{"id":13494,"date":"2018-02-23T05:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/314942"},"modified":"2018-02-23T05:34:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T05:34:00","slug":"the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-big-winner-at-dice-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/02\/23\/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-big-winner-at-dice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild big winner at DICE Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the 21st DICE Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday night, Nintendo\u2019s <em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em> won game of the year, in addition to three other awards.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable winners include <em>Cuphead<\/em> from StudioMDHR which took home three awards, two for <em>Playerunknown\u2019s Battlegrounds<\/em> from PUBG Corporation, and tow for <em>Horizon: Zero Dawn<\/em> from Guerrilla Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Academy of Arts and Interactive Sciences, which runs the DICE Summit that happened this week, honored Genyo Takeda, special corporate advisor at Nintendo with a lifetime achievement award.<\/p>\n<p>The full list of award recipients is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Nintendo<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Nintendo<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Outstanding Achievement in Game Design<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Nintendo<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Immersive Reality Technical Achievement<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lone Echo\/Echo Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Oculus Studios<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Ready At Dawn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Immersive Reality Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lone Echo\/Echo Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Oculus Studios<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Ready At Dawn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Mobile Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fire Emblem Heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Nintendo<\/li>\n<li>Developer: INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS and Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Handheld Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Metroid: Samus Returns<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Nintendo<\/li>\n<li>Developer: MercurySteam and Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>D.I.C.E. Sprite Award<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snipperclips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: SFB Games<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYERUNKNOWN\u2019S BATTLEGROUNDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Bluehole<\/li>\n<li>Developer: PUBG Corporation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Strategy\/Simulation Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Sports Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FIFA 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Electronic Arts<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Electronic Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Role-Playing Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NierR: Automata<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Square Enix<\/li>\n<li>Developer: PlatinumGames<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Racing Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Nintendo<\/li>\n<li>Developer: Nintendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Fighting Game of the Year<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Injustice 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publisher: Warner Bros. 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