Named the best games of the year according to D.I.C.E. Awards

Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences spent the annual D.I.C.E. Awards 2022. Game of the Year was It Takes Two, a beautiful action-adventure game that can only be played by two people, on the same device or online.

Full list of awards in various categories:

• Best Action: Halo Infinite
• Best Adventure: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
• Best Family Game: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Best Mobile Game: Pokemon Unite
• Best Fighting Game: Guilty Gear: Strive
• Best RPG: Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
• Best Sports Game: Mario Golf: Super Rush
• Best strategy: Age of Empires IV
• Best Online Game: Halo Infinite
• Best VR Game: Lone Echo II
• Best Direction: Deathloop
• Best Game Design: It Takes Two
• Best Animation: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Best Art Direction: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Best Character: Lady Dimitrescu Resident Evil Village
• Best Original Score: Returnal
• Best Audio Design: Returnal
• Best Story: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
• Technical Achievement Award: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• VR Achievement Award: Lone Echo II
• Indie Game Development Achievement Award: Unpacking

Also at the ceremony, special awards were presented to representatives of the gaming market. Into the D.I.C.E. Hall of Fame Awards brought in creative director of NetherRealm studio Ed Boon. And the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, was awarded the award for excellence in the gaming industry.