I guess The Goose can cross “Win a Few Major Awards” off of its To-Do List. And that’s because House House’s Untitled Goose Game won “Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game,” “Outstanding Achievement in Character,” and “Game of the Year” at this year’s DICE Awards.
While the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’s voting body (which is comprised of more than 30,000 members) loves The Goose, it was Remedy’s Control that took home the most statuettes last night. Predictably, the outstanding action game won “Action Game of the Year,” as well as “Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction,” “Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition,” and “Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction.” Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding was the only other game to win multiple awards, with the AIAS honoring it with “Outstanding Technical Achievement” and “Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design.”
A nice array of other games were also big winners at the 2020 DICE Awards, including Sayonara Wild Hearts (“Portable Game of the Year”), Apex Legends (“Online Game of the Year”), Super Mario Maker 2 (“Family Game of the Year”), Mortal Kombat 11 (“Fighting Game of the Year”), Baba Is You (“Outstanding Achievement in Game Design”), and more.
The complete list of winners and nominees for the 2020 DICE Awards can be found after the break.
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)
- WINNER: Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
Portable Game of the Year
- Call of Duty: Mobile (TiMi Studios / Activision)
- Grindstone (Capybara Games)
- WINNER: Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
- Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)
- What the Golf? (Triband / The Label)
Online Game of the Year
- WINNER: Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep (Bungie)
- Tetris 99 (Arika / Nintendo)
- Wargroove (Chucklefish)
Action Game of the Year
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
- Gears 5 (The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / 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)
- WINNER: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Grezzo / Nintendo)
Family Game of the Year
- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix)
- Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo)
- WINNER: Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo)
- Yoshi’s Crafted World (Good-Feel / Nintendo)
Fighting Game of the Year
- Dead or Alive 6 (Team Ninja / Koei Tecmo Games)
- Jump Force (Spike Chunsoft / Bandai Namco Entertainment America)
- WINNER: Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)
- Samurai Shodown (SNK Corporation)
Racing Game of the Year
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Beenox / Activision)
- Dirt Rally 2.0 (Codemasters)
- F1 2019 (Codemasters)
- WINNER: Mario Kart Tour (Nintendo)
- Trials Rising (Ubisoft RedLynx + Ubisoft Kyiv / Ubisoft)
Role-Playing Game of the Year
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers (Square Enix)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix)
- Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield (Game Freak / Nintendo)
- WINNER: The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)
Sports Game of the Year
- WINNER: FIFA 20 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
- Madden NFL 20 (EA Tiburon / EA Sports)
- MLB The Show 19 (Sony San Diego / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- NBA 2K20 (Visual Concepts / 2K Games)
- NHL 20 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- Anno 1800 (Ubisoft Mainz / Ubisoft)
- WINNER: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems + Koei Tecmo Games + Nintendo / Nintendo)
- Oxygen Not Included (Klei Entertainment)
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games / Humble Bundle)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (Creative Assembly / Sega)
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
- WINNER: Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
- What the Golf? (Triband / The Label)
Outstanding Achievement in Character
- Jesse Faden – Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- Cliff Unger – Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Sam Porter Bridges – Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Greez – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
- WINNER: The Goose – Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- WINNER: Baba Is You (Hempuli Oy)
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software / Activision)
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games / Humble Bundle)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
- WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
- Untitled Goose Game (House House / Panic)
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo Studio / Techland Publishing)
- WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- Erica (Flavourworks / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Golem (Highwire Games)
- Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Mortal Kombat 11 (NetherRealm Studios / WB Games)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo / Annapurna Interactive)
Outstanding Achievement in Story
- Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- WINNER: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM)
- Outer Wilds (Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive)
- Telling Lies (Sam Barlow / Annapurna Interactive)
- The Outer Worlds (Obsidian Entertainment / Private Division)
Outstanding Technical Achievement
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- WINNER: Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metro Exodus (4A Games / Deep Silver)
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Days Gone (Sony Bend / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom)
- WINNER: Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Next Level Games / Nintendo)
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Concrete Genie (Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- WINNER: Control (Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games)
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Resident Evil 2 (Capcom)
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
- Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus VR)
- WINNER: Blood & Truth (Sony London / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)
- Stormland (Insomniac Games / Oculus VR)
- Westworld Awakening (Survios / HBO)
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
- Asgard’s Wrath (Sanzaru Games / Oculus VR)
- Blood & Truth (Sony London / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- WINNER: Pistol Whip (Cloudhead Games)
- The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets (Fast Travel Games)
- Trover Saves the Universe (Squanch Games)
