The gardener didn’t need that radio anyway.
Honk, honk, honk. Untitled Goose Game won Game of The Year at the annual Dice Awards, one of the most prominent peer awards in video games.
The fan-favorite title has added yet another honor for indie developer House House and publisher Panic. The Dice Awards are staged each year at the Dice Summit by the The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), a 30,000-member nonprofit dedicated to interactive arts.
In the game, players take the reins of the titular goose to manipulate and torment the inhabitants of a proper little English village.
The AIAS gave out awards in 23 award categories.
Remedy Entertainment’s Control led the evening with four awards; Untitled Goose Game had three wins; and Death Stranding nabbed two.
Other top honorees include Sayonara Wild Hearts for Portable Game of the Year; Mortal Kombat 11 for Fighting Game of the Year; Pistol Whip for Immersive Game of the Year; FIFA 20 for Sports Game of the Year; The Outer Worlds for Role-Playing Game of the Year; and Disco Elysium for Outstanding Achievement in Story, among others.
AIAS also inducted Connie Booth, vice president of Product Development at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), into its Hall of Fame.
Booth has been integral in helping produce numerous critically and commercially acclaimed SIE games over the past 25 years, including Syphon Filter; SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs; Jak and Daxter; Sly Cooper; Ratchet & Clank; infamous; Resistance Fall of Man; Uncharted; The Last of Us; Days Gone; and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Booth also has been dedicated to incubating younger talent to create wonderful experiences for PlayStation fans.
The 23rd annual Dice Awards ceremony, emceed by four-time co-hosts Greg Miller, co-founder of the internet video show and podcast Kinda Funny, and Jessica Chobot.
The complete list of winners includes:
Untitled Goose Game
Publisher: Panic
Developer: House House
Control
Publisher: 505 Games
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Baba Is You
Publisher: Hempuli Oy
Developer: Hempuli Oy
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
Developer: Simogo
Untitled Goose Game
Publisher: Panic
Developer: House House
Pistol Whip
Publisher: Cloudhead Games
Developer: Cloudhead Games
Blood & Truth
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: SIE London Studio
Apex Legends
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Respawn Entertainment
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer: Nintendo Co., Ltd., Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. and Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.
FIFA 2020
Publisher: EA Sports
Developer: EA Vancouver
The Outer Worlds
Publisher: Private Division
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Mario Kart Tour
Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Mortal Kombat 11
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Developer: NetherRealm Studios
Super Mario Maker 2
Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Respawn Entertainment
Control
Publisher: 505 Games
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Death Stranding
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Kojima Productions Co., Ltd.
Disco Elysium
Publisher: ZA/UM
Developer: ZA/UM
Death Stranding
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Kojima Productions Co., Ltd.
Control
Publisher: 505 Games
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Untitled Goose Game
Publisher: Panic
Developer: House House
Control
Publisher: 505 Games
Developer: Remedy Entertainment
Luigi’s Mansion 3
Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Developer: Next Level Games