The 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards is the 24th edition of the D.I.C.E. Awards ("Design Innovate Communicate Entertain"), an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held on April 22, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually. Winners of the D.I.C.E. Awards are determined by ballot of industry experts and AIAS members. The show was hosted by Greg Miller, Jessica Chobot, and Kahlief Adams. The nominees were announced on January 26, 2021. It was originally scheduled for April 8.
The award for Portable Game of the Year was replaced with Mobile Game of the Year. This was also the first year without any winners for the academy's Special Awards.
The Last of Us Part II and its developer Naughty Dog received the most nominations, and Hades and its developer Supergiant Games won the most awards, including Game of the Year. Ghost of Tsushima and its developer Sucker Punch Productions came in second in both receiving the most nominations and awards won. Sony Interactive Entertainment was the most nominated and award-winning publisher as it had the most nominees and the most award-winning games.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Game of the Year Awards
Immersive Reality
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- Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)‡
- Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Valen Studios/Nintendo) – Yosuke Tamori, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Nicholas Ruepp, and Dan Doplis
- Museum of Other Realities (MOR Museum, Inc.) – Colin Northway, Robin Stethem, Lindsay Jorgensen, Stephen Gray, Adam Madojemu, and Adiba Muzaffar
- Paper Beast (Pixel Reef/Plug In Studios) – Eric Chahi, François Sahy, Sebastien Cardona, and Olivier Fouques
- The Under Presents - Tempest (Tender Claws Studio) – Danny Cannizzaro
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Craft Awards
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- Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – written by Ben Arfmann, Jon Paquette, Mary Kenney, Max Folkman, and Evan Narcisse; portrayed by Nadji Jeter‡
- Eivor Varinsdottir, Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal) – written by Darby McDevitt; portrayed by Magnus Bruun and Cecilie Stenspil
- Zagreus, Hades (Supergiant Games) – written by Greg Kasavin; portrayed by Darren Korb
- Abby, The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – written by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Josh Scherr, and Ryan James; portrayed by Laura Bailey
- Ellie, The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – written by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Josh Scherr, and Ryan James; portrayed by Ashley Johnson
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- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – David Smith, Liam DeValmency, and Alex Evans‡
- Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Chris Zimmerman, Adrian Bentley, and Jasmin Patry
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Sandeep Shekar, Vincent Marxen, Jason Gregory, Christian Gyrling, and Travis McIntosh
- Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Valen Studios/Nintendo) – Jan-Erik Steel, Ed Tumbusch, Kart & Gate Development Team, SDK Development Team, and Nintendo European Research & Development
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studios/Xbox Game Studios) – Jorg Neuman, Seb Wloch, Damien Cuzacq, Sebastien Ricolfi, Alain Guyet, Lionel Fuentes, and Sebastian Wloch
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Genre Awards
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- Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) – Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura‡
- Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red) – Adam Badowski, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Grzegorz Mocarski, Mateusz Kanik, Jedrzej Mroz, Michal Stec, and Przemyslaw Wojcik
- Persona 5 Royal (Atlus/Sega) – Kazuhisa Wada and Daiki Itoh
- Wasteland 3 (inXile Entertainment/Deep Silver) – Jeff Pellegrin, Aaron Meyers, and Tim Campbell
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega) – Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Daisuke Sato, Toshihiro Nagoshi, and Ryosuke Horii
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- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 (Vicarious Visions/Activision) – Barry Morales, Brent Gibson, and Chris Wilson‡
- FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania) – Tom Pan, Tenille Dang, Mat Prior, Adam Shaikh, Aaron McHardy, and John Shepherd
- MLB The Show 20 (SIE San Diego Studio) – Chris Cutliff, Nick Livingston, and Jason Villa
- NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts/2K Games) – Erick Boenisch, Jeffrey J. Thomas, Gabriel Abarcar, and Mike Wang
- PGA Tour 2K21 (HB Studios/2K Games) – Josh Muise and Shaun West
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Multiple nominations and awards
Multiple nominations
Multiple awards
