DICE 2019 Awards leaders: God of War, Spider-Man and RDR2

DICE has officially closed the nominations for their annual DICE Awards, some familiar titles sit at the top with the most nominations, take a guess at who you think they are.

Before jumping into who has been nominated, the DICE Awards are organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences who represent over 30,000 development and creative members. The members of The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences bestows awards in the following categories; animation, art direction, character, music composition, sound design, story, technical achievement, action, adventure, family, fighting, role-playing, technical immersive reality, independent game, portability, game design, game direction and of course Game of the Year.

Now that the submissions have been closed, we can talk about what games currently hold the most nominations. As expected, Sony Santa Monica's God of War sits upon the throne with 12 nominations, followed by Marvel and Insomniac Games' Spider-Man with 11 nominations and finally Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 with 8 nominations. In the entirety of this post you will find each of the categories mentioned above and the respective nominated game for that category. If you want to read up more on the DICE Awards, visit the official website here.

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• God of War
• GRIS
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Moss
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• 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)
• 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
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Tetris Effect

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Battlefield V
• Detroit: Become Human
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• Moss

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• Florence
• God of War
• Marvel's Spider-Man
• 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

Action Game of the Year

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

Adventure Game of the Year

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