La cerimonia di premiazione dei D.I.C.E. Awards 2018 si è tenuta ieri sera a Las Vegas e ha visto come protagonista Nintendo. Vincitore del premio Game of the Year è stato infatti The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, il quale ha vinto anche altri tre premi. Tra gli altri trionfano Super Mario Odyssey per quanto riguarda il Sound Design e Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle come miglior strategico. Benissimo anche Cuphead, che si aggiudica ben tre premi. Di seguito, la lista completa:
- Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Adventure Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Immersive Reality Technical Achievement: Lone Echo/Echo Arena
- Immersive Reality Game of the Year: Lone Echo/Echo Arena
- Mobile Game of the Year: Fire Emblem Heroes
- Handheld Game of the Year: Metroid: Samus Returns
- D.I.C.E. Sprite Award: Snipperclips
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
- Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 18
- Role-Playing Game of the Year: Nier: Automata
- Racing Game of the Year: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Fighting Game of the Year: Injustice 2
- Family Game of the Year: Snipperclips
- Action Game of the Year: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Outstanding Technical Achievement: Horizon Zero Dawn
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: Horizon Zero Dawn
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Super Mario Odyssey
- Outstanding Achievement in Character: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Senua
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Cuphead
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Cuphead
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Cuphead
