit (#DICE2014), drawing some of the brightest and most influential interactive entertainment industry leaders, decision makers and visionaries.
The complete list of winners as decided by an all peer-based voting system includes:
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Outstanding Character Performance
The Last of Us (Ellie)
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Bioshock Infinite
- Publisher: 2K Games
- Developer: Irrational Games
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Outstanding Achievement in Story
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering
Grand Theft Auto V
- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Developer: Rockstar North
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Action Game of the Year
Bioshock Infinite
- Publisher: 2K Games
- Developer: Irrational Games
Adventure Game of the Year
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Fighting Game of the Year
Injustice: Gods Among Us
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: NetherRealm Studios
Role Playing Game/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Diablo III
- Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
- Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
XCOM: Enemy Within
- Publisher: 2K Games
- Developer: Firaxis Games
Casual Game of the Year
Plants VS Zombies 2
- Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
- Developer: PopCap, Electronic Arts Inc.
Family Game of the Year
Super Mario 3D World
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Developer: Nintendo EAD Tokyo Software Development Group No.2
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 5
- Publisher: Microsoft Studios
- Developer: Turn 10 Studios
Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 14
- Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
- Developer: EA Canada
Downloadable Game of the Year
Brothers ? A Tale of Two Sons
- Publisher: 505 Games
- Developer: Starbreeze Studios
Handheld Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Developer: Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3
Mobile Game of the Year
Plants VS Zombies 2
- Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
- Developer: PopCap, Electronic Arts Inc.
Online Game of the Year
World of Tanks
- Publisher: Wargaming Public Company Ltd. 105
- Developer: Wargaming.net
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
Game of the Year
The Last of Us
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: Naughty Dog Inc.
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