D.I.C.E. Award for Fighting Game of the Year
D.I.C.E. Award for Fighting Game of the Year | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | May 28, 1998 |
Currently held by | Guilty Gear Strive |
Website | www |
The D.I.C.E. Award for Fighting Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the academy's annual D.I.C.E. Awards. This award recognizes "titles that offer the use the virtual experience of controlling a character engaging in individual combat with another character usually from a fixed camera perspective. The opponent can either be controlled by another player or by the game."[1] It was originally title Interactive Achievement Award for Console Fighting Game of the Year,[2] before it was simplified to just Interactive Achievement Award for Fighting Game of the Year in 2005.[1] In 2013, the Interactive Achievement Awards were renamed the D.I.C.E. Awards.[3]
The award's most recent winner is Guilty Gear Strive, developed and published by Arc System Works.
Winners and nominees
1990s
Indicates the winner |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
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2020 (24th) |
Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate | NetherRealm Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | [48][49] |
EA Sports UFC 4 | EA Vancouver | EA Sports | ||
Granblue Fantasy Versus | Arc System Works | Xseed Games, Cygames, Marvelous | ||
Them's Fightin' Herds | Mane6 | Maximum Games | ||
2021 (25th) |
Guilty Gear Strive | Arc System Works | Arc System Works | [50][51] |
Melty Blood: Type Lumina | French-Bread | Delightworks | ||
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | Ludosity, Fair Play Labs | GameMill Entertainment |
Multiple nominations and wins
Developers and publishers
The combined nominations of Namco and Bandai Namco makes them the most nominated developer and publisher. They are tied with NetherRealm Studios for the most winning developer. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is the top winning publisher, being the parent of NetherRealm Studios. There have been numerous developer/publishers with back-to-back wins:
- Team Ninja and Tecmo won in 2001 with Dead or Alive 2 and 2002 with Dead or Alive 3.
- Namco won in 2003 with Tekken 4 and 2004 with Soulcalibur II.
- Dimps and Capcom won in 2010 with Street Fighter IV and 2011 with Super Street Fighter IV.
- NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment won in 2020 with Mortal Kombat 11 and 2021 with Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate
THQ is the only publisher with back-to-back wins with different developers:
- 1998: WCW vs. nWo: World Tour developed by Asmik Ace Entertainment.
- 1999: WCW/nWo Revenge developed by AKI Corporation.
Developer | Nominations | Wins |
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Namco/Bandai Namco | 16 | 6 |
Capcom | 9 | 3 |
Dimps | 9 | 3 |
Arc System Works | 8 | 1 |
NetherRealm Studios | 6 | 6 |
Midway Games | 6 | 1 |
Yuke's | 6 | 0 |
AKI Corporation | 5 | 1 |
EA Canada | 5 | 0 |
Team Ninja | 4 | 2 |
Sora Ltd. | 3 | 3 |
EA Chicago | 2 | 1 |
Eighting | 2 | 0 |
HAL Laboratory | 2 | 0 |
Iron Galaxy | 2 | 0 |
Messhof | 2 | 0 |
Sega AM2 | 2 | 0 |
Publisher | Nominations | Wins |
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Namco/Bandai Namco | 14 | 4 |
Capcom | 11 | 3 |
THQ | 11 | 2 |
Electronic Arts | 10 | 1 |
Nintendo | 8 | 3 |
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | 6 | 6 |
Midway Games | 5 | 1 |
Tecmo/Koei Tecmo | 4 | 2 |
Sony Computer Entertainment | 4 | 1 |
Aksys Games | 3 | 0 |
Atari | 3 | 0 |
Acclaim Entertainment | 2 | 1 |
Arc System Works | 2 | 1 |
Atlus | 2 | 0 |
Messhof | 2 | 0 |
Microsoft Studios | 2 | 0 |
Sega | 2 | 0 |
Franchises
Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter have been the most nominated franchises. Mortal Kombat has been the most awarded winning franchise, with Street Fighter, Soulcalibur and Super Smash Bros. tied with the second most wins. The WWE (formerly WWF) has the most nominations without ever having one. There have been numerous franchises with back-to-back:
- WCW vs. nWo: World Tour in 1998 and WCW/nWo Revenge in 1999.
- Dead or Alive 2 in 2001 and Dead or Alive 3 in 2002.
- Street Fighter IV in 2010 and Super Street Fighter IV 2011.
- Mortal Kombat 11 in 2020 and Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate in 2021
Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat 11 are two games with multiple wins with re-releases. Virtua Fighter 4, Tekken 5, Killer Instinct, and Guilty Gear Xrd have had multiple nominations with re-releases and DLC expansions.
Franchise | Nominations | Wins |
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Mortal Kombat | 8 | 5 |
Street Fighter | 8 | 3 |
Tekken | 7 | 1 |
WWF/WWE | 7 | 0 |
Soulcalibur | 6 | 3 |
Super Smash Bros. | 5 | 3 |
Ultimate Fighting Championship | 5 | 0 |
Dead or Alive | 4 | 2 |
Fight Night | 4 | 1 |
WCW/nWo | 3 | 2 |
Guilty Gear | 3 | 1 |
Dragon Ball | 3 | 0 |
Injustice | 2 | 2 |
BlazBlue | 2 | 0 |
Bushido Blade | 2 | 0 |
Def Jam | 2 | 0 |
Killer Instinct | 2 | 0 |
Marvel vs. Capcom | 2 | 0 |
Nidhogg | 2 | 0 |
Ready 2 Rumble | 2 | 0 |
Virtua Fighter | 2 | 0 |
Notes
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