D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year

D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First awarded2017
Currently held byAsgard's Wrath 2
Websitewww.interactive.org

The D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. This award recognizes "the single game released on an immersive reality platform that best utilizes the attributes of the platform to entertain users. Elements of design, direction, and narrative are factored into the title selection".

The award's most recent winner is Asgard's Wrath 2, developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Oculus Studios.

Immersive Reality Game of the Year and Technical Achievement

See also: D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Both immersive reality awards were introduced for the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. According to the rules and procedures for the 20th awards ceremony, "the immersive reality category panel will be comprised of individuals working directly in the medium". The finalists and winners for these categories would be "selected by a panel of experts and will not be voted on by the general membership body of the Academy".[1] Since the categories were introduced, both categories had a majority of finalists and winners in common. Lone Echo, Half-Life: Alyx, Lone Echo II, and Red Matter 2 won both immersive reality categories.

Winners and nominees

Table key
Indicates the winner

2010s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2016
(20th) 		Superhot VR Team Superhot Team Superhot [2][3]
Eagle Flight Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
I Expect You to Die Schell Games Schell Games
Job Simulator Owlchemy Labs Owlchemy Labs
The Lab Valve Valve
2017
(21st) 		Lone Echo Ready at Dawn Oculus Studios [4][5]
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin Double Fine Productions Double Fine Productions
Robo Recall Epic Games Epic Games
Space Pirate Trainer I-Illusions I-Illusions
Wilson's Heart Twisted Pixel Games Oculus Studios
2018
(22nd) 		Beat Saber Beat Games Beat Games [6][7]
Astro Bot Rescue Mission Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Moss Polyarc Polyarc
Sprint Vector Survios Survios
Transference SpectreVision, Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
2019
(23rd) 		Pistol Whip Cloudhead Games Cloudhead Games [8][9]
Asgard's Wrath Sanzaru Games Oculus Studios
Blood & Truth London Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets Fast Travel Games Fast Travel Games
Trover Saves the Universe Squanch Games Squanch Games

2020s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2020
(24th) 		Half-Life: Alyx Valve Valve [10][11]
Down the Rabbit Hole Cortopia Studios Cortopia Studios
Paper Beast Pixel Reef Pixel Reef
The Room VR: A Dark Matter Fireproof Games Fireproof Games
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Skydance Interactive Skydance Interactive
2021
(25th) 		Lone Echo II Ready at Dawn Oculus Studios [12][13]
Demeo Resolution Games Resolution Games
I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar Schell Games Schell Games
Resident Evil 4 VR Armature Studio Oculus Studios
Song in the Smoke 17-Bit 17-Bit
2022
(26th) 		Red Matter 2 Vertical Robot Vertical Robot [14][15][16]
Cosmonious High Owlchemy Labs Owlchemy Labs
Moss: Book II Polyarc Polyarc
Tentacular Firepunchd Games Devolver Digital
The Last Clockwinder Pontobo Cyan Worlds
2023
(27th) 		Asgard's Wrath 2 Sanzaru Games Oculus Studios [17][18]
Assassin's Creed Nexus VR Red Storm Entertainment Ubisoft
Horizon Call of the Mountain Guerrilla Games, Firesprite Sony Interactive Entertainment
Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice Fast Travel Games Fast Travel Games
Vertigo 2 Zulubo Productions Zulubo Productions

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers and publishers

Oculus Studios, now known as Reality Labs, has published the most nominees and the only publisher with multiple wins. Ready at Dawn is the only developer to have developed multiple winners.

Developers
Developer Nominations Wins
Ready at Dawn 2 2
Sanzaru Games 2 1
Valve 2 1
Fast Travel Games 2 0
Owlchemy Labs 2 0
Polyarc 2 0
Schell Games 2 0
Ubisoft Montreal 2 0
Publishers
Publisher Nominations Wins
Oculus Studios 6 3
Valve 2 1
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment 3 0
Ubisoft 3 0
Fast Travel Games 2 0
Owlchemy Labs 2 0
Polyarc 2 0
Schell Games 2 0

Franchises

Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once.

Franchises
Franchise Nominations Wins
Lone Echo 2 2
Asgard's Wrath 2 1
I Expect You to Die 2 0
Moss 2 0

References

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