D.I.C.E. Awards 2016: The Game of the Year Nominees Are...

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 14 Jan 2016

A total of 53 video games were nominated by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) for the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. Out of them all, just 5 were nominated for the prestigious Game of the Year award.

I’m very glad to see that Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is among the nominees, alongside these other interesting games.

D.I.C.E. Awards 2016 – Game of the Year Nominees

Bloodborne
  • Game type – third-person action role-playing video game.
  • Release date – March 2015 for the PS4.
  • Gameplay – the inhabitants of the decrepit Gothic city of Yharnam have been afflicted by a blood-borne disease. You play as the Hunter and you must explore the city, battle the terrifying beasts that roam it, and unravel the mystery behind the blood-borne disease.



Fallout 4
  • Game type – open-world action role-playing video game.
  • Release date – November 2015 for Windows, PS4 and Xbox One.
  • Gameplay – when the nuclear war started, you found shelter in Vault 111. But things did not go as expected. Vault-Tec scientists put you in cryogenic sleep. You briefly awoke only to see your spouse get killed and your baby, Shaun, get kidnapped. 210 years after you were frozen, you finally awake and set out to explore a post-apocalyptic Boston.



Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Game type – single-player-only 2D open-world platform adventure video game.
  • Release date – March 2015 for Windows and Xbox One.
  • Gameplay – you play as Ori, a white guardian spirit who can jump, climb and so on. As Ori, you must explore the forest of Nibel, solve puzzles, and battle enemies. Ori is accompanied by Sein, a being that guides Ori and attacks enemies. Ori and Sein must restore the forest by recovering the light of three main elements: Waters, Winds and Warmth.



Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • Game type – third-person open-world action-adventure game.
  • Release date – November 2015 for Xbox 360 an Xbox One; January 28, 2016 for Windows; Q4 2016 for PS4.
  • Gameplay – Lara journeys into the heart of Siberia in search of the lost city of Kitezh and the secret to immortality. She has to fight a ruthless organization known as Trinity, organization that is responsible for the death of Lara’s father.



The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Game type – open-world high-fantasy action role-playing video game.
  • Release date – May 2015 for Windows, PS4, and Xbox One.
  • Gameplay – plays as Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter known as a witcher, and explore an open-world that is more than 30 times larger than previous Witcher games. Use magic, melee and ranged weapons to fight all sorts of enemies. Enjoy a captivating and complex story, play a game that won more than 200 Game of the Year awards from various gaming websites, critics, and game award shows.



One of these 5 games will win the 19th annual Game of the Year title. In 2015, that title went to Dragon Age Inquisition. And in 2014, it went to The Last Of Us.

This year’s winner will be revealed on February 18, during an Awards ceremony held at The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas at the conclusion of the 2016 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit.

“Looking at the nominees for the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, I am especially impressed by the broad range of titles catering to gamers' increasingly sophisticated and diverse tastes,” said Martin Rae, president, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “It is always gratifying to watch our industry and its many artists and craftsmen grow and continue to challenge and thrill audiences. February 18th will be another memorable celebration of the best in interactive entertainment bolstered by the playful humor of host Pete Holmes.”

As mentioned at the start of this article, a total of 53 video games were nominated by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. I bring this up so I can list a few more nominees.

D.I.C.E. Awards 2016 – Adventure Game of the Year
  • Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Life is Strange
  • METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain
  • Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider

D.I.C.E. Awards 2016 – Action Game of the Year
  • Destiny: The Taken King
  • HELLDIVERS
  • Just Cause 3
  • Star Wars Battlefront
  • Splatoon

D.I.C.E. Awards 2016 – Mobile Game of the Year
  • DomiNations
  • Fallout Shelter
  • Lara Croft GO
  • PAC-MAN 256
  • The Room Three

More nominations

To see a longer list of nominations, visit the official AIAS website.

The full list of nominated games is available here (PDF).


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