The 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards are officially set to air on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 8pm PT / 11pm ET and Friday, February 14 at 4am BT.
Ahead of this year’s show, the nominees have been revealed, and continuing its awards season trend,
Tied with Astro Bot though with six nominations of their own is Helldivers 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Just behind the trio though is Balatro and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 with five nominations a piece, and thirdly its Animal Well, 1000xResist and Batman: Arkham Shadow coming in with four nominations each.
Unlike The Game Awards, which is mostly voted on by a panel made up of journalists and critics with a small influence from fan votes, the D.I.C.E. Awards nominations and winners are decided on by the peer panels of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, each of whom are verified game developers working in the industry.
Each panel is assigned one award category, and the panel members play and evaluate games throughout the year to help determine which games make the short list of nominees. The panelists include some of the best developers working in the industry, and you can check out a full list of them here.
In other words, these are awards put on by game developers, with nominees and winners chosen by game developers. When a game makes this list of nominees, and wins, it is ‘game recognizing game’ in the purest way.
You can check out the full nominations list for yourself, below.
28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Nominations Full List
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- Astro Bot
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Neva
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- The Plucky Squire
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- 100xResist – Watcher
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Yuffie Kisaragi
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones
- INDIKA – Indika
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – Senua
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- Astro Bot
- Helldivers 2
- Monument Valley 3
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Star Wars: Outlaws
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
- Frostpunk 2
- Helldivers 2
- Monument Valley 3
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
Outstanding Achievement in Story
- 1000xResist
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- Astro Bot
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Action Game of the Year
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2
- Stellar Blade
Adventure Game of the Year
- 1000xResist
- Animal Well
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Family Game of the Year
- Astro Bot
- Cat Quest III
- Little Kitty, Big…
