D.I.C.E. Award for Fighting Game of the Year

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D.I.C.E. Award for Fighting Game of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First awardedMay 28, 1998
Currently held byGuilty Gear Strive
Websitewww.interactive.org

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

Table key
Indicates the winner
Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
1997/1998[a]
(1st) 		WCW vs. nWo: World Tour Asmik Ace Entertainment THQ [2][4]
Bloody Roar Hudson Soft Sony Computer Entertainment
Bushido Blade Lightweight
Street Fighter EX Plus α Arika Capcom
WCW Nitro Inland Productions THQ
1998/1999[a]
(2nd) 		WCW/nWo Revenge AKI Corporation THQ [5][6]
Bushido Blade 2 Lightweight Square Electronic Arts
WWF War Zone Iguana West Acclaim Entertainment
1999/2000[a]
(3rd) 		Soulcalibur Namco Namco [7][8]
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Midway Studios San Diego Midway Games
Super Smash Bros. HAL Laboratory Nintendo
WWF Wrestlemania 2000 AKI Corporation THQ

2000s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2000[a]
(4th) 		Dead or Alive 2 Team Ninja Tecmo, Acclaim Entertainment [9][10]
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 Midway Studios San Diego Midway Games
Tekken Tag Tournament Namco Namco
Ultimate Fighting Championship Anchor Inc. Crave Entertainment
WWF No Mercy AKI Corporation THQ
2001[a]
(5th) 		Dead or Alive 3 Team Ninja Tecmo [11][12]
Super Smash Bros. Melee HAL Laboratory Nintendo
Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory New Corporation Empire Interactive
2002[a]
(6th) 		Tekken 4 Namco Namco [13][14]
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO Capcom Capcom
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Pipeworks Software Infogrames, Atari
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance Midway Games Midway Games
Virtua Fighter 4 Sega AM2 Sega
2003[a]
(7th) 		Soulcalibur II Namco Namco [15][16]
Def Jam Vendetta EA Canada, AKI Corporation Electronic Arts
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 Dimps Atari
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Sega AM2 Sega
War of the Monsters Incognito Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain Yuke's THQ
2004
(8th) 		Mortal Kombat: Deception Midway Games Midway Games [1][17]
Def Jam: Fight for NY EA Canada, AKI Corporation Electronic Arts
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Dimps Atari
2005
(9th) 		Soulcalibur III Namco Namco [18][19]
Fight Night Round 2 EA Chicago EA Sports
Tekken 5 Namco Namco
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw Yuke's THQ
2006
(10th) 		Fight Night Round 3 EA Chicago EA Sports [20][21]
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Midway Games Midway Games
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 Yuke's THQ
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Namco, Eighting Namco Bandai Games
2008
(12th) 		Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sora Ltd. Nintendo [22][23]
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Midway Games Midway Games
Soulcalibur IV Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Backbone Entertainment Capcom
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2009 Yuke's THQ
2009
(13th) 		Street Fighter IV Dimps, Capcom Capcom [24][25]
Fight Night Round 4 EA Canada EA Sports
Punch-Out!! Next Level Games Nintendo
Tekken 6 Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games
UFC 2009 Undisputed Yuke's THQ

2010s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2010
(14th) 		Super Street Fighter IV Dimps, Capcom Capcom [26][27][28]
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Arc System Works Aksys Games
EA Sports MMA EA Tiburon EA Sports
UFC Undisputed 2010 Yuke's THQ
2011
(15th) 		Mortal Kombat NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [29][30][31]
Fight Night Champion EA Canada EA Sports
The King of Fighters XIII SNK Playmore Atlus
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition Dimps, Capcom Capcom
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Capcom, Eighting
2012
(16th) 		PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale SuperBot Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment [32][33]
Persona 4 Arena Arc System Works, P-Studio Atlus
Soulcalibur V Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games
Street Fighter X Tekken Dimps, Capcom Capcom
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Namco Bandai Games Namco Bandai Games
2013
(17th) 		Injustice: Gods Among Us NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [34][35]
Divekick Iron Galaxy, One True Game Studios Iron Galaxy
Killer Instinct Double Helix Games Microsoft Studios
2014
(18th) 		Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Studios Nintendo [36][37]
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Arc System Works Aksys Games
Nidhogg Messhof Messhof
Ultra Street Fighter IV Dimps, Capcom Capcom
2015
(19th) 		Mortal Kombat X NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [38][39]
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Team Ninja Koei Tecmo
Rising Thunder Radiant Entertainment Riot Games
2016
(20th) 		Street Fighter V Dimps, Capcom Capcom [40][41]
EA Sports UFC 2 EA Canada EA Sports
Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Arc System Works Aksys Games
Killer Instinct Season 3 Iron Galaxy Microsoft Studios
Pokkén Tournament Bandai Namco Studios Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
2017
(21st) 		Injustice 2 NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [42][43]
Arms Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Capcom Capcom
Nidhogg 2 Messhof Messhof
2018
(22nd) 		Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Studios Nintendo [44][45]
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Arc System Works Arc System Works
Dragon Ball FighterZ Bandai Namco Entertainment
Soulcalibur VI Bandai Namco Studios, Dimps
2019
(23rd) 		Mortal Kombat 11 NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [46][47]
Dead or Alive 6 Team Ninja Koei Tecmo
Jump Force Spike Chunsoft Bandai Namco Entertainment
Samurai Shodown SNK Deep Silver

2020s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
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:

THQ is the only publisher with back-to-back wins with different developers:

Developers
Developer Nominations Wins
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
Publishers
Publisher Nominations Wins
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:

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.

Developers
Franchise Nominations Wins
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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Labeled as Console Fighting Game of the Year.

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