Overnight, the 2020 D.I.C.E. Awards (Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) took place with some of gaming's best titles being recognised for their tremendous achievements over the past year.
Taking the most prized award of all - Game of the Year - was the one and only Untitled Goose Game. The honky little indie stole the hearts of many last year through its quirky gameplay and refreshingly innocent content, squawking away the competition to take the honours.
Several of Nintendo's top Switch exclusives performed well, too, with the Big N taking home Family Game of the Year, Racing Game of the Year, Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Animation. Here's the full list of winners:
D.I.C.E 2020 Award Winners - Full List
- Game of the Year - Untitled Goose Game
- Action Game of the Year - Control
- Adventure Game of the Year - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Family Game of the Year - Super Mario Maker 2
- Fighting Game of the Year - Mortal Kombat 11
- Racing Game of the Year - Mario Kart Tour
- Role-Playing Game of the Year - The Outer Worlds
- Sports Game of the Year - FIFA 20
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year - Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement - Blood & Truth
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year - Pistol Whip
- Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game - Untitled Goose Game
- Portable Game of the Year - Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Online Game of the Year - Apex Legends
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design - Baba Is You
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction - Control
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation - Luigi's Mansion 3
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - Control
- Outstanding Achievement in Character - Untitled Goose Game (The Goose)
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition - Control
- Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design - Death Stranding
- Outstanding Achievement in Story - Disco Elysium
- Outstanding Technical Achievement - Death Stranding
Have you played many of these? Do you think they're worthy winners? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
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Still at the top of my list, hanging in there for a physical release.
Good too see Baba Is You make the list. It might be my favourite puzzle game ever.
I know that people like this game due to the meme factor, but this wasn't one of the best games in 2019.
Controversial troll pick at best.
How the heck is Mario kart tour the best racing game of the year?
Untitled Goose as GOTY is a joke but Mario Kart Tour as best racing game is an insult to the industry
Imagine giving Mario Kart Tour the win when it isn't even the best kart racer nominated.
When you have games like F1 2019, CTR:NF, and Dirt 2 and you pick the worst game.
I'm happy for the Untitled Goose, that game was suppose to be a joke game but became such a fun experience it's hard not to love it.
Mario kart tour won best racing game in a year where Crash Nitro Kart came out and a new Sonic Racing
This sounds more sponsored than that award show with the Dorito Pope lmao.
Imagine being a finalist for Racing Game of the Year (Crash Team Racing, Dirt Rally 2.0, F1 2019, Trials Rising) and Mario Kart Tour wins. A mobile game hahahaha.
Someone seems to have some Mario Kart bias
Nothing for Slay The Spire? Pity...
Goose Game is a meme... There were incredible achievements in game design this year and the meme takes the top award.
I'm at a loss.
@smithpa01 What award did CTR win then? I know it was one.
Mario Kart Tour was the best hands down. I still play it sometimes when waiting in line for stuff. It's not as good as Mario Kart, but it's way better than any other Kart racer.
Also, Fire Emblem ftw, greatest game ever made.
Considering how many awesome non-AAA games go unappreciated every year, it's a tad frustrating to me that this one meme'd its way to the top of the pile so quickly.
UGG was fun for the three hours it lasted, but I don’t see how something with so little content and zero replay value could possibly be GOTY. It wasn’t even some sort of phenomenal three hours, more of an amusing novelty.
Not to crap on the game, but seriously? GOTY? Over Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, Control, and even Death Stranding? What an insult to the gaming industry. I'd rather have Mario Kart Tour take GOTY than this.
Oh, and UGG also won "Outstanding Achievement in Character". Seriously?
Happy to see Fire emblem three houses take another award.
Still have 2 routes to play through, leaving a decent time and playing other titles in between.
Also what I have played so far if the dlc released yesterday has been awesome 😎
Untitled Goose Game is a novelty with a catchy title, and that’s it. If it was truly GOTY, then I’d fear for the industry.
Mario Kart Tour was disappointing enough that I played it for only five minutes and then deleted.
Outside of those two, the rest of the awards look genuine...
Is Untitled Goose Game the best game of 2019? Probably not. Is it the most relevant game of 2019? I'd argue it is, and I'd argue that makes it a worthy GOTY contender. Death Stranding hype died down quickly after the actual game was revealed and released. People were honking about Untitled Goose Game forever. It was a meme because, deep down, it resonated with people; it was a very simple concept pulled off very well. It's short, yes, but more games could stand to be a bit shorter. I'd argue it's better for games to leave people wanting more than for them to overstay their welcome.
I haven't played many of the other games, but Baba is You and LM3 absolutely deserve those awards.
Dice is a joke
MKT winning over CTR, F1 and Trials is a big fat joke. Other than that, congrats to House House.
@CoastersPaul I know the term "Game of the Year" is very broad but I doubt relevancy is what makes it. Especially since Disco Elysium was praised a lot.
@JuiceMan_V Agreed! It's a cute game but nothing more. I can name way more games I played that were better total experiences.
@Jayofmaya CTR:NF won The Game Awards Racing GOTY, which it absolutely deserved.
These picks just solidifies D.I.C.E. as being a paid off dumpster fire. $15 for a few hours or less of memes with sequence breaking bugs that allow it to be beaten within minutes? That's what qualifies as GOTY now? Go away, D.I.C.E.
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