D.I.C.E._Award_for_Sports_Game_of_the_Year

D.I.C.E. Award for Sports Game of the Year
D.I.C.E. Award for Sports Game of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First awarded	1998
Currently held by	MLB The Show 23
Website	www.interactive.org

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

Annual award presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

The D.I.C.E. Award for Sports 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 games that "offer the user the opportunity to virtually reproduce a sporting experience: either a realistic portrayal of an actual sport or games that reproduce for the user experience of participating in an existing competitive sport".^[1] All active creative/technical, business, and affiliate members of the Academy are qualified to vote for this category.^[2] The award initially had separate awards for console games and computer games at the 1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in 1998, with the first winners being International Superstar Soccer 64 for console and FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 for computer. There have been numerous mergers and additions of sports-related games during the early years of the annual awards ceremony. The current version was established in 2006, with its winner being SSX on Tour.

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The award's most recent winner is MLB The Show 23, developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
1997/1998 (1st)	Console Sports Game of the Year			^[8]^[9]^[10]
	International Superstar Soccer 64	Konami	Konami
	NASCAR 98	Stormfront Studios	EA Sports
	NBA Live 98	EA Canada	EA Sports
	NFL GameDay 98	Sony Interactive Studios America	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NFL Quarterback Club 98	Iguana Entertainment	Acclaim Entertainment
	World Series Baseball '98	Sega	Sega
	Computer Sports Game of the Year
	FIFA: Road to World Cup 98	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Links LS 1998	Access Software	Access Software
	NBA Action 98	Visual Concepts	Sega
	NHL 98	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Virtual Pool 2	Celeris	VR Sports
	Warlords III: Reign of Heroes	Strategic Studies Group	Red Orb Entertainment
1998/1999 (2nd)	Console Sports Game of the Year			^[11]^[12]
	1080° Snowboarding	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
	Hot Shot Golf	Camelot Software Planning	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside	Left Field Productions	Nintendo
	NFL Blitz	Midway Games	Midway Games
	NFL Quarterback Club 99	Iguana Entertainment	Acclaim Entertainment
	Computer Sports Game of the Year
	FIFA 99	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Links LS 1999	Access Software	Access Software
	Madden NFL 99	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	Motocross Madness	Rainbow Studios	Microsoft
	NASCAR Revolution	Stormfront Studios	EA Sports
1999/2000 (3rd)	Console Sports Game of the Year			^[13]
	Knockout Kings 2000	Black Ops Entertainment	EA Sports
	NFL 2K	Visual Concepts	Sega
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater	Neversoft	Activision
	Computer Sports Game of the Year			^[14]
	FIFA 2000	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Backyard Football	Humongous Entertainment	Humongous Entertainment
	High Heat Baseball 2000	Team .366	The 3DO Company
	NHL 2000	EA Canada	EA Sports

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2000 (4th)	Console Sports Game of the Year			^[15]^[16]^[6]
	SSX	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Madden NFL 2001	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Neversoft	Activision
	Virtua Tennis	Sega AM3	Sega
	PC Sports Game of the Year			^[7]^[16]^[6]
	FIFA 2001	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Motocross Madness 2	Rainbow Studios	Microsoft Games
	Championship Manager: Season 00/01	Sports Interactive	Eidos Interactive
	Links 2001	Access Software	Microsoft Games
2001 (5th)	Console Sports Game of the Year			^[17]^[18] ^[19]^[20]
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	Neversoft	Activision
	Madden NFL 2002	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	NBA 2K2	Visual Concepts	Sega
	SSX Tricky	EA Canada	EA Sports
	PC Sports Game of the Year
	FIFA 2002	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Madden NFL 2002	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	NHL 2002	EA Canada	EA Sports
2002 (6th)	Console Sports Game of the Year			^[21]^[22]
	Madden NFL 2003	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	Aggressive Inline	Z-Axis	Acclaim Entertainment
	NCAA Football 2003	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	NHL 2K3	Treyarch	Sega
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	Neversoft	Activision
	Computer Sports Game of the Year
	Madden NFL 2003	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	High Heat Major League Baseball 2003	Team .366	The 3DO Company
	Links 2003	Access Software	Microsoft Game Studios
	NBA Live 2003	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003	EA Redwood Shores, Headgate Studios	EA Sports
2003 (7th)	Console Action Sports Game of the Year			^[23]^[24] ^[25]^[26]
	SSX 3	EA Canada	EA Sports
	NBA Street Vol. 2	EA Canada	EA Sports
	NHL Hitz Pro	Next Level Games	Midway Games
	Tony Hawk's Underground	Neversoft	Activision
	Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year
	Madden NFL 2004	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	ESPN NHL Hockey	Kush Games	Sega
	NCAA Football 2004	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004	EA Redwood Shores	EA Sports
	Top Spin	PAM Development	Microsoft Game Studios
	World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 International	Konami	Konami
	Computer Sports Game of the Year
	Madden NFL 2004	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	Championship Manager 4	Sports Interactive	Eidos Interactive
	Out of the Park 5	.400 Software Studios	.400 Software Studios
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004	EA Redwood Shores, Headgate Studios	EA Sports
2004 (8th)	Console Action Sports Game of the Year			^[27]^[28]
	Tony Hawk's Underground 2	Neversoft	Activision
	Mario Power Tennis	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo
	NBA Ballers	Midway Games	Midway Games
	NFL Street 2	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year
	ESPN NFL 2K5	Visual Concepts	Sega
	ESPN NHL 2K5	Kush Games	Sega
	Madden NFL 2005	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 International	Konami	Konami
	Computer Sports Game of the Year
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005	EA Redwood Shores	EA Sports
2005 (9th)	SSX on Tour	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[29]^[30] ^[31]^[32]
	MLB 2006	989 Studios	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Major League Baseball 2K5: World Series Edition	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NBA 2K6	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	Super Mario Strikers	Next Level Games	Nintendo
2006 (10th)	Tony Hawk's Project 8	Neversoft	Activision	^[33]^[34]
	FIFA 07	EA Canada	EA Sports
	MLB 06: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K7	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NBA 07	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
2007 (11th)	skate.	EA Black Box	EA Sports	^[35]^[36]
	FIFA 08	EA Canada	EA Sports
	MLB 07: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K8	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NHL 08	EA Canada	EA Sports
2008 (12th)	NHL 09	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[37]^[38]
	FIFA 09	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Madden NFL 09	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB 08: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K9	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
2009 (13th)	FIFA 10	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[39]^[40]^[41]
	MLB 09: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K10	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NHL 10	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10	EA Tiburon	EA Sports

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2010 (14th)	FIFA 11	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[42]^[43]^[44]
	MLB 10: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K11	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NHL 11	EA Canada	EA Sports
2011 (15th)	FIFA 12	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[45]^[46]^[47]
	Madden NFL 12	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB 11: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K12	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NBA Jam: On Fire Edition	EA Canada	EA Sports
2012 (16th)	FIFA 13	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[48]^[49]
	MLB 12: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K13	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
2013 (17th)	FIFA 14	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[50]^[51]
	Madden NFL 25	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB 13: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K14	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NHL 14	EA Canada	EA Sports
2014 (18th)	FIFA 15	EA Canada	EA Sports	^[52]^[53]
	Madden NFL 15	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB 14: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K15	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
2015 (19th)	Rocket League	Psyonix	Psyonix	^[54]^[55]
	FIFA 16	EA Canada	EA Sports
	Madden NFL 16	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB 15: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	NBA 2K16	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
2016 (20th)	Steep	Ubisoft Annecy	Ubisoft	^[56]^[57]
	FIFA 17	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports
	Madden NFL 17	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB 16: The Show	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	NBA 2K17	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
2017 (21st)	FIFA 18	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports	^[58]^[59]
	Everybody's Golf	Clap Hanz, Japan Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Golf Clash	Playdemic	Playdemic, Electronic Arts
	Madden NFL 18	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB The Show 17	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
2018 (22nd)	Mario Tennis Aces	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo	^[60]^[61]
	FIFA 19	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports
	MLB The Show 18	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
2019 (23rd)	FIFA 20	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports	^[62]^[63]
	Madden NFL 20	EA Tiburon	EA Sports
	MLB The Show 19	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	NBA 2K20	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	NHL 20	EA Vancouver	EA Sports

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2020 (24th)	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2	Vicarious Visions	Activision	^[64]^[65]
	FIFA 21	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports
	MLB The Show 20	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	NBA 2K21	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	PGA Tour 2K21	HB Studios	2K Sports
2021 (25th)	Mario Golf: Super Rush	Camelot Software Planning	Nintendo	^[66]^[67]
	FIFA 22	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports
	NBA 2K22	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
	Riders Republic	Ubisoft Annecy	Ubisoft
	The Climb 2	Crytek	Crytek
2022 (26th)	OlliOlli World	Roll7	Private Division	^[68]^[69]^[70]
	FIFA 23	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports
	Mario Strikers: Battle League	Next Level Games	Nintendo
	MLB The Show 22	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	NBA 2K23	Visual Concepts	2K Sports
2023 (27th)	MLB The Show 23	San Diego Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment	^[71]^[72]^[73]
	EA Sports FC 24	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	EA Sports
	WWE 2K23	Visual Concepts	2K Sports

Developer	Nominations	Wins
EA Canada/Vancouver	40	17
EA Tiburon	21	4
Neversoft	7	3
EA Romania	8	2
Camelot Software Planning	4	2
Visual Concepts	22	1
San Diego Studio	18	1
EA Redwood Shores	4	1
Konami	3	1
Rainbow Studios	2	1
Ubisoft Annecy	2	1
Access Software	4	0
Next Level Games	3	0
Headgate Studios	2	0
Iguana Entertainment	2	0
Kush Games	2	0
Midway Games	2	0
Stormfront Studios	2	0
Sports Interactive	2	0
Team .366	2	0

D.I.C.E._Award_for_Sports_Game_of_the_Year

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

History

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Franchise	Nominations	Wins
FIFA /FC	23	13
Madden NFL	17	4
Tony Hawk's	8	4
SSX	4	3
Mario Sports	5	2
MLB: The Show	17	1
NHL (EA Sports)	9	1
Tiger Woods PGA Tour	5	1
NFL 2K	3	1
Motocross Madness	2	1
NBA 2K	17	0
Links	4	0
NHL 2K^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	0
Championship Manager	2	0
Everybody's Golf/Hot Shot Golf	2	0
High Heat Major League Baseball	2	0
NASCAR (EA Sports)	2	0
NBA Live	2	0
NCAA Football	2	0
NFL Quarterback Club	2	0
Winning Eleven	2	0