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 by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First awarded 1998
Currently held by Street Fighter 6
Website www.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 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] All active creative/technical, business, and affiliate members of the Academy are qualified to vote for this category. [2] It was originally titled Console Fighting Game of the Year, [3] before it was simplified to just Fighting Game of the Year. It is one of two categories, the other being Online Game of the Year, that is not limited to release within the calendar year but must be supported by significant new content. [4]

Contents

The award's most recent winner is Street Fighter 6 , developed and published by Capcom.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Table key
Indicates the winner
YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Ref.
1997/1998
(1st)
WCW vs. nWo: World Tour Asmik Ace Entertainment THQ [5] [6]
Bloody Roar Hudson Soft Sony Computer Entertainment
Bushido Blade Lightweight
Street Fighter EX Plus α Arika Capcom
WCW Nitro Inland Productions THQ
1998/1999
(2nd)
WCW/nWo Revenge AKI Corporation THQ [7] [8]
Bushido Blade 2 Lightweight Square Electronic Arts
WWF War Zone Iguana West Acclaim Entertainment
1999/2000
(3rd)
Soulcalibur Namco Namco [9]
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Midway Studios San Diego Midway Games
Super Smash Bros. HAL Laboratory Nintendo
WWF WrestleMania 2000 AKI Corporation THQ

2000s

YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Ref.
2000
(4th)
Dead or Alive 2 Team Ninja Tecmo , Acclaim Entertainment [10] [11]
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
(5th)
Dead or Alive 3 Team Ninja Tecmo [12] [13]
[14] [15]
Super Smash Bros. Melee HAL Laboratory Nintendo
Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory New Corporation Empire Interactive
2002
(6th)
Tekken 4 Namco Namco [16] [17]
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
(7th)
Soulcalibur II Namco Namco [18] [19]
[20] [21]
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 [22] [23]
Def Jam: Fight for NY EA Canada, AKI Corporation Electronic Arts
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Dimps Atari
2005
(9th)
Soulcalibur III Namco Namco [24] [25]
[26] [27]
Fight Night Round 2 EA Chicago EA Sports
Tekken 5 Namco Namco
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 Yuke's THQ
2006
(10th)
Fight Night Round 3 EA Chicago EA Sports [28] [29]
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Midway Games Midway Games
Tekken: Dark Resurrection Namco, Eighting Namco Bandai Games
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007 Yuke's THQ
2007
(11th)
No award given
2008
(12th)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sora Ltd. Nintendo [1] [30]
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 [31] [32] [33]
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

YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Ref.
2010
(14th)
Super Street Fighter IV Dimps , Capcom Capcom [34] [35] [36]
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 [37] [38] [39]
Fight Night Champion EA Canada EA Sports
The King of Fighters XIII SNK 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 [40] [41]
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 [42] [43]
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 [44] [45]
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 [46] [47]
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Team Ninja Koei Tecmo
Rising Thunder Radiant Entertainment Riot Games
2016
(20th)
Street Fighter V Dimps , Capcom Capcom [48] [49]
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 [50] [51] [52]
Arms Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Capcom Capcom
Nidhogg 2 Messhof Messhof
Tekken 7 Bandai Namco Studios Bandai Namco Entertainment
2018
(22nd)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora Ltd. , Bandai Namco Studios Nintendo [53] [54]
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 [55] [56]
Dead or Alive 6 Team Ninja Koei Tecmo
Jump Force Spike Chunsoft Bandai Namco Entertainment
Samurai Shodown SNK Deep Silver

2020s

YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Ref.
2020
(24th)
Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [57] [58]
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 [59] [60]
Melty Blood: Type Lumina French-Bread Delightworks
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Ludosity, Fair Play LabsGameMill Entertainment
2022
(26th)
MultiVersus Player First Games Warner Bros. Games [61] [62] [63]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R CyberConnect2 Bandai Namco Entertainment
Rumbleverse Iron Galaxy Epic Games
SpiderheckNeverjam tinyBuild
The King of Fighters XV SNK SNK
2023
(27th)
Street Fighter 6 Capcom Capcom [64] [65]
[66] [67]
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Arc System Works Cygames
Mortal Kombat 1 NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Games
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Fair Play LabsGameMill Entertainment
Pocket Bravery Statera StudioPqube

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 award-winning developer. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Warner Bros. Games is the top award-winning publisher, being the parent company 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
DeveloperNominationsWins
Namco/Bandai Namco 176
NetherRealm Studios 76
Capcom 104
Dimps 93
Sora Ltd. 33
Team Ninja 42
Arc System Works 91
Midway Games 61
AKI Corporation 51
EA Chicago 21
Yuke's 60
EA Canada 50
Iron Galaxy 30
SNK 30
Eighting 20
Fair Play Labs20
HAL Laboratory 20
Messhof 20
Sega AM2 20

Franchises

Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter have been the most nominated franchises. The Mortal Kombat franchise has won the most awards, with Street Fighter with the second most wins. The WWE (formerly WWF) has garnered the most nominations without a win. There have been numerous franchises with back-to-back wins:

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
FranchiseNominationsWins
Mortal Kombat 95
Street Fighter 94
Soulcalibur 63
Super Smash Bros. 53
Dead or Alive 42
WCW/nWo 32
Injustice 22
Tekken 81
Fight Night 41
Guilty Gear 31
WWF/WWE 70
Ultimate Fighting Championship 50
Dragon Ball 30
BlazBlue 20
Bushido Blade20
Def Jam20
Granblue Fantasy 20
Killer Instinct 20
Marvel vs. Capcom 20
Nickelodeon Brawl 20
Nidhogg20
Ready 2 Rumble20
The King of Fighters 20
Virtua Fighter 20

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