Hazelight’s It Takes Two continued its improbable run with a “Game of the Year” win at the 2021-2022 DICE Awards (and making it two-for-two after its triumph at The Game Awards).
More than 50 games received at least one nomination at the DICE Awards, but the membership of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences continued to come back to the same titles over and over again… which benefited the developers at Hazelight with a second trophy for It Takes Two in the “Outstanding Achievement in Game Design” category.
While it didn’t win “Game of the Year,” Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart took the momentum from its nine total nominations (the most entering the night) and tallied up four victories during last night’s ceremony across an eclectic set of categories (“Outstanding Achievement in Animation,” “Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction,” “Outstanding Technical Achievement,” and “Family Game of the Year”).
Several other games secured multiple awards at the DICE Awards, giving the development teams from Eidos Montreal (“Outstanding Achievement in Story” and “Adventure Game of the Year” for Guardians of the Galaxy), 343 Industries (“Online Game of the Year” and “Action Game of the Year” for Halo Infinite), Ready At Dawn (“Immersive Reality Technical Achievement” and “Immersive Reality Game of the Year” for Lone Echo II), and Housemarque (“Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition” and “Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design” for Returnal) two chances to deliver a speech on the DICE stage.
You can find the full list of winners and nominees from the 2021-2022 DICE Awards after the break, along with a video replay of the IGN-produced ceremony, which was hosted by Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot.
Game of the Year
- WINNER: It Takes Two
- Deathloop
- Inscryption
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal
Mobile Game of the Year
- WINNER: Pokemon Unite
- Behind the Frame
- Fantasian
- League of Legends: Wild Rift
- Moncage
Online Game of the Year
- WINNER: Halo Infinite
- Back 4 Blood
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
- Knockout City
Action Game of the Year
- WINNER: Halo Infinite
- The Ascent
- Deathloop
- Metroid Dread
- Returnal
Adventure Game of the Year
- WINNER: Guardians of the Galaxy
- Death’s Door
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
- Resident Evil Village
Family Game of the Year
- WINNER: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise
- Cozy Grove
- Mario Party Superstars
- WarioWare: Get it Together
Fighting Game of the Year
- WINNER: Guilty Gear: Strive
- Melty Blood: Type Lumina
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Racing Game of the Year
- WINNER: Forza Horizon 5
- F1 2021
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
Role-Playing Game of the Year
- WINNER: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
- Shin Megami Tensei V
- Tales of Arise
- Wildermyth
Sports Game of the Year
- WINNER: Mario Golf: Super Rush
- The Climb 2
- FIFA 22
- NBA 2K22
- Riders Republic
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- WINNER: Age of Empires IV
- Gloomhaven
- Griftlands
- Inscryption
- Loop Hero
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
- WINNER: Unpacking
- Death’s Door
- Inscryption
- Loop Hero
- Sable
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- WINNER: Lady Dimitrescu – Resident Evil Village
- Colt Vahn – Deathloop
- Kena – Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Alex Chen – Life Is Strange: True Colors
- Rivet – Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- WINNER: It Takes Two
- Deathloop
- Inscryption
- Loop Hero
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- WINNER: Deathloop
- The Artful Escape
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- WINNER: Returnal
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Psychonauts 2
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
- WINNER: Returnal
- Forza Horizon 5
- Halo Infinite
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Outstanding Achievement in Story
- WINNER: Guardians of the Galaxy
- Before Your Eyes
- The Forgotten City
- Inscryption
- Psychonauts 2
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- WINNER: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Battlefield 2042
- Forza Horizon 5
- Moncage
- Returnal
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- WINNER: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Deathloop
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Resident Evil Village
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- WINNER: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Deathloop
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Resident Evil Village
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
- WINNER: Lone Echo II
- Puzzling Places
- Resident Evil 4 VR
- Song in the Smoke
- Yuki
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
- WINNER: Lone Echo II
- Demeo
- I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
- Resident Evil 4 VR
- Song in the Smoke
Lifetime Achievement Award
- WINNER: Phil Spencer
Hall of Fame
- WINNER: Ed Boon