D.I.C.E. Award for Mobile Game of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First awarded2005
Currently held byMarvel Snap
Websitewww.interactive.org

The D.I.C.E. Award for Mobile 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 a game "for a mobile device platform such as a mobile phone or tablet. These games demonstrate a skilled usage of the device's software and hardware features to offer a unique and addictive play experience. All game genres are eligible. Mobile platforms include, but are not limited to iOS or Android".[1] All active creative/technical, business, and affiliate members of the Academy are qualified to vote for this category.[2]

The most recent winner is Marvel Snap, developed by Second Dinner and published by Nuverse.

History

The first award that was offered for phones was Wireless Game of the Year which recognized a "game developed for a wireless phone or handset that demonstrates the greatest achievement in overall game design, play and/or breakthrough in wireless gaming."[3] However, the only nominees for the award at the 2005 Awards were games for Nintendo handheld devices. Since there was already a Handheld Game of the Year, Wireless Game of the Year would be replaced with Cellular Game of the Year in 2006.[4] It was changed to Mobile Game of the Year in 2007, but reverted back to Cellular Game of the Year in 2008.[1][5] The 2010 Awards offered Portable Game of the Year which recognized games that was being "developed for a portable platform" that included either gaming handhelds or other mobile devices.[6] The Academy then began offering separate awards for Handheld Game of the Year and Mobile Game of the Year again in 2012.[7][8] The awards would be combined into Portable Game of the Year again in 2019 and 2020, and would ultimately be replaced with Mobile Game of the Year in 2021.[9][10][11]

Winners and nominees

Table key
Indicates the winner

2000s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2004[lower-alpha 1]
(8th) 		Super Mario 64 DS Nintendo EAD Nintendo [3][12]
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Game Freak Nintendo
2005[lower-alpha 2]
(9th) 		Ancient Empires II Macrospace Sorrent [4][13][14]
High Seize RedLynx Nokia
Mile High Pinball Ideaworks3D
One Digital Legends
Skipping Stone Gamevil I-Play
2006
(10th) 		Orcs & Elves id Software, Fountainhead Entertainment EA Mobile [1][15]
Brothers in Arms 3D Gameloft Gameloft
DuckShot MoFactor Hands-On Mobile
Tropical Madness Gameloft Gameloft
2007[lower-alpha 2]
(11th) 		skate. EA Black Box EA Mobile [5][16]
Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue PlayFirst PlayFirst
Prey Mobile MachineWorks Northwest Skyzone
SimCity Societies Tilted Mill Entertainment Electronic Arts
2008[lower-alpha 2]
(12th) 		Spore Origins Babaroga, Tricky Software Electronic Arts [17][18]
Reset Generation RedLynx Nokia
Trism Demiforce Demiforce
2009[lower-alpha 3]
(13th) 		Scribblenauts 5th Cell Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [6][19][20]
LittleBigPlanet SCE Cambridge Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story AlphaDream Nintendo
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Level-5
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Nintendo EAD

2010s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2010[lower-alpha 3]
(14th) 		God of War: Ghost of Sparta Ready at Dawn Sony Computer Entertainment [21][22][23]
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Square Enix, Level-5 Nintendo
Infinity Blade Chair Entertainment Epic Games
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Level-5 Nintendo
Valkyria Chronicles II Sega Sega
2011
(15th) 		Infinity Blade II Chair Entertainment Epic Games [8][24][25]
Contre Jour Mokus Chillingo
Dead Space IronMonkey Studios Electronic Arts
Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin Press Play Microsoft Studios
Triple Town Spry Fox Playdom
2012
(16th) 		Hero Academy Robot Entertainment Robot Entertainment [26][27]
Fairway Solitaire Big Fish Studios Big Fish Games
Horn Phosphor Games Studio Zynga
Rayman Jungle Run Ubisoft Montpellier, Pastagames Ubisoft
2013
(17th) 		Plants vs. Zombies 2 PopCap Games Electronic Arts [28][29]
FETCH Big Fish Studios Big Fish Games
Flick Kick Football Legends PikPok PikPok
Ridiculous Fishing Vlambeer Vlambeer
The Wolf Among Us Telltale Games Telltale Games
2014
(18th) 		Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [30][31]
80 Days Inkle Inkle
Kingdom Rush: Origins ironhide Game Studio Armor Games
Monument Valley Ustwo Ustwo
Threes Sirvo Sirvo
2015
(19th) 		Fallout Shelter Bethesda Game Studios, Behaviour Interactive Bethesda Softworks [32][33]
DomiNations Big Huge Games Nexon
Lara Croft Go Square Enix Montreal Square Enix Europe
Pac-Man 256 Hipster Whale Bandai Namco Entertainment
The Room Three Fireproof Games Fireproof Games
2016
(20th) 		Pokémon Go Niantic The Pokémon Company [34][35]
Clash Royale Supercell Supercell
Crashlands Butterscotch Shenanigans Butterscotch Shenanigans
Gardenscapes: New Acres Playrix Playrix
Reigns Nerial Devolver Digital
2017
(21st) 		Fire Emblem Heroes Intelligent Systems Nintendo [36][37]
Cat Quest The Gentlebros PQube
Gorogoa Jason Roberts, Buried Signal Annapurna Interactive
Monument Valley 2 Ustwo Ustwo
Splitter Critters RAC7 Games RAC7 Games
2018[lower-alpha 3]
(22nd) 		Florence Mountains Annapurna Interactive [9][38]
Dandara Long Hat House Raw Fury
Donut County Ben Esposito Annapurna Interactive
Dragalia Lost Cygames Nintendo
Oddmar Mobge Mobge
2019[lower-alpha 3]
(23rd) 		Sayonara Wild Hearts Simogo Annapurna Interactive [10][39]
Call of Duty: Mobile TiMi Studio Group Activision
Grindstone Capybara Games Capybara Games
Sky: Children of the Light Thatgamecompany Thatgamecompany
What the Golf? Triband The Label

2020s

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2020
(24th) 		Legends of Runeterra Riot Games Riot Games [11][40]
HoloVista Aconite Aconite
Little Orpheus The Chinese Room Sumo Digital
Song of Bloom Kamibox Kamibox
South of the Circle State of Play Games Apple, Inc.
2021
(25th) 		Pokémon Unite TiMi Studio Group The Pokémon Company [41][42]
Behind the Frame Silver Lining Studio Akupara Games, Akatsuki Taiwan
Fantasian Mistwalker Apple, Inc.
League of Legends: Wild Rift Riot Games Riot Games
Moncage Optillusion X.D. Network
2022
(26th) 		Marvel Snap Second Dinner Nuverse [43][44][45]
Diablo Immortal Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees Broken Rules Broken Rules
Immortality Half Mermaid Studios Half Mermaid Studios
Poinpy Moppin Devolver Digital, Netflix
2023
(27th) 		Gubbins Studio Folly Studio Folly [46]
Hello Kitty Island Adventure Sunblink Sunblink
Honkai: Star Rail miHoYo HoYoverse
Terra Nil Free Lives Devolver Digital
What the Car? Triband Triband

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers and publishers

Nintendo has published the most nominees. Most of them were made for their handheld devices, with the exception of Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragalia Lost. Level-5 has developed the most nominees. All were released for Nintendo DS. Electronic Arts has published the most winners, and is one of two publishers to publish consecutive winners. The only other publisher with back-to-back wins is Annapurna Interactive. Nokia published the most nominees without publishing a single winner.

Developers
Developer Nominations Wins
Blizzard Entertainment 2 1
Chair Entertainment 2 1
Nintendo EAD 2 1
Riot Games 2 1
TiMi Studio Group 2 1
Level-5 3 0
Big Fish Studios 2 0
Gameloft 2 0
RedLynx 2 0
Triband 2 0
Ustwo 2 0
Publishers
Publisher Nominations Wins
Electronic Arts 6 4
Nintendo 9 2
Annapurna Interactive 4 2
The Pokémon Company 2 2
Blizzard Entertainment 2 1
Epic Games 2 1
Riot Games 2 1
Sony Computer Entertainment 2 1
Nokia 4 0
Devolver Digital 3 0
Apple, Inc. 2 0
Big Fish Games 2 0
Gameloft 2 0
Triband 2 0
Ustwo 2 0

Franchises

The Pokémon franchise has the most nominations and wins, one of which was for a Nintendo handheld. Both nominations for the Mario and Professor Layton franchises were with Nintendo handheld devices. Infinity Blade and Monument Valley had both nominations on mobile devices.

Franchises
Franchise Nominations Wins
Pokémon 3 2
Mario 2 1
Infinity Blade 2 1
Monument Valley 2 0
Professor Layton 2 0

Notes

  1. ↑ Games for phones eligible for Wireless Game of the Year, but none were nominated.
  2. 1 2 3 Presented as Cellular Game of the Year.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Portable Game of the Year was offered to handheld gaming devices and other mobile devices.

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