The finalists for the 19th Annual DICE (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) awards have been announced. Finalists are chosen from among members of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, which includes gaming, app, and tech companies.
The DICE awards and Summit are one of the more prestigious awards in gaming, and will take place February 16 to 18 at Mandalay Bay and Delano Hotel.
Here are the nominees for the biggest categories:
Game of the Year
- Bloodborne
- Fallout 4
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- Fallout 4
- Life is Strange
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Undertale
Adventure Game of the Year
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Life is Strange
- METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
Action Game of the Year
- Destiny: The Taken King
- HELLDIVERS
- Just Cause 3
- Star Wars™ Battlefront
- Splatoon
Mobile Game of the Year
- DomiNations
- Fallout Shelter
- Lara Croft GO
- PAC-MAN 256
- The Room Three
D.I.C.E. Sprite Award (basically Indie Game)
- Her Story
- GALAK-Z
- Kerbal Space Program
- Rocket League
- Undertale
