D.I.C.E. Awards 2025
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📣 About
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🎬 Livestream
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🏆 Finalist and winners
Event date: 2025.02.13.
Duration: ~ 1,5 hour
Event series: D.I.C.E. Awards
Place: Aria Resort (Los Angeles) & Online
Attendance: -
Website: https://www.interactive.org/awards/i92j428th_annual_dice_awards_results_93io35.asp
The D.I.C.E. Awards 2025 event was held on 13 February 2025 as part of the D.I.C.E. Summit 2025, organised by The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS). Held at the Aria Resort in Los Angeles [^1] , the awards celebrated the developers and studios that developed the most groundbreaking video games of the year.
The nominees were selected based on the votes of more than 30,000 industry professionals [^2] , from which a Peer Panelist [^3] helped determine the finalists. The voting was based on a total of 60 games released in the year 2024, nominated in 23 categories, celebrating achievements in technology, art, animation, story and audio.
The event was also available to view online in addition to the venue, courtesy of media partner IGN. The broadcast began at 8:00 PM local time (PT) on February 13, 2025.
The two hosts of the event were Greg Miller (founder of Kinda Funny Games) and Stella Chung (award-winning media personality).
The most outstanding achievement was Team ASOBITeam ASOBI's Astro Bot, which won a total of five major categories, including Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Technical Achievement, Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, and the most prestigious, Game of the Year.
Special mention was given to the individual developer LocalThink, who took home the Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game and Mobile Game of the Year for his game Balatro.
Swedish game developer Arrowhead Game Studios also received a special mention, taking home a total of four awards for their game Helldivers 2: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design, Action Game of the Year and Online Game of the Year.
MachineGames won a total of three awards for Indina Jones and the Great Circle, which is also a notable achievement: Outstanding Achievement in Character, Outstanding Achievement in Story and Adventure Game of the Year.
In addition to the awards for 23 games, two industry leaders also received awards:
Don James, a leader and cornerstone of Nintendo of America’s legacy, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the games industry, from his foundational work at Nintendo to his passions at the Starlight Children’s Foundation. [^2]
The AIAS also honored Ted Price, president and founder of Insomniac Games, with the Hall of Fame award for his contributions to game development, including leading Insomniac Games for three decades and advocating for video game creators’ First Amendment rights. [^2]
| Outstanding Achievement in Animation | ||||
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| Astro Bot | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH | Neva | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 |
| Team ASOBI | Treyarch | SQUARE ENIX | Nomada | Saber Interactive |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Activision | Devolver Digital | Focus Entertainment Publishing | |
| Studio Head Nicolas Doucet Animation Director Jamie Smith Senior Animator Kohei Kawa |
Associate Animation Director, Treyarch Phil Lozano Associate Animation Director, Treyarch Yanick Lebel Animation Senior Director, Raven Software Martin McBain |
Animation Director Yoshiyuki Soma |
Lead Animation Adrián Miguel Animation Ian García Arnau Martín |
Lead Animator Aleksandr Rudenko |
| Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction |
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| Black Myth: Wukong | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
LEGO Horizon Adventures | The Plucky Squire | Senua's Saga: Hellblade II |
| GameScience | MachineGames | Guerilla Games Studio Gobo | All Possible Futures | Ninja Theory |
| Bethesda Softworks | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Devolver Digital | Xbox Game Studios | |
| Co-founder, Art Director Yang Qi |
Creative Director Axel Torvenius Art Director Mattias Astenvald |
Studio Art Director, Gobo Paul Ayliffe Studio Art Director, Guerrilla Jan-Bart van Beek Art Director, Guerrilla Roy Postma |
Art Director Jamie Turner |
VFX Director Mark Slater-Tunstill Character Art Director Dan Crossland Environment Art Director Dan Attwell |
| Outstanding Achievement in Character | ||||
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| 1000xRESIST | FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
INDIKA | Senua's Saga: Hellblade II |
| Watcher | Yuffie Kisaragi | Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones | Indika |
Senua |
| Sunset Visitor | SQUARE ENIX | MachineGames | Odd Meter | Ninja Theory |
| Fellow Traveller | Bethesda Softworks | 11 bit studios | Xbox Game Studios | |
| Writers Natalie Tin Yin Gan Conor Wylie Remy Siu Actor Nhi Do VO Director Remy Siu VO Selection N. Tan |
Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura Story & Scenario Kazushige Nojima (STELLAVISTA LTD.) Actor Suzie Yeung |
Writer Tommy Tordsson Björk Actor Troy Baker Game Director Jerk Gustafsson Executive Producer Todd Howard |
Director Dmitry Svetlow Script Dmitry Svetlow Maxim Lebedev Actor Anastassia Dyachuk |
Writer Lara Derham Actor Melina Juergens |
| Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition | ||||
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| Astro Bot | Helldivers 2 | Monument Valley 3 | Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | Star Wars Outlaws |
| Team ASOBI | Arrowhead Game Studios | ustwo games | Ninja Theory | Massive Entertainment |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Netflix Games | Xbox Game Studios | Ubisoft |
| Composer Kenneth C M Young |
Composers Wilbert Roget II Ross Tregenza Score Producer Keith Leary |
Music & Audio Design Todd Baker Lucie Treacher |
Audio Director & Composer David Garcia-Diaz |
Composer Wilbert Roget II Co-Composer Cody Matthew Johnson Audio Director Simon Koudriavtsev |
| Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design | ||||
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| Frostpunk 2 | Helldivers 2 | Monument Valley 3 | Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | Still Wakes the Deep |
| 11 bit studios | Arrowhead Game Studios | ustwo games | Ninja Theory | The Chinese Room |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Netflix Games | Xbox Game Studios | Secret Mode | |
| Expert Sound Designer Krzysztof Lipka |
Senior Sound Designer Harvey Scott Senior Dialogue Designer Bianca Salinas Production Designer Alex Bolle |
Music & Audio Design Todd Baker Lucie Treacher |
Audio Director David Garcia-Diaz |
Audio Director Daan Hendriks |
| Outstanding Achievement in Story | ||||
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| 1000xRESIST | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
Metaphor: ReFantazio | Still Wakes the Deep | Thank Goodness You're Here! |
| Sunset Visitor | MachineGames | Studio Zero | The Chinese Room | Coal Supper |
| Fellow Traveller | Bethesda Softworks | ATLUS |
Secret Mode | Panic |
| Writers Natalie Tin Yin Gan Conor Wylie Remy Siu |
Writer Tommy Tordsson Björk Game Director Jerk Gustafsson Executive Producer Todd Howard |
Original Story Concept Katsura Hashino Lead Scenario Planner Yuichiro Tanaka |
Writer Dan Pinchbeck Additional Writing Emma Beeby |
Writers James Carbutt Will Todd |
| Outstanding Technical Achievement | ||||
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| Astro Bot | Batman: Arkham Shadow | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 |
| Team ASOBI | Camouflaj | MachineGames | Ninja Theory | Saber Interactive |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Oculus Studios | Bethesda Softworks | Xbox Game Studios | Focus Entertainment Publishing |
| Studio Head Nicolas Doucet Gameplay Programming Lead Masayuki Yamada Gameplay Programmer Takumi Yoshida |
Design Director Ryan Darcey Technical Director Colin Doody Principal Gameplay Engineer Troy Johnsen |
Chief Technical Officer Jim Kjellin |
Technical Directors Gavin Costello Loong Wei Ding |
Lead Game Designer Anatolii Koruka CTO Andrey Grigorev Tech Lead Efim Plotnikov |
| Action Game of the Year |
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| Batman: Arkham Shadow | Black Myth: Wukong | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Helldivers 2 | Stellar Blade |
| Camouflaj | GameScience | Treyarch | Arrowhead Game Studios | SHIFT UP Corporation |
| Oculus Studios | Activision | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| Creative Director & Game Director Ryan Payton Producer Aaron Whiting |
Founder & CEO, Game Director Feng Ji |
Associate Design Directors, Treyarch Matt Scronce Kevin Drew Associate Creative Director, Raven Software John Zuk |
Creative Director Johan Pilestedt |
Director HyungTae Kim Technical Director DongKi Lee Producer, PlayStation Studios Junho Lee |
| Adventure Game of the Year | ||||
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| 1000xRESIST | ANIMAL WELL | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom |
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown |
| Sunset Visitor | Shared Memory | MachineGames | Nintendo, Grezzo | Ubisoft Montpellier |
| Fellow Traveller | Bigmode | Bethesda Softworks | Nintendo | Ubisoft |
| Creative Director Remy Siu Lead Programmer Colin MacDougall Art Director Kodai Yanagawa |
Developer Billy Basso |
Game Director Jerk Gustafsson Creative Director Axel Torvenius Producer John Jennings Executive Producer Todd Howard |
Producer Eiji Aonuma Creative Directors Satoshi Terada Tomomi Sano |
Game Director Mounir Radi Art Director Jean-Christophe Alessandri Senior Producer Abdelhak Elguess |
| Family Game of the Year | ||||
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| Astro Bot | Cat Quest III | Little Kitty, Big City | The Plucky Squire | Super Mario Party Jamboree |
| Team ASOBI | The Gentlebros | Double Dagger | All Possible Futures | Nintendo Cube |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Kepler Interactive | Devolver Digital | Nintendo | |
| Studio Head Nicolas Doucet Game Design Lead Hironori Yatoku Gameplay Programming Lead Masayuki Yamada |
Game Director & Creative Director Desmond Wong |
Game Development & Direction Matt T. Wood |
Game Directors Jonathan Biddle Jamie Turner Producer Kitty Crawford |
Game Director Takeru Sugimoto Creative Director Shuichiro Nishiya Producer Toshiaki Suzuki |
| Fighting Game of the Year |
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| Blazing Strike | DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO |
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns |
TEKKEN 8 | UNDERDOGS |
| RareBreed Makes Games | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. |
NetherRealm Studios | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. |
One Hamsa |
| Aksys Games | Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. |
Warner Bros. Games | Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. |
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| Developer Mark Chung |
Story Created by Akira Toriyama Director Tairi Kikuchi Producer Hiroyuki Kaneko |
Chief Creative Officer & Game Director Ed Boon Producer Graeme Bayless |
TEKKEN Project Executive Game Director Katsuhiro Harada Chief Producer & Game Director Kohei Ikeda (Nakatsu) Producer & Assistant Director Yohei Shimbori Director Yasuki Nakabayashi |
Game & Art Director Dave Levy Studio Director Assaf Ronen |
| Racing Game of the Year | ||
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| F1® 24 | MotoGP™24 | NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE |
| Codemasters | Milestone S.r.l. | PLANET JEM |
| EA SPORTS | ||
| Creative Director Lee Mather |
Game Director Matteo Pezzotti Lead Game Designer Stefano Talarico |
Developer Jem Byrne |
| Role-Playing Game of the Year |
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| FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree |
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth |
Metaphor: ReFantazio |
| SQUARE ENIX | BioWare | FromSoftware Inc. | Ryu Ga Gotoku | Studio Zero |
| Electronic Arts |
Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. |
SEGA | ATLUS | |
| Director Naoki Hamaguchi Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura Producer Yoshinori Kitase |
Creative Director John Epler Game Director Corinne Busche Executive Producer Gary McKay |
Game Director Hidetaka Miyazaki Creative Director Yui Tanimura Producer Eiichi Nakajima |
Director Ryosuke Horii Chief Producer Hiroyuki Sakamoto Executive Director Masayoshi Yokoyama |
Game Director Katsura Hashino Producer Junichi Yoshizawa |
| Sports Game of the Year | |||
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| EA SPORTS College Football 25 |
EA SPORTS FC 25 | MLB® The Show™ 24 | NBA 2K25 |
| Electronic Arts Tiburon | EA Vancouver, EA Romania | San Diego Studio | Visual Concepts |
| EA SPORTS | EA SPORTS | Sony Interactive Entertainment | 2K |
| Senior Production Producer Rob Jones Design Director Scott O'Gallagher Production Director Christian McLeod Principal Game Designer Ben Haumiller |
VP & GM, EA SPORTS FC John Shepherd Head of Design Adam Shaikh Group Technical Director Karim Versi |
Game Director Chris Cutliff Brand Strategist Ramone Russell Design Director Steve Merka |
President Greg Thomas VP NBA Development Erick Boenisch Gameplay Director Mike Wang |
| Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year |
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| Balatro | Caves of Qud | Frostpunk 2 | Tactical Breach Wizards | Satisfactory |
| LocalThunk | Freehold Games | 11 bit studios | Suspicious Developments Inc | Coffee Stain Studios |
| Playstack | Kitfox Games | Suspicious Developments Ltd | Coffee Stain Publishing | |
| Lead Developers & Co-Creators Brian Bucklew Jason Grinblat Composer Craig Hamilton Programmers Corey Frang Bastia Rosen QA Autumn McDonell Tile Artist Samuel Wilson Writer Caelyn Sandel |
Game Co-Director & Design Director Jakub Stokalski Game Co-Director & Art Director Łukasz Juszczyk Technical Director Szymon Jabłoński |
Creative Director Tom Francis Art Director John Roberts Lead Programmer John Winder |
Game Directors & Game Designers Mark Hofma Oscar Jilsén |
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| Immersive Reality Technical Achievement |
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| Alien: Rogue Incursion | Batman: Arkham Shadow | Skydance's BEHEMOTH | Starship Home | UNDERDOGS |
| Survios | Camouflaj | Skydance Games | Creature | One Hamsa |
| Survios, 20th Century Games | Oculus Studios | |||
| Lead Game Designer Patrick Harris UI Designer Shelby Tang |
Design Director Ryan Darcey Technical Director Colin Doody Principal Gameplay Engineer Troy Johnsen |
Technical Director Peter Akemann Principal Engineer Jason Bare Lead Software Engineer Simon Inch |
Engineering Director Mark Schramm Art Director Ashley Pinnick Creative Director Doug North Cook |
Game & Art Director Dave Levy Tech Director Niv Fisher |
| Immersive Reality Game of the Year |
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| Alien: Rogue Incursion | Batman: Arkham Shadow | Escaping Wonderland | Skydance's BEHEMOTH | UNDERDOGS |
| Survios | Camouflaj | Cortopia Studios | Skydance Games | One Hamsa |
| Survios, 20th Century Games | Oculus Studios | Beyond Frames Entertainment | ||
| Lead Producer Margherita Seconnino Creative Director TQ Jefferson Game Director Eugene Elkin |
Creative Director & Game Director Ryan Payton Producer Aaron Whiting |
Creative Director & Game Director Michael Nordström Producer Pelle Hallert |
Game Director Brian Murphy Creative Director Shawn Kittelsen Lead Producer Jesse Young |
Game & Art Director Dave Levy Studio Director Assaf Ronen |
| Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game |
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| ANIMAL WELL | Balatro | Grunn | INDIKA | Mouthwashing |
| Shared Memory | LocalThunk | Sokpop Collective | Odd Meter | Wrong Organ |
| Bigmode | Playstack | 11 bit studios | CRITICAL REFLEX | |
| Developer Billy Basso |
Game by Tom van den Boogaart |
Director Dmitry Svetlow Script Dmitry Svetlow Maxim Lebedev Art Director Maxim Skobelev Lead Programmer Alex Posedko |
Narrative Designer & Art Lead Johanna Kasurinen Environment Artist Yasmine Lindberger Audio Lead Martin Halldin Technical Designer Dave van Egdom Gameplay Lead Jeffrey Tomec Design Intern Tanakorn Ratanal-orng Executive Producer Kai Moore |
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| Mobile Game of the Year |
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| Balatro | Halls of Torment | Monument Valley 3 | Paper Trail | Wuthering Waves |
| LocalThunk | Chasing Carrots | ustwo games | Newfangled Games | Kuro Games |
| Playstack | Erabit | Netflix Games | ||
| Game Director Dominik Schneider Creative Director Paul Lawitzki Producer Mara Mehlitz |
Game Director Jennifer Estaris Lead Designer Emily Brown Lead Producer John Lau |
Game Design by Henry Hoffman Production by Robert Maloney |
Producer Solon Li |
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| Online Game of the Year |
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| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 |
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred |
Helldivers 2 | Marvel Rivals | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 |
| Treyarch | Blizzard Entertainment | Arrowhead Game Studios | NetEase Games | Saber Interactive |
| Activision | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Focus Entertainment Publishing | ||
| Associate Design Directors, Treyarch Matt Scronce Kevin Drew |
Game Director Brent Gibson General Manager Rod Fergusson Executive Producer Gavian Wishaw |
Creative Director Johan Pilestedt |
Producer WEICONG WU Creative Director GUANGYUN CHEN Technical Director FAN FENG Art Director DINO MA |
Game Director Dmitry Grigorenko Creative Director Oliver Hollis-Leick Producer Alexey Tkachev |
| Outstanding Achievement in Game Design |
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| ANIMAL WELL | Astro Bot | Balatro | Helldivers 2 | UFO 50 |
| Shared Memory | Team ASOBI | LocalThunk | Arrowhead Game Studios | Mossmouth |
| Bigmode |
Sony Interactive Entertainment | Playstack |
Sony Interactive Entertainment |
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| Developer Billy Basso |
Studio Head Nicolas Doucet Game Design Lead Hironori Yatoku Senior Game Design Gento Morita |
Design Director Niklas Malmborg Game Director Mikael Eriksson |
Development Team Derek Yu Jon Perry Eirik Suhrke Paul Hubans Tyriq Plummer Ojiro Fumoto |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction |
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| 1000xRESIST | ANIMAL WELL | Lorelei and the Laser Eyes | Riven | Thank Goodness You're Here! |
| Sunset Visitor | Shared Memory | Simogo | Cyan Worlds, Inc. | Coal Supper |
| Fellow Traveller |
Bigmode | Annapurna Interactive | Panic |
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| Creative Director Remy Siu Lead Programmer Colin MacDougall Art Director Kodai Yanagawa |
Developer Billy Basso |
Creative Director Simon Flesser Game Director Magnus Gordon Gardebäck |
CEO Rand Miller Director (Riven) Richard Vander Wende Creative Director Eric A. Anderson Development Director Hannah Gamiel |
Creative Director James Carbutt Game Director Will Todd |
| Game of the Year |
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| Astro Bot | Balatro | Black Myth: Wukong | Helldivers 2 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |
| Team ASOBI | LocalThunk | GameScience | Arrowhead Game Studios | MachineGames |
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | Playstack | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Bethesda Softworks | |
| Studio Head Nicolas Doucet Game Design Lead Hironori Yatoku Gameplay Programming Lead Masayuki Yamada |
Founder & CEO, Game Director Feng Ji |
Creative Director Johan Pilestedt |
Game Director Jerk Gustafsson Creative Director Axel Torvenius Producer John Jennings Executive Producer Todd Howard |
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| Lifetime Achievement Award |
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| Don James
Nintendo of America |
| Hall of Fame |
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| Ted Price
Insomniac Games |