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The D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. The award "celebrates the highest level of technical achievement through the combined attention to gameplay engineering and visual engineering. Elements honored include but are not limited to artificial intelligence, physics, engine mechanics, and visual rendering". Creative/technical Academy members with expertise as an artist, animator or programmer are qualified to vote for this award.
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- ↑ "Submission Form - 10th Annual Awards" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- 1 2 "10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Finalists" (PDF). D.I.C.E. Summit. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "GEARS OF WAR INVADES SIN CITY CAPTURING EIGHT STATUES AT THE 10TH ANNUAL INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ↑ Surette, Tim (February 12, 2007). "D.I.C.E. 07: Gears grabs gold". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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