The Last of Us Sweeps This Year’s D.I.C.E. Award Nominations

13 nominations in total

The official list of D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) award nominations has been released be The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, and Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us has swept the board with 13 nominations for outstanding achievement in the field of gaming. This puts The Last Of Us in the league with more nominations than any other game release in 2013.

The official award ceremony where the winners are announced will take place at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on February 6th.

Some other games that have received a large number of nominations across multiple categories (although none come close to The Last Of US) are Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Irrational Games’ Bioshock Infinite, and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.

Stay tuned to Gamingbolt for both the full list and to see who gets the most actual wins.

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