The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced (via Twitter) The 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards finalists. The 2013 D.I.C.E. Awards winners will be announced at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Thursday, February 7th at 7:30pm PT / 10:30pm ET and livestream by Machinima.

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Diablo III is nominated to four different categories:

  • Roleplaying / Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
  • Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
  • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria was nominated to:

  • Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Congratulations to the World of Warcraft and Diablo III Teams!

Full Finalists List here (PDF).

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce nominations for the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards), the industry’s premier peer-based Awards show. The Academy also revealed self-proclaimed nerd and video game enthusiast Chris Hardwick, founder of Nerdist.com and host of his own Comedy Central stand-up special, AMC’s Talking Dead, and newly announced BBC America’s The Nerdist, will serve as this year’s host.

Showcasing the breadth and depth of an incredible year of games, 63 games representing console to web-based to mobile, received D.I.C.E. Award nominations. Leading the nominations is Journey with 11 nominations, including Game of the Year. Rounding out the Game of the Year nominations are: Borderlands 2, Far Cry 3, The Walking Dead, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Several titles earned multiple nods, including The Walking Dead with eight nominations, Far Cry 3 with seven, Halo 4 with six, and Borderlands 2 and Dishonored both receiving five each.

The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, February 7th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas during the 2013 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit (#DICE2013). The AIAS, in collaboration with media partner Variety, will live stream the Awards on Machinima in its entirety at 7:30pm PT / 10:30pm ET.

“The D.I.C.E. Awards are VERY important to me,” said Hardwick. “I have been playing video games since there were video games. I hope there is some type of Dovahkiin Shout that will make sure I don’t mess this up. I will find one! If not, I’ll just look like a psychotic, screaming a**hole leading up to the Awards.”