Tears of the Kingdom Nominated for Game of the Year at the D.I.C.E. Awards
Posted on January 12 2024 by Rod Lloyd
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) recently announced the nominees for the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, due to take place during the 2024 D.I.C.E. (Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) Summit next month. Alongside other acclaimed titles like Alan Wake 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has secured a number of award nominations, including one for the coveted Game of the Year.
Tears of the Kingdom has been nominated for the following at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards:
- Outstanding Technical Achievement
- Adventure Game of the Year
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- Game of the Year
Other nominees for Game of the Year include Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, COCOON, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. You can find the full list of nominees right here.
Arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the D.I.C.E. Awards are juried by a panel of video game industry professionals (including developers, programmers, artists, and publishers) and are considered within the industry as the video game equivalent to the film industry’s Academy Awards. The inaugural ceremony took place in 1998, and the show has coincided with the annual D.I.C.E. Summit since 2002.
The 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards are set to take place Thursday, February 15th. The event will be live-streamed by IGN.
Do you think Tears of the Kingdom will take home Game of the Year? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
Source: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Rod Lloyd is the Editor-In-Chief at Zelda Dungeon, overseeing the news and feature content for the site. Rod is considered the veteran of the writing team, having started writing for Zelda Informer in 2014 as a Junior Editor. After ZD and ZI officially merged in 2017, he stepped into the Managing Editor role and has helped steer the ship ever since. He stepped up to lead the writing team as Editor-In-Chief in 2023.
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