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Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor (almost) sweeps 2015 DICE Awards

Monolith's orc slaying masterpiece wins 8 awards, but BioWare's Dragon Age: Inquisition takes home Game of the Year honors

With the 18th annual D.I.C.E. Awards having just concluded, the 2015 D.I.C.E. Summit has officially come to a close, and in case you didn't watch the live stream (or follow our Twitter feed), here's a rundown of who won which awards.

In the end, Monolith and Warner Bros walked away with the most awards for Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor (eight in total), but it was BioWare's incredible Dragon Age: Inquisition that earned the top honors as Game of the Year. Mordor had been winning so much during the night that an audible shock was actually heard throughout the audience as Dragon Age, not Mordor, was announced as the grand winner. Dragon Age also won for Role-Playing Game of the Year, and it's worth noting that Bungie's Destiny did snag 4 awards.

Here's the full list of winners:

Game of the Year: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

DICE Sprite Award: Transistor

Action Game of the Year: Destiny

Fighting Game of the Year: Super Smash Bros for Wii U

Racing Game of the Year: Mario Kart 8

Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 15

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

Outstanding Achievement in Character: Talion - Shadow of Mordor

Outstanding Achievement in Story: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Destiny

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Destiny

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Hearthstone

Role Playing and Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Destiny

Outstanding Technical Achievement: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Monument Valley

Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

Handheld Game of the Year: Super Smash Bros for 3DS

Mobile Game of the Year: Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft

Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet 3

Adventure Game of the Year: Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor

Pioneer Awards: Ralp Baer, Al Alcorn

Inaugural Technical Impact Award: Apple for the App Store

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James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously EIC and co-founder of IndustryGamers and spent several years leading GameDaily Biz at AOL prior to that.