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Overwatch wins DICE Game of the Year award

See all the winners here.
Ricardo C. Esteves Editor-in-Chief Portugal 24 February 2017

Do you agree with all of these winners? What would you have chosen instead?

The DICE awards (not to be confused with the developer), from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, were held last night in Las Vegas, and we have the winners listed below. Blizzard's Overwatch took home the biggest award - Game of the Year - following last year's award going to Fallout 4.

DICE Awards Winners:

Game of the Year:
Overwatch

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:
Inside

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
Overwatch

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay:
Overwatch

Handheld Game of the Year:
Pokémon Sun & Moon

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Civilization VI

Sports Game of the Year:
Steep

RPG/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:
Dark Souls III

Racing Game of the Year:
Forza Horizon 3

Fighting Game of the Year:
Street Fighter V

Family Game of the Year:
Ratchet & Clank

Immersive Reality Game of the Year:
Superhot VR

Outstanding Technical Achievement:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Outstanding Achievement in Story:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Battlefield 1

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
Doom

Outstanding Achievement in Character:
The Last Guardian - Trico

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Inside

Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

DICE Sprite Award:
Inside

Adventure Game of the Year:
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Action Game of the Year:
Overwatch

Mobile Game of the Year:
Pokemon Go

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement:
Eagle Flight

Editor-in-Chief Portugal Ricardo C. Esteves was editor-in-chief of Gamereactor Portugal, writing for the site from 2013. He covered video games across news, previews and reviews, and also wrote on film and television.
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