Death Stranding and Control are tied with most nominations.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced the finalists for its 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards; voting for the peer-judged awards show is open now for members of the non-profit organisation.

The winners will be announced on 13th February at the D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The event will serve as the finale to the D.IC.E. Summit 2020 – a week-long gathering of industry individuals.

A total of 65 games that were released in 2019 have been nominated across 23 categories for D.I.C.E. Awards 2020. The finalists are:

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
    Infinity Ward / Activision
  • Concrete Genie
    Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Control
    Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
  • Death Stranding
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Resident Evil 2
    Capcom

Outstanding Achievement in Character

  • Control
    Jesse Fadden (voiced by Courtney Hope)
    Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
  • Death Stranding
    Cliff Unger (voiced by Mads Mikkelsen)
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Death Stranding
    Sam Porter Bridges (voiced by Norman Reedus)
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
    Greez (voiced by Daniel Robuck)
    Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
  • Untitled Goose Game
    House House / Panic

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
    Stephen Miller (audio director)
    Infinity Ward / Activision
  • Death Stranding
    Ludvig Forssell (audio director), Mike Niederquell (audio lead)
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Mortal Kombat 11
    Rich Carle (audio lead), Dan Forden (audio director), Stephen Schappler (senior sound designer)
    NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • Resident Evil 2
    Shusaku Uchiyama (composer), Shohei Miyata (sound designer)
    Capcom
  • Sayonara Sacred Hearts
    Daniel Olsén (sound designer, audio lead)
    Simogo / Annapurna Interactive

Outstanding Achievement in Story

Outstanding Technical Achievement

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
    Infinity Ward / Activision
  • Concrete Genie
    Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Control
    Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
  • Death Stranding
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Metro Exodus
    4A Games / Deep Silver

Action Game of the Year

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
    Infinity Ward / Activision
  • Control
    Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
  • Devil May Cry 5
    Capcom
  • Gears 5
    The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
    FromSoftware / Activision

Adventure Game of the Year

  • Death Stranding
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
    Next Level Games / Nintendo
  • Resident Evil 2
    Capcom
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
    Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
    Grezzo / Nintendo

Family Game of the Year

Fighting Game of the Year

Racing Game of the Year

Role-Playing Game of the Year

Sports Game of the Year

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Immersive Reality Game of the Year

Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

  • A Short Hike
    Adam Robinson-Yu
  • Disco Elysium
    ZA/UM
  • Sayonara Sacred Hearts
    Simogo / Annapurna Interactive
  • Untitled Goose Game
    House House / Panic
  • WHAT THE GOLF?
    Triband / Triband, The Label

Portable Game of the Year

Online Game of the Year

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

  • Baba is You
    Hempuli Oy
  • Disco Elysium
    ZA/UM
  • Outer Wilds
    Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
    FromSoftware / Activision
  • Slay the Spire
    Mega Crit Games / Humble Bundle

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

  • A Short Hike
    Adam Robinson-Yu
  • Control
    Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
  • Disco Elysium
    ZA/UM
  • Outer Wilds
    Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
  • Untitled Goose Game
    House House / Panic

Game of the Year

  • Control
    Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
  • Death Stranding
    Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Disco Elysium
    ZA/UM
  • Outer Wilds
    Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
  • Untitled Goose Game
    House House / Panic

Action-adventure game Control and action game Death Stranding could potentially win the most awards, with both notching up eight nominations each. Coming in joint second is open-world role-playing game Disco Elysium and first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with six nominations each.

This year’s D.I.C.E. Awards will be hosted by Jessica Chobot Greg Miller.