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Friday, February 19, 2010

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Steals The DICE Award Show

The DICE Awards are held every year by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. This event brings together some of the video games industry most talented individuals, and consists of an Award ceremony and some keynotes from various Industry execs.
This year at the DICE awards Naughty Dogs Uncharted 2: Among Thieves won 10 out the 27 awards. I've listed all of the awards below:
 Game of the Year:                                             Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves                             Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Casual Game of the Year                                  Fighting Game of the Year
Flower                                                                 Street Fighter IV

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year            Sports Game of the Year
Dragon Age: Origins                                                                      FIFA Soccer 10

Racing Game of the Year                                  Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Forza Motorsport 3                                              Batman: Arkham Asylum

Adventure Game of the Year                            Social Networking Game of the Year
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves                            Farmville

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year            Action Game of the Year
Brutal Legend                                                    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Family Game of the Year                                  Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
The Beatles: Rock Band                                      Scribblenauts

Outstanding Achievement in Animation           Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves                             Uncharted 2: Among Thieves


Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:      Outstanding Achievement in Story -Adapted
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves                              Batman: Arkham Asylum

Outstanding Character Performance                  Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Batman: Arkham Asylum – Joker                          Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original          
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack         Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering 
Brutal Legend                                                     Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design        Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves                                Scribblenauts

Portable Game of the Year
Scribblenauts

In my opinion these awards are the most creditable of any award ceremony considering that the judges are industry professionals themselves. I can't disagree with any of these awards and I hope you will all be able to experience each of these fantastic games.

6 comments:

  1. Wow. That is a lot of awards. I guess Naughty Dog deserves them.

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  2. I really liked the DA:O.
    It looks like uncharted 2 is a great game, i haven't played it yet.

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  3. I played less than half of this games but agree with those whose been awarded for

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  4. They put strategy and simulation in the same category and gave it to Brutal Legend? And FIFA 10?! Now I understand why they call them the DICE Awards, they basically roll a dice and that game gets the award :))

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  5. I guess I am one of the only ones who wasn't utterly blown away by this game :P. Good game, but after spending some time with it, just wasn't my cup of tea.

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  6. It's awesome to see U2 doing so well.

    I can't wait to see what Naughty Dog has for us next.

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