D.I.C.E Awards Show stream!

http://www.youtube.com/user/machinimalive

Starting soon! Tune in! Edit: The Show is over

List of Nominees:

Game of the Year:

Borderlands 2

• Publisher: 2k Games

• Developer: Gearbox Software

Far Cry 3

• Publisher: Ubisoft

• Developer: Ubisoft

Journey

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

• Developer: thatgamecompany

The Walking Dead

• Publisher: Telltale Games

• Developer: Telltale Games

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

• Publisher: 2k Games

• Developer: Firaxis Games

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:

Journey

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

• Developer: thatgamecompany

Dishonored

• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

• Developer: Arkane Studios

Far Cry 3

• Publisher: Ubisoft

• Developer: Ubisoft

The Unfinished Swan

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

• Developer: Giant Sparrow

The Walking Dead

• Publisher: Telltale Games

• Developer: Telltale Games

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:

Journey

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

• Developer: thatgamecompany

Nintendo Land

• Publisher: Nintendo of America Inc.

• Developer: Nintendo

Sound Shapes

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

• Developer: Queasy Games

The Unfinished Swan

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLC

• Developer: Giant Sparrow

The Walking Dead

• Publisher: Telltale Games

• Developer: Telltale Games

Action Game of the Year:

Borderlands 2

• Publisher: 2k Games

• Developer: Gearbox Software

Far Cry 3

• Publisher: Ubisoft

• Developer: Ubisoft

Halo 4

• Publisher: Microsoft Studios

• Developer: 343 Industries

Hitman: Absolution

• Publisher: Square Enix, Inc.

• Developer: IO Interactive A/S

Sleeping Dogs

• Publisher: Square Enix, Inc.

• Developer: United Front Games

Adventure Game of the Year:

Assassin's Creed III

• Publisher: Ubisoft

• Developer: Ubisoft

Darksiders II

• Publisher: THQ

• Developer: Vigil Games

Dishonored

• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

• Developer: Arkane Studios

New Super Mario Bros. Wii U

• Publisher: Nintendo of America Inc.

• Developer: Nintendo

The Walking Dead

• Publisher: Telltale Games

• Developer: Telltale Games

Mobile Game of the Year:

Fairway Solitaire

• Publisher: Big Fish

• Developer: Big Fish

Hero Academy

• Publisher: Robot Entertainment

• Developer: Robot Entertainment

Horn

• Publisher: Zynga

• Developer: Phosphor Games Studio

Rayman Jungle Run

• Publisher: Ubisoft

• Developer: Pastagames, Ubisoft Montpellier

I never seen these before. Wonder what it is like.

@ImmortalSaiyan: Much higher class than the VGA's they are voted on BY the developers themselves. Which is neat so its the industry awarding their peers for good work.

@Demoskinos: Think I may have to watch these now. Is there a list of the nominees?

@ImmortalSaiyan: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/14/2013-dice-award-nominations-led-by-journey-walking-dead-far-cr/

thanks for the heads up! definitely gonna tune in

I was under the impression it started 20 minutes ago but its just the preroll red carpet crap, i dont want to start watching this at 4am local time so il read up on it tomorrow.

@mrfluke: Thanks for that. Does not give the full list of catagories or anything. So gonna have to tune in. I hope Journey sweeps it. Rather that over Halo 4 or Borderlands 2 taking it.

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@mrfluke: Thanks for that. Does not give the full list of catagories or anything. So gonna have to tune in. I hope Journey sweeps it. Rather that over Halo 4 or Borderlands 2 taking it.

heres the full list http://www.interactive.org/images/awards/16th-Annual-D.I.C.E.-Finalists-For-Web.pdf

@Demoskinos maybe edit your original post and post this link also for people?

@mrfluke said:

@ImmortalSaiyan said:

@mrfluke: Thanks for that. Does not give the full list of catagories or anything. So gonna have to tune in. I hope Journey sweeps it. Rather that over Halo 4 or Borderlands 2 taking it.

heres the full list http://www.interactive.org/images/awards/16th-Annual-D.I.C.E.-Finalists-For-Web.pdf

@Demoskinos maybe edit your original post and post this link also for people?

I wonder what their definition of "casual" is. Journey is nominated in that category. Glad that Sleeping Dogs got a nom even though it has zero chance of winning. Slightly upsetting that Dead or Alive 5 or Skullgirls is not nominated for fighting game. I bet most game developers are not big into fighting games so, not much weight i'm giving to that. As elitist that sounds. It is a shame that Skullgirls is not nominated for animation. It is FAR better animation than AC3 that is for sure. GOTY is kinda the obvious picks. The two big indie games and 3 massive budget games.

Turned that into a bit of a rant but those are my quick thoughts.

Never seen one of these before. Heard it's a proper awards show, so I'm excited!

Opening bit was pretty cool.

@Demoskinos said:

Opening bit was pretty cool.

It was not bad. Low blow to Atari by this host.

Come on Chris Hardwick, no need to pander.

opening was pretty tasteful for videogames.

low energy crowd

Bonorfart? Glad I skipped out on Borderlands 2. At least he is peppy.

yikes the crowd doesnt have it for chris hardwick

had to turn off the stream cause HOLY SHIT THAT GUY IS NOT FUNNY

@Thoseposers: hes done now btw.

@TheHT: and he actually acknowledges this to an extent lol

visceral count: 1

presenter looks like a drug king pin from the 80's

Borderlands 2 wins best action game

huh

@mrfluke: Yeah, Boo!

Also, Hardwick is fine the crowd is just awful.

@mrfluke said:

Borderlands 2 wins best action game? huh

Jeff is not wrong. Video game genres are not great.

sleeping dogs totally should've got that.

@TheHT: Agreed.

hero academy wins mobile game. ok i can get behind that

@Demoskinos said:

@TheHT: Agreed.

Me too. Sleeping Dogs really impressed me. Granted I never played borderlands 2.

handheld game of the year goes to paper mario.

really?

this show doesnt seem very well put together. Feels very rushed and the sound guy is late on all his cues

definitely journey wins that award for best music! and best sound design!

Journey cleaning up

yep walking dead winning best story makes perfect sense also

Vaas should of won the character thing

@B_Heart said:

Journey cleaning up

Deservedly so.

I was getting ready to throw my PC out the window if Tiny Tina won for best character.

@Demoskinos: Thanks duder, it defaulted to some fan cam though. The Nerdist guy is hosting, cool.

wow walking dead won best character performance? totally thought vaas would have took it.

@Bourbon_Warrior: Click the button near the top to change streams. =)

What the hell? Vaas didn't win?

@CaptainTightPants said:

What in the hell? Vaas didn't win?

between him and lee, that's a toughie.

Is this the Awards show voted by the developers?

Oh man they giving a Lifetime achievement award to the Zork creators, I am fully behind this awards show.

@TheHT said:

@CaptainTightPants said:

What in the hell? Vaas didn't win?

between him and lee, that's a toughie.

agreed

@Bourbon_Warrior: Yes.

@Bourbon_Warrior: i believe so.

Best character of 2012 is Lilly Satou. Ya'll know it to be true.

@TheHT said:

@CaptainTightPants said:

What in the hell? Vaas didn't win?

between him and lee, that's a toughie.

I get why Lee won compared to Vaas, the actor of Lee had to record so much dialogue with a lot of different tones and showed alot of different emotions compared to what the character picked, and had some scenes that expressed genuine emotion.

i do quite like these mini documentary stuff. it was the stuff that G4 used to be good at.