The twenty ninth annual DICE Awards, honoring sport makers “whose work pushed the boundaries of interactive storytelling, technical innovation,” went down final evening, and you will by no means guess who took house the massive prize for sport of the 12 months. I will offer you a touch: They’re French.
No, not Ubisoft, I imply Sandfall Interactive, the group behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, essentially the most feted videogame of 2025. Sandfall added a complete of 5 extra trophies to its shelf eventually evening’s DICE awards, claiming wins for Function-Enjoying Recreation of the 12 months, Excellent Achievement in Artwork Path, Excellent Achievement in Story, and Excellent Achievement in Recreation Path, on high of its GOTY.
And the twenty ninth Annual #DICEAwards Recreation of the 12 months goes to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! Congratulations @expedition33.bsky.social!
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The PlayStation 5 unique Ghost of Yotei did nicely final evening, successful a trio of awards for Excellent Achievement in Character, Excellent Achievement in Authentic Music Composition, and Journey Recreation of the 12 months. Kojima Productions received Excellent Achievement in Audio Design and Excellent Technical Achievement for Dying Stranding 2 (coming quickly to PC!), and—again to video games you possibly can truly play on PC—Dogubomb additionally took two trophies for Blue Prince, which received Excellent Achievement for an Impartial Recreation and Excellent Achievement in Recreation Design.
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Evan Properly, the co-founder and former president of Naughty Canine, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Corridor of Fame through the ceremony, “in recognition of his decades-long contributions to sport growth and management.” The awards ceremony additionally included a quick interlude paying tribute to Vince Zampella, the co-founder of Infinity Ward and head of Battlefield, who was killed in a automobile crash in December 2025.
Thanks Vince. #DICEAwards
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The 5 DICE Awards wins for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 provides to a Larian-like domination of the 2025 awards season: Sandfall’s debut RPG matched Baldur’s Gate 3’s record-setting run on the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards, after which truly surpassed it by successful 9 trophies at The Recreation Awards. The sweep is about to proceed on the Recreation Builders Selection Awards in March, the place Clair Obscur is nominated in eight out 9 award classes. On high of all that, the studio was bestowed with France’s Order of Arts and Letters earlier this month.
The total checklist of winners on the twenty ninth annual DICE Awards is under.
🏆Excellent Achievement in Animation: South of Midnight
🏆Excellent Achievement in Artwork Path: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
🏆Excellent Achievement in Character: Ghost of Yōtei – Atsu
🏆Excellent Achievement in Authentic Music Composition: Ghost of Yōtei
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🏆Excellent Achievement in Audio Design: Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore
🏆Excellent Achievement in Story: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
🏆Excellent Technical Achievement: Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore
🏆Motion Recreation of the 12 months: Hades 2
🏆Journey Recreation of the 12 months: Ghost of Yōtei
🏆Household Recreation of the 12 months: LEGO® Occasion!
🏆Combating Recreation of the 12 months: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
🏆Racing Recreation of the 12 months: Mario Kart World
🏆Function-Enjoying Recreation of the 12 months: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
🏆Sports activities Recreation of the 12 months: Rematch
🏆Technique/Simulation Recreation of the 12 months: The Alters
🏆On-line Recreation of the 12 months: Arc Raiders
🏆Immersive Actuality Technical Achievement: Lodge Infinity
🏆Immersive Actuality Recreation of the 12 months: Ghost City
🏆Excellent Achievement for an Impartial Recreation: Blue Prince
🏆Cellular Recreation of the 12 months: Persona 5: The Phantom X
🏆Excellent Achievement in Recreation Design: Blue Prince
🏆Excellent Achievement in Recreation Path: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
🏆Recreation of the 12 months: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
