D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

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CountryUnited States
First award2009
D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First award2009
Currently held byClair Obscur: Expedition 33
Websitewww.interactive.org

The D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. This recognizes "the individual or small group of individuals who are responsible for directing and driving an interactive game and its team through a combination of skills that include vision, management execution, and game design to create a cohesive experience. This award recognizes the role of the creative director and game director - in guiding all elements of a title and shaping the final outcome of a game".[1] Creative/technical Academy members with expertise as a game designer or producer are qualified to vote for this award.[2]

The award's most recent winner is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive.

Since the award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction was first offered at the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, most of the finalists for Game Direction were also finalists for Game of the Year. In addition, most award winners for Game Direction would also win Game of the Year. The winners for Game Direction that did not win Game of the Year were:

The only winners for Game of the Year that were not finalists for Game Direction were:

2025 was the only year when none of the games nominated for Game Direction were finalists for Game of the Year.

Winners and nominees

Table key
Indicates the winner

2000s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2008
(12th)
LittleBigPlanet Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment [1][3]
Fallout 3 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Gears of War 2 Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
Left 4 Dead Valve South Valve
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Kojima Productions Konami
2009
(13th)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [4][5][6]
Assassin's Creed II Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Brütal Legend Double Fine Productions Electronic Arts
Flower Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment

2010s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2010
(14th)
Red Dead Redemption Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Games [7][8][9]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Ninja Theory Namco Bandai Games
Limbo Playdead Playdead
Mass Effect 2 BioWare Electronic Arts
2011
(15th)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks [10][11][12]
Batman: Arkham City Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
L.A. Noire Team Bondi Rockstar Games
Portal 2 Valve Valve
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
2012
(16th)
Journey Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment [13][14]
Dishonored Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
Far Cry 3 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
The Unfinished Swan Giant Sparrow, Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
The Walking Dead Telltale Games Telltale Games
2013
(17th)
The Last of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment [15][16]
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Starbreeze Studios 505 Games
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Papers, Please Lucas Pope 3909
Tearaway Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
2014
(18th)
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Monolith Productions Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [17][18]
Lumino City State of Play Games State of Play Games
Monument Valley ustwo ustwo
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) Upper One Games E-Line Media
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter The Astronauts The Astronauts
2015
(19th)
Fallout 4 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks [19][20]
Life Is Strange Don't Nod Square Enix Europe
Rise of the Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics
Undertale Toby Fox Toby Fox
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red CD Projekt
2016
(20th)
Inside Playdead Playdead [21][22]
1979 Revolution: Black Friday iNK Stories iNK Stories
Battlefield 1 DICE Electronic Arts
The Last Guardian Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Naughty Dog
2017
(21st)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo EPD Nintendo [23][24]
Gorogoa Jason Roberts, Buried Signal Annapurna Interactive
Horizon Zero Dawn Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Naughty Dog
What Remains of Edith Finch Giant Sparrow Annapurna Interactive
2018
(22nd)
God of War Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment [25][26]
Florence Mountains Annapurna Interactive
Marvel's Spider-Man Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games Rockstar Games
Return of the Obra Dinn Lucas Pope 3909
2019
(23rd)
Control Remedy Entertainment 505 Games [27][28]
A Short Hike Adam Robinson-Yu Adam Robinson-Yu
Disco Elysium ZA/UM ZA/UM
Outer Wilds Mobius Digital Annapurna Interactive
Untitled Goose Game House House Panic Inc.

2020s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2020
(24th)
Hades Supergiant Games Supergiant Games [29][30]
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Half-Life: Alyx Valve Valve
Kentucky Route Zero Cardboard Computer Annapurna Interactive
The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment
2021
(25th)
Deathloop Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks [31][32]
Inscryption Daniel Mullins Games Devolver Digital
It Takes Two Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Artful Escape Beethoven & Dinosaur Annapurna Interactive
2022
(26th)
Elden Ring FromSoftware Bandai Namco Entertainment [33][34][35]
God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Horizon Forbidden West Guerrilla Games
Immortality Half Mermaid Productions Half Mermaid Productions
Tunic Isometricorps Games Finji
2023
(27th)
Baldur's Gate 3 Larian Studios Larian Studios [36][37][38]
Cocoon Geometric Interactive Annapurna Interactive
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo EPD Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2024
(28th)
Animal Well Shared Memory Bigmode [39][40][41]
1000xResist Sunset Visitor Fellow Traveller Games
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Simogo Annapurna Interactive
Riven Cyan Worlds Cyan Worlds
Thank Goodness You're Here! Coal Supper Panic Inc.
2025
(29th)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sandfall Interactive Kepler Interactive [42][43]
[44][45]
Blue Prince Dogubomb Raw Fury
Ghost of Yōtei Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Hades II Supergiant Games Supergiant Games
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Warhorse Studios Deep Silver

Multiple nominations and wins

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