D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year
{{short description|Annual award presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year
| country = United States
| presenter = Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
| year = 2017
| holder = Batman: Arkham Shadow
| website = {{URL|https://www.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 Batman: Arkham Shadow, developed by Camouflaj 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 {{sic|comprised |hide=y|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".{{cite web |title=20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Rules and Procedures |url=https://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/20th-Annual-DICE-Awards-Rules-and-Procedures-Final.pdf |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=25 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123170030/https://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/20th-Annual-DICE-Awards-Rules-and-Procedures-Final.pdf |archive-date=November 23, 2020}} 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
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= 2010s =
= 2020s =
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.
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| scope="col" | Developer
! scope="col" | Nominations ! scope="col" | Wins |
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| 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 |
| Skydance
| 2 | 0 |
| Survios
| 2 | 0 |
| Ubisoft Montreal
| 2 | 0 |
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| scope="col" | Publisher
! scope="col" | Nominations ! scope="col" | Wins |
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| Oculus Studios
| 7 | 4 |
| 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 |
| Skydance
| 2 | 0 |
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=Franchises=
Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once.
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! scope="col" | Nominations ! scope="col" | Wins |
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| Lone Echo
| 2 | 2 |
| Asgard's Wrath
| 2 | 1 |
| I Expect You to Die
| 2 | 0 |
| Moss
| 2 | 0 |