Santa Monica Studio’s 2018 title God of War won big at this year’s DICE awards show, picking up 9 out of the shows 23 awards.
God of War won the coveted Game of the Year title, adding to its already impressive list of accomplishments. The PS4 exclusive won in a slew of other categories as well, including game direction, game design, story, and art direction.
Nominees for Game of the Year included Into the Breach, Marvel’s Spider Man, Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, and of course, God of War.
“On behalf of the Academy, I congratulate not only this year’s incredible nominees, but the esteemed winners chosen by their peers,” said Megan Scavio, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences who held this year’s show.
The Full list of winners is included below:
- Game of the Year: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Portable Game of the Year: Florence (Annapurna Interactive/Mountains)
- Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year: Beat Saber (Beat Games)
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement: Tónandi (Magic Leap/Magic Leap and Sigur Rós)
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Fortnite (Epic Games)
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Into the Breach (Subset Games)
- Sports Game of the Year: Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo Co., Ltd./Camelot Co. Ltd.)
- Role-Playing Game of the Year: Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
- Outstanding Technical Achievement: Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Character: God of War – Kratos (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Marvel’s Spider-Man (Sony Interactive Entertainment/Insomniac Games)
- Racing Game of the Year: Forza Horizon 4 (Microsoft Studios/Playground Games)
- Fighting Game of the Year: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo/Sora Ltd./Bandai Namco Studios Inc.)
- Family Game of the Year: Unravel Two (Electronic Arts/ColdWood Interactive)
- Adventure Game of the Year: God of War (Sony Interactive Entertainment/SIE Santa Monica Studio)
- Action Game of the Year: Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
