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The Academy Interactive Arts & Sciences

The AIAS in collaboration with media partner Variety, is excited to release the first trailer for the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards! Check out this awesome live action clip inspired by Assassin’s Creed III for a taste of what’s to come – produced in conjunction with our friends at Noodlehaus. 

 Don’t miss out on the action! You can come out to the Awards to see it all at The Joint in the Hard Rock Casino and Resort Las Vegas or view it LIVE on our Awards show partner site MachinimaLIVE.com on February 7th beginning at 7 PM PST.

WINNERS

• Game of the Year: Journey
• Action Game of the Year: Borderlands 2
• Adventure Game of the Year: The Walking Dead
• Sports Game of the Year: FIFA Soccer 13
• Fighting Game of the Year: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
• Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed Most Wanted
• Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Mass Effect 3
• Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Mobile Game of the Year: Hero Academy
• Handheld Game of the Year: Paper Mario Sticker Star
• Downloadable Game of the Year: The Walking Dead
• Web Based Game of the Year: Sim City Social
• Casual Game of the Year: Journey
• Family Game of the Year: Skylanders Giants
• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Journey
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Journey
• Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin's Creed III
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Journey
• Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: XCOM: Enemy Unknown 
• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Halo 4
• Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Journey
• Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Halo 4
• Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Walking Dead 
• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Journey
• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Journey
• Outstanding Character Performance: The Walking Dead: Lee Everett

The full list of the nominees: http://www.interactive.org/images/awards/16th-Annual-D.I.C.E.-Finalists-For-Web.pdf 

Keynotes

• Dead Space's Glen Schofield
• Bastion's Amir Rao
• Gabe Newell - "A View on the Next Steps" 
• Beyond: Two Souls' David Cage
• Ouya's Julie Uhrman
• Assassin's Creed 3's Xavier Poix
• Puzzle Clubhouse's Jesse Schell
• Defiance's Nick Beliaeff and Mark Stern

Too many western games.

Yeap... today start the Annual D.I.C.E. Awards event.

I will update you guys with everything related.

Journey for GOTY

Febuary 5th, 2013 Event Schedule

• Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation Golf Tournament
• Annual D.I.C.E. Go-Karting Tournament, Pole Position
• D.I.C.E. Red Rock Canyon Run (or Hike)
• Annual D.I.C.E. Summit Poker Tournament

It's so cool Machinima will transmit the awards LIVE in 7th Feb.

Thanks @M.U.G.E.N

Here is the full list:

Game of the Year

Borderlands 2 

Far Cry 3 

Journey

The Walking Dead 

XCOM: Enemy Unknown 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

Journey 

Dishonored 

Far Cry 3 

The Unfinished Swan 

The Walking Dead 

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Journey 

Nintendo Land 

Sound Shapes 

The Unfinished Swan

The Walking Dead

Downloadable Game of the Year

Fez 

Journey 

Mark of the Ninja 

The Unfinished Swan 

The Walking Dead 

Handheld Game of the Year

Gravity Rush

Paper Mario Sticker Star

Resident Evil Revelations

Sound Shapes Sony

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Mobile Game of the Year

Fairway Solitaire

Hero Academy

Horn

Rayman Jungle Run

Web Based Game of the Year

Bingo Bash

Burrito Bison Revenge

CityVille 2

Sim City Social

Song Pop

Action Game of the Year

Borderlands 2

Far Cry 3

Halo 4

Hitman: Absolution

Sleeping Dogs

Adventure Game of the Year

Assassin's Creed III

Darksiders II

Dishonored

New Super Mario Bros.

The Walking Dead

Casual Game of the Year

Fairway Solitaire

Journey

Puzzle Craft

Rayman Jungle Run

Sound Shapes

Family Game of the Year

Dance Central 3

Just Dance 4

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Nintendo Land

Skylanders Giants 

Fighting Game of the Year

Persona 4 Arena 

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale 

Soulcalibur V Namco 

Street Fighter X Tekken 

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 

Racing Game of the Year

Forza Horizon 

LittleBigPlanet Karting 

MotorStorm RC 

Need for Speed Most Wanted 

Trials: Evolution

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

Diablo III Blizzard 

Dust: An Elysian 

Guild Wars 2 

Mass Effect 3 

Torchlight 2 

Sports Game of the Year

FIFA Soccer 13

MLB The Show 2012 

NBA 2K13 2K 

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Orcs Must Die 2

Total War: SHOGUN 2- Fall of the Samurai

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Assassin's Creed III

Far Cry 3

Hitman: Absolution

Mark of the Ninja

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Borderlands 2

Dishonored

Far Cry 3

Halo 4

Journey

Outstanding Character Performance

Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina

Far Cry 3: Vaas Montenegro

Halo 4: Cortana

Mass Effect 3: Female Commander Shepard

The Walking Dead: Lee Everett

Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Halo 4

Nike+ Kinect Training

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

Dishonored

Gravity Rush

Journey

The Walking Dead

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

Borderlands 2

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Diablo III

Halo 4

Journey

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Diablo III

Far Cry 3

Journey

Mass Effect 3

World Of Warcraft Mists Of Pandaria

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Assassin's Creed III 

Diablo III

Journey

Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Syndicate

Outstanding Achievement in Story

Dishonored

Journey

Sleeping Dogs

Spec Ops: The Line

The Walking Dead

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Halo 4

Hitman: Absolution

Need for Speed Most Wanted

Total War: SHOGUN 2- Fall of the Samurai

First key not added to the OP.

There is so much keynotes... so I will make a list in the OP