D.I.C.E. 07: Gears grabs gold

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Gears of War takes home eight D.I.C.E. awards, including Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, and Action/Adventure Game of the Year; Wii Sports nabs three.

 

The full list of winners follows:

 

Overall Game of the Year

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Console Game of the Year

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Computer Game of the Year

 

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)

 

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

 

Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Handheld Game of the Year

 

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo/Nintendo)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

 

Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

 

LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

 

Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision)

 

Outstanding Character Performance - Male

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female

 

Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)

Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development

 

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

 

Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

 

Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo)

 

Sports Game of the Year

 

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Neversoft Entertainment/Activision)

 

Strategy Game of the Year

 

Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ)

 

First-Person Action Game of the Year

 

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

 

Fighting Game of the Year

 

Fight Night Round 3 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts)

 

Racing Game of the Year

 

Burnout Revenge (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts)

 

Role-Playing Game of the Year

 

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)

 

Children's Game of the Year

 

LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment)

 

Action/Adventure Game of the Year

 

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

 

Guild Wars: Nightfall (Arena Net/NCsoft)

 

Family Game of the Year

 

Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)

 

Simulation Game of the Year

Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft Game Studios)

 

Downloadable Game of the Year

 

Bookworm Adventures (PopCap/PopCap)

 

Mobile Game of the Year

 

Orcs and Elves (Fountainhead Entertainment/Electronic Arts Mobile)

 

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