God of War Wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards

God of War dominated at this year’s 22nd annual DICE Awards, held by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences tonight in Las Vegas.

God of War not only received the coveted Game of the Year award, it went home with a whopping nine awards out of 23 categories, including Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Game Design, Story, Original Music Composition and more. In comparison, 2018’s Game of the Year, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, took home four awards.

The only other multi-award winner this year was the indie-darling Celeste, which went home with the Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game and Action Game of the Year awards.

“Tonight, at the 22nd Annual DICE Awards, the interactive entertainment industry gathered together from all over the world to celebrate their trailblazers – the very best in video games and the teams who - with their amazing talent and vision - have created boundary defying experiences that have captivated global audiences,” said Meggan Scavio, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “On behalf of the Academy, I congratulate not only this year’s incredible nominees, but the esteemed winners chosen by their peers.”

In addition to these awards, Microsoft corporate vice president and head of 343 Industries Bonnie Ross was the 2019 recipient of the Academy’s Hall of Fame Award. She was given this award for her vision and expansion of the Halo franchise, and for being a key voice in promoting STEM and diversity efforts across the games industry amongst women, under-represented minority groups and children.

See the full list of winners below. Winners are marked in red.

Game of the Year

God of War - WINNER Into the Breach Marvel’s Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

God of War - WINNER Into the Breach Marvel’s Spider-Man Return of the Obra Dinn Subnautica

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

Florence God of War - WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

God of War GRIS Marvel’s Spider-Man - WINNER Moss Red Dead Redemption 2

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Detroit: Become Human God of War - WINNER GRIS Marvel’s Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2

Outstanding Achievement in Character

Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Kassandra God of War - Atreus God of War - Kratos - WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man - Peter Parker/Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 - Arthur Morgan

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Detroit: Become Human Forgotton Anne God of War - WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man Tetris Effect

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Battlefield V Detroit: Become Human God of War - WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man Moss

Outstanding Achievement in Story

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Florence God of War - WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

Celeste - WINNER Florence Into the Breach Minit Return of the Obra Dinn

Outstanding Technical Achievement

Astro Bot Rescue Mission Battlefield V God of War Marvel’s Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 - WINNER

Action Game of the Year

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Celeste - WINNER Destiny 2: Forsaken Far Cry 5 Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Adventure Game of the Year

Detroit: Become Human God of War - WINNER Marvel’s Spider-Man Red Dead Redemption 2 Return of the Obra Dinn

Family Game of the Year

Astro Bot Rescue Mission Kirby Star Allies LEGO DC Super-Villains Starlink: Battle for Atlas Unravel Two - WINNER

Fighting Game of the Year

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Dragon Ball Fighter Z Soulcalibur 6 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - WINNER

Racing Game of the Year

Forza Horizon 4 - WINNER F1 2018 Wreckfest

Role-Playing Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Monster Hunter: World - WINNER Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Bad North Frostpunk Into the Breach - WINNER Northgard RimWorld

Sports Game of the Year

FIFA 19 Mario Tennis Aces - WINNER MLB The Show 18

Portable Game of the Year

Dandara Donut County Dragalia Lost Florence - WINNER Oddmar

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Astro Bot Rescue Mission Beat Saber Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders Tónandi - WINNER Torn

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

Astro Bot Rescue Mission Beat Saber - WINNER Moss Sprint Vector Transference

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

Fortnite - WINNER Destiny 2: Forsaken Laser League Red Dead Redemption 2 Sea of Thieves

For more from this year’s DICE show, read about how SIE Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden said to “never underestimate Nintendo” and how Uncharted’s Amy Hennig feels there will be “a revolution in how we receive game content.”

Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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