“this is extremely weird” – Developer House House tweeted today along with a screenshot of DICE Game of the Year winners. Notable games like Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Breath of the Wild, God of War, and Diablo 2 are on the list and the latest addition at the very bottom is Untitled Goose Game. That’s right Untitled Goose Game won this years GOTY at DICE awards. The developers are definitely in shock and were unfortunately unable to accept the award in person. In the tweet thread they also mention struggling making the acceptance video since they never dreamed they would win compared to the other contenders. Yet the Goose stole the whole show by surprising everyone including House House with the win.
And the #DICEAwards Game of the Year goes to #UntitledGooseGame! HONK pic.twitter.com/7zk9wnyn1S
— Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (@Official_AIAS) February 14, 2020
That wasn’t the only award House House walked away with at the DICE Awards. Outstanding Achievement in Character and Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game were also awarded to the Goose on the Loose slapstick comedy game. While it isn’t initially typical GOTY material, anyone who’s a fan will agree it is well earned. The goose is an achievement in character, so much personality and story is told with no dialogue. The game managed to be at the top of best selling lists even beating out Links Awakening remake on Nintendo’s own E-Shop, if you ask me that is quite an achievement in itself for an independent game, and that is now officially recognized.
Twitter is coming out in full force to show support of the win, House House’s “This is weird” tweet currently has 17.1K likes and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.
this is extremely weird pic.twitter.com/Tu8pmMnZyg
— House House (@house_house_) February 14, 2020
So congratulations House House, your humility is endearing and your win is well earned. If you haven’t played Untitled Goose Game yet, I highly recommend!
I had the extreme privilege to review this game for the site when it came out and even did a Daddy Gamer Episode about it as it was our household’s game of the year too.
How do you feel about Untitled Goose Game winning GOTY at DICE? Let us know in the comments!
