Journey Wins Big at DICE 2013 Awards

Journey, the stylish adventure from thatgamecompany, is the big winner of the DICE Awards ceremony for this year, taking home eight prizes after it received nominations in 11 categories.

The full list of winners, quoted by VG247, is the following:

Game of the Year

Game of the Year 2012: Journey
Action: Borderlands 2
Mobile: Hero Academy
Handheld: Paper Mario Sticker Star
Sports: FIFA 13
Racing: Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Fighting: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Downloadable: The Walking Dead
Casual: Journey
Web based: SimCity Social
Family: Skylanders Giants
RPG or MMO of the year: Mass Effect 3
Strategy or simulation: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Adventure: The Walking Dead

Outstanding Achievements

Outstanding achievement in original music: Journey
Outstanding achievement in original sound design: Journey
Outstanding achievement in original story: The Walking Dead
Outstanding achievement in character performance: The Walking Dead - Lee Everett
Outstanding achievement in art direction: Journey
Outstanding innovation in gaming: Journey
Outstanding achievement in connectivity: Halo 4
Outstanding achievement in animation: Assassin’s Creed 3
Outstanding achievement in gameplay engineering: XOM: Enemy Unknown
Outstanding achievement game direction: Journey
Best online gameplay: Journey