Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yotei were nominated for eight awards ahead of the 2025-2026 DICE Awards ceremony. However, when it came time to hand out the statuettes, Sandfall Interactive’s RPG continued its awards season dominance in Las Vegas.
As it did at The Game Awards, Clair Obscur was named “Game of the Year” by DICE’s voting body of more than 30,000 industry professionals. The game’s developers also collected four additional awards, including “Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction”, “Outstanding Achievement in Story”, “Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction”, and “Role-Playing Game of the Year”.
But don’t worry, Sucker Punch didn’t go home empty-handed. Ghost of Yotei earned three awards at this year’s DICE Awards, including “Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition”, “Adventure Game of the Year”, and “Outstanding Achievement in Character” for Atsu.
Other big winners at the ceremony included Kojima Productions’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (“Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design” and “Outstanding Technical Achievement”) and Tonda Ros’s Blue Prince (“Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game” and “Outstanding Achievement in Game Design”).
The DICE Awards honored quite a few other games this year with their genre awards, including Hades II (“Action Game of the Year”), Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection (“Fighting Game of the Year”), Mario Kart World (“Racing Game of the Year”), and more.
A complete list of all the nominees and winners at the 2025-2026 DICE Awards can be found after the break. And you can also catch a replay of this year’s ceremony, which was once again hosted by Greg Miller and Stella Chung.
Game of the Year
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- ARC Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei
Mobile Game of the Year
- WINNER – Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
- What the Clash?
- Where Winds Meet
Online Game of the Year
- WINNER – ARC Raiders
- Battlefield 6
- Mario Kart World
- Marvel Rivals
- Split Fiction
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
- WINNER – Blue Prince
- Baby Steps
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
- WINNER – Ghost Town
- Deadpool VR
- Demeo X Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
- The Midnight Walk
- Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
- WINNER – Hotel Infinity
- Deadpool VR
- Ghost Town
- Star Wars: Beyond Victory
- Unloop
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- WINNER – South of Midnight
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- The Midnight Walk
- Monster Hunter Wilds
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei
- The Midnight Walk
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
- WINNER – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- ARC Raiders
- Ghost of Yotei
- Lumines Arise
- Split Fiction
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- WINNER – Atsu – Ghost of Yotei
- Esquie – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Courtney/Invisigal – Dispatch
- Robert Robertson III/Mecha Man – Dispatch
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- WINNER – Blue Prince
- ARC Raiders
- Hades II
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Ooo
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Blue Prince
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades II
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- WINNER – Ghost of Yotei
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Herdling
- Mario Kart World
- Sword of the Sea
Outstanding Achievement in Story
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- The Drifter
- South of Midnight
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- WINNER – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- ARC Raiders
- Assassin’s Creed: Shadows
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Doom: The Dark Ages
Action Game of the Year
- WINNER – Hades II
- Absolum
- ARC Raiders
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Ninja Gaiden 4
Adventure Game of the Year
- WINNER – Ghost of Yotei
- Blue Prince
- Dispatch
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Family Game of the Year
- WINNER – Lego Party
- Lego Voyagers
- Lumines Arise
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- Popucom
Fighting Game of the Year
- WINNER – Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection
- 2XKO
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- WWE 2K25
Racing Game of the Year
- WINNER – Mario Kart World
- F1 25
- Kirby Air Riders
- Wheel World
Role-Playing Game of the Year
- WINNER – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- The Outer Worlds 2
Sports Game of the Year
- WINNER – Rematch
- EA Sports FC 26
- MLB The Show 25
- NBA 2K26
- PGA Tour 2K25
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- WINNER – The Alters
- Drop Duchy
- Europa Universalis V
- The King is Watching
- StarVaders
Hall of Fame
- WINNER – Evan Wells