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‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’, ‘Alan Wake 2’ Lead 2024 DICE Awards Nominees
Remedy’s Alan Wake 2 is looking to continue its winning ways from last year at this year’s DICE Awards. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) announced the nominees for the 27th annual show, which will be livestreamed by IGN on Thursday, February 15 from the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.
A total of 56 games released in 2023 are nominated for this year’s DICE Awards, with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 leading the way with 9 nominations, followed by Alan Wake 2 with 8 nominations, and Baldur’s Gate 3 (which won Game of The Year at The Game Awards last month) with 7 nominations.
All three games are vying for DICE’s Game of the Year award, alongside Geometric Interactive’s COCOON and Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Other genre titles nominated at this year’s awards include Mortal Kombat 1, Diablo IV, Dead Space, Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice, and El Paso, Elsewhere.
The nominees for the DICE Awards are determined by members of the Academy’s peer panels. These panels, one for each award category, are comprised of the game industry’s most experienced and talented experts in their chosen fields. Winners are determined as part of a confidential voting process and will be revealed on the evening of the show.
Check out the full list of nominees and the 23 categories via The DICE Awards official site.
Video Games
Upcoming “Unholy Alliance” Update for ‘Cult of the Lamb’ Adds Local Co-op and More [Teaser]
Cult of the Lamb players will be getting more free goodies later this summer with the Unholy Alliance update. Coming August 12, the update introduces a brand new playable character in the Goat, which coincides with the game allowing local co-op.
With the Unholy Alliance update, the entire Cult of the Lamb campaign will be playable in local co-op. Players will also be able to enjoy special 2-player versions of existing mini-games, such as Fishing and Knucklebones, as well as choose from a selection of weapons, tarot cards, curses, and corrupted relics as your cooperative crusades progress.
The Lamb and Goat can also swap weapons, deal extra damage when fighting back to back, and even deliver a critical hit when their attacks are in sync. Good news for those who prefer to stay alone in their corner: they will be able to benefit from various new powers.
In addition to the addition of cooperative play, the Unholy Alliance expansion adds several tarot cards, relics, buildings, fleeces, character traits and quests, as well as the addition of new secrets to discover.
More information on the update will be released as the launch date creeps closer. Cult of The Lamb is available now on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and the Nintendo Switch.
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