Naughty Dog won big at the D.I.C.E Awards as their game The Last Of Us won 10 awards!
Martin Rae, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences stated in a press release "Tonight's big winner, The Last of Us, is a prime example of how today's modern video game studios expertly blend art, game play and storytelling to transcend the traditional notion of video games,". "This year's winners range from deep, story-driven epics and massive interactive worlds to realistic sports action and engaging mobile experiences. They paint a broad picture of the new golden age we're currently experiencing in the video games industry."
Along with the Game of the Year award, The Last of Us was honored in the areas of Outstanding achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Character Performance (for Ellie), Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, Outstanding Achievement in Story, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Innovation in Gaming and Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction.
BioShock Infinite's awards were for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition and Action Game of the Year. Plants vs. Zombies 2 won for Casual Game of the Year and Mobile Game of the Year.
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering went to Grand Theft Auto V while Injustice: Gods Among Us took home the award for Fighting Game of the Year. Diablo III was the Role Playing Game/MMO of the Year while XCOM: Enemy Within took the honors for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year.
Super Mario 3D World earned the award for Family Game of the Year while Forza Motorsport 5 took the lead spot as Racing Game of the Year. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons earned the Dowloadable Game of the Year honors while The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds was crowned the Handheld Game of the Year.
Finally, the first ever recipient of the Online Game of the Year award went to World of Tanks.