The peer-based award show dishes out accolades to several major 2014 titles.

The DICE Awards aired its 18th annual show on Twitch last night, celebrating another successful year in gaming. A wide variety of categories were presented, with Dragon Age: Inquisition scoring the top prize, Destiny snagging four of its own and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor dominating, landing eight awards in total. Winners were:

• Game of the Year — Dragon Age: Inquisition (our review)
• Action Game of the Year — Destiny
• Adventure Game of the Year — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• D.I.C.E. Sprite Award — Transistor
• Family Game of the Year — LittleBigPlanet 3 (our review)
• Fighting Game of the Year — Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Handheld Game of the Year — Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
• Mobile Game of the Year — Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
• Racing Game of the Year — Mario Kart 8
• RPG/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year — Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Sports Game of the Year — FIFA 15
• Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year — Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Other awards included:

• Outstanding Achievement in Animation — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction — Monument Valley
• Outstanding Achievement in Character — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (for Talion)
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay — Destiny
• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition — Destiny
• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design — Destiny
• Outstanding Achievement in Story — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Outstanding Technical Achievement — Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

A recording isn't available yet but we'll update this spot when it's posted!

Ann "Cyliena" Hosler, Managing Editor