Ghost of Tsushima Takes Home Four D.I.C.E 2021 Awards, The Last of Us II Bags Two Trophies

Winners of the 24th annual D.I.C.E. Awards were announced this week, with Supergiant’s Hades dominating five categories including Game of the Year. It was also a good night for Sony Interactive Entertainment as a publisher as it bagged eight trophies in total.

Ghost of Tsushima won four categories and The Last of Us Part II won two. Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Dreams won an award each.

Full list of winners is as follows:

Game of the Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades – WINNER
• The Last of Us Part II

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades – WINNER
• Half-Life: Alyx
• Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
• The Last of Us Part II

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades – WINNER
• Half-Life: Alyx
• The Last of Us Part II
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Action Game of the Year

• Doom Eternal
• Hades – WINNER
• Half-Life: Alyx
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Nioh 2

Adventure Game of the Year

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
• Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
• The Last of Us Part II
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Family Game of the Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – WINNER
• Astro’s Playroom
• Dreams
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Fighting Game of the Year

• EA Sports UFC 4
• Granblue Fantasy Versus
• Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate – WINNER
• Them’s Fightin’ Herds

Racing Game of the Year

• Dirt 5
• F1 2020
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – WINNER

Role-Playing Game of the Year

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Final Fantasy VII Remake – WINNER
• Persona 5 Royal
• Wasteland 3
• Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Sports Game of the Year

• EA Sports FIFA 21
• MLB The Show 20
• NBA 2K21
• PGA Tour 2K21
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 – WINNER

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Crusader Kings III
• Desperados III
• Microsoft Flight Simulator – WINNER
• Monster Train
• Per Aspera

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

• Down the Rabbit Hole
• Half-Life: Alyx – WINNER
• Paper Beast
• The Room VR: Dark Matter
• The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners

Mobile Game of the Year

• HoloVista
• Legends of Runeterra – WINNER
• Little Orpheus
• Song of Bloom
• South of the Circle

Online Game of the Year

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War
• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout – WINNER
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Tetris Effect: Connected

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Final Fantasy VII Remake
• The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Spiritfarer

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
• Hades
• The Last of Us Part II
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Outstanding Achievement in Character

• Eivor, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Zagreus, Hades
• Abby, The Last of Us Part II
• Ellie, The Last of Us Part II
• Miles, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – WINNER

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• Carrion
• Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
• Little Orpheus
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• The Pathless

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

• Dreams
• Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
• The Last of Us Part II
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Hades
• Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
• The Last of Us Part II – WINNER

Outstanding Technical Achievement

• Dreams – WINNER
• Ghost of Tsushima
• The Last of Us Part II
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
• Microsoft Flight Simulator

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

• Half-Life: Alyx – WINNER
• Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
• Museum of Other Realities
• Paper Beast
• Tempest

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

• Coffee Talk
• Hades – WINNER
• If Found…
• Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
• Noita

[Source: IGN]

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