DICE Awards: The Last of Us biggest winner

[John​]

Apart from the Gamescom and VGX trophies, the former Annual Interactive Achievement and now DICE awards are the most coveted achievements of their kind for around 15 years. The goal of the event is to award games in certain areas such as best sound design, best story or best family game. Numerours publishers and developers had reason for rejoicing after being honored in this week's 17th event in Las Vegas. One of the biggest winners with a total of ten awards was Naughty Dog's action adventure game "The Last of Us", which has been chosen as game of the year. "Bioshock Infinite" and "Plants vs. Zombies 2" each have been awarded for the best action game and the best soundtrack, respectively the best smartphone and casual game. Here's a list of all winners:

The DICE-Awards 2014

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Animation:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Character Performance:

• The Last of Us (Ellie) (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:

• Bioshock Infinite (2K Games / Irrational Games )

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Story:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering:

• Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Action Game of the Year:

• Bioshock Infinite (2K Games / Irrational Games)

Adventure Game of the Year:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Fighting Game of the Year:

• Injustice: Gods Among Us (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / NetherRealm Studios)

Role Playing Game/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:

• Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment)

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:

• XCOM: Enemy Within (2K Games / Firaxis Games)

Casual Game of the Year:

• Plants VS Zombies 2 (Electronic Arts / Popcap)

Family Game of the Year

• Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo)

Racing Game of the Year:

• Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft Studios / Turn 10 Studios)

Sports Game of the Year:

• Fifa 14 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)

Downloadable Game of the Year:

• Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons (505 Games / Starbreeze Studios)

Handheld Game of the Year:

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo)

Mobile Game of the Year:

• Plants VS Zombies 2 (Electronic Arts, Popcap)

Online Game of the Year:

• World of Tanks (Wargaming)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Game of the Year:

• The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment America / Naughty Dog)

Which other games should have been awarded in your opinion? Do you agree with the choice of the winners?

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[Sir Be4chriz]

the last of us storyline was sooooo perfect! one of the best games ever

[zaboer]

i should buy the last of us

[basstronaut]

@zaboer
Yeah, u should