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

Annual award presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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

Country| United States
Presented by| Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First award| 1998
Currently held by| Helldivers 2
Website| www.interactive.org

The D.I.C.E. Award for Action 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 "follow the gameplay from the prospective of the character that the player is controlling. These games feature heavy weapons use and/or involve characters engaged in combat while moving through a linear or open environment. 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] 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 GoldenEye 007 for console and Quake II for computer. There have been numerous mergers and additions of action-related games throughout the awards ceremony's history. The current version was officially introduced at the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in 2008, which was awarded to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

The most recent winner of the award is Helldivers 2, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

## History

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See also: D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year

See also: D.I.C.E. Award for Online Game of the Year

Initially, the Interactive Achievement Awards had separate awards for Console Action Game of the Year and Computer Action Game of the Year.[3] The 1999 awards featured genre-specific Online awards, including Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year.[4] There was only one Online Game of the Year in 2000.[5] In 2001, the awards for action games and adventure games were consolidated to Action/Adventure awards, recognizing titles in which players are challenged with real-time action activities and combat where possibly skill, accuracy and puzzle-solving are required.[6][7][8] Additional categories for console and computer first person action games were added for the 6th awards ceremony.[9] This was probably because both winners for console and PC Action/Adventure in 2002 were first-person shooters, being Halo: Combat Evolved for console and Return to Castle Wolfenstein for PC.[10][11] A category for Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year was also introduced in 2003.[9] Starting in 2006, genre-specific awards would no longer have separate categories for console and computer games, resulting in one Action/Adventure Game of the Year award, which included platform games going forward, and one First-Person Action Game of the Year award.[12] These would ultimately be replaced by Action Game of the Year and Adventure Game of the Year in 2008.[1][13]

* Console Action Game of the Year (1998–2000)
* Computer Action Game of the Year (1998–2000)
* Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year (1999)
* Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year (2001–2005)
* Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year (2001–2005)
* Console First-Person Action Game of the Year (2003–2005)
* Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year (2003–2005)
* Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year (2003–2005)
* Action/Adventure Game of the Year (2006–2007)
* First-Person Action Game of the Year (2006–2007)
* Action Game of the Year (2008–present)

## Winners and nominees

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### 1990s

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Table key  | Indicates the winner

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

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1997/1998
(1st) | Console Action Game of the Year | [14][15][16]
GoldenEye 007 | Rare | Nintendo
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment
Gex: Enter the Gecko | Crystal Dynamics | Midway Games
Resident Evil 2 | Capcom | Capcom
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter | Iguana Entertainment | Acclaim Entertainment
PC Action Game of the Year
Quake II | id Software | Activision
Carmageddon Max Pack | Stainless Games | Interplay Productions
Die By the Sword | Treyarch
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II | LucasArts | LucasArts
Redneck Rampage | Xatrix Entertainment | Interplay Productions
Wing Commander: Prophecy | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts
1998/1999
(2nd) | Console Action Game of the Year | [17][18]
Banjo-Kazooie | Rare | Nintendo
Metal Gear Solid | Konami | Konami
Parasite Eve | SquareSoft | Square Electronic Arts
Spyro the Dragon | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins | Acquire | Activision
PC Action Game of the Year
Half-Life | Valve | Sierra On-Line
Starsiege: Tribes | Dynamix | Sierra On-Line
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | Red Storm Entertainment | Red Storm Entertainment
Unreal | Epic Games, Digital Extremes | GT Interactive
Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year
Starsiege: Tribes | Dynamix | Sierra On-Line
Air Warrior III | Kesmai | Interactive Magic
CyberStrike 2 | Simutronics | 989 Studios
1999/2000
(3rd) | Console Action Game of the Year | [19]
Crazy Taxi | Hitmaker | Sega
Armada | Metro3D | Metro3D
Gauntlet Legends | Midway Games | Midway Games
Super Smash Bros. | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo
Syphon Filter | Eidectic | 989 Studios
Computer Action Game of the Year | [20][21]
Half-Life: Opposing Force | Gearbox Software | Sierra On-Line
Quake III Arena | id Software | Activision
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | Red Storm Entertainment | Red Storm Entertainment
Unreal Tournament | Epic Games, Digital Extremes | GT Interactive

### 2000s

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

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2000
(4th) | Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [6][8][22]
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Banjo-Tooie | Rare | Nintendo
Rayman 2: The Great Escape | Ubisoft Pictures | Ubisoft
Spyro: Year of the Dragon | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
Vagrant Story | SquareSoft | Square Electronic Arts
PC Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [7][8][22]
Deus Ex | Ion Storm | Eidos Interactive
Crimson Skies | Zipper Interactive | Microsoft Games
Escape from Monkey Island | LucasArts | LucasArts
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force | Raven Software | Activision
The Operative: No One Lives Forever | Monolith Productions | Fox Interactive
2001
(5th) | Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [10][11]
[23][24]
Halo: Combat Evolved | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios
Conker's Bad Fur Day | Rare | Rare
Grand Theft Auto III | DMA Design | Rockstar Games
Ico | Japan Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | Naughty Dog
PC Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Return to Castle Wolfenstein | Gray Matter Studios | Activision
Aliens Versus Predator 2 | Monolith Productions | Sierra On-Line
Clive Barker's Undying | EA Los Angeles | Electronic Arts
Myst III: Exile | Presto Studios | Ubisoft
2002
(6th) | Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [25][26]
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | IO Interactive | Eidos Interactive
Jet Set Radio Future | Smilebit | Sega
Rez | United Game Artists
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto III | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast | Raven Software | LucasArts
Syberia | Microïds | The Adventure Company
The Thing | Computer Artworks  | Black Label Games
Console First-Person Action Game of the Year
Metroid Prime | Retro Studios | Nintendo
James Bond 007: Nightfire | Eurocom | Electronic Arts
Medal of Honor: Frontline | EA Los Angeles
TimeSplitters 2 | Free Radical Design | Eidos Interactive
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | Red Storm Entertainment | Ubisoft
Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | 2015, Inc. | Electronic Arts
America's Army | United States Army | United States Army
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | Monolith Productions | Sierra Entertainment
Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Ratchet & Clank | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus | Sucker Punch Productions | Sony Computer Entertainment
Super Mario Sunshine | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
2003
(7th) | Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [27][28]
[29][30]
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge | FASA Studio | Microsoft Game Studios
Manhunt | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Remedy Entertainment
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System | Swingin' Ape Studios, Mass Media Games | Vivendi Universal Games
The Simpsons: Hit & Run | Radical Entertainment
Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Remedy Entertainment
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | EA Redwood Studios | Electronic Arts
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst | Cyan Worlds | Ubisoft
Console First-Person Action Game of the Year
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Milan, Red Storm Entertainment | Ubisoft
Deus Ex: Invisible War | Ion Storm | Eidos Interactive
Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty | Infinity Ward | Activision
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII | DICE | Electronic Arts
Tron 2.0 | Monolith Productions | Buena Vista Games
Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Jak II | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando | Insomniac Games
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Viewtiful Joe | Clover Studio | Capcom
2004
(8th) | Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [31][32]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
Full Spectrum Warrior | Pandemic Studios | THQ
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | Konami | Konami
Pikmin 2 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy | Midway Games | Midway Games
Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Shanghai | Ubisoft
Full Spectrum Warrior | Pandemic Studios | THQ
Myst IV: Revelation | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
The Suffering | Surreal Software | Midway Games, Encore, Inc.
Console First-Person Action Game of the Year
Halo 2 | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | EA Los Angeles | Electronic Arts
Killzone | Guerrilla Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Retro Studios | Nintendo
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | Starbreeze Studios | Vivendi Universal Games
Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year
Half-Life 2 | Valve | Vivendi Universal Games
Doom 3 | id Software | Activision
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | NovaLogic | NovaLogic
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | EA Los Angeles | Electronic Arts
Unreal Tournament 2004 | Epic Games, Digital Extremes | Atari
Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Jak 3 | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal | Insomniac Games
2005
(9th) | Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [33][34]
[35][36]
God of War | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Shadow of the Colossus | Japan Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction | Radical Entertainment | Vivendi Universal Games
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Milan | Ubisoft
First-Person Action Game of the Year
Battlefield 2 | DICE | Electronic Arts
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 | Gearbox Software | Ubisoft
Call of Duty 2 | Infinity Ward | Activision
Condemned: Criminal Origins | Monolith Productions | Sega
F.E.A.R. | Vivendi Universal Games
2006
(10th) | Action/Adventure Game of the Year | [37][38]
Gears of War | Epic Games | Microsoft Game Studios
Daxter | Ready at Dawn | Sony Computer Entertainment
Saints Row | Volition | THQ
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
First-Person Action Game of the Year | [39][38]
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Black | Criterion Games | Electronic Arts
Half-Life 2: Episode One | Valve | Valve, Electronic Arts
Prey | Human Head Studios | 2K Games
Resistance: Fall of Man | Insomniac Games | Sony Computer Entertainment
2007
(11th) | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Infinity Ward | Activision | [1][40]
BioShock | 2K Boston, 2K Australia | 2K Games
Crysis | Crytek | Electronic Arts
Halo 3 | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios
The Orange Box | Valve | Valve, Electronic Arts
2008
(12th) | Dead Space | EA Redwood Shores | Electronic Arts | [41][42]
Call of Duty: World at War | Treyarch | Activision
Far Cry 2 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Gears of War 2 | Epic Games | Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto IV | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games
2009
(13th) | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Infinity Ward | Activision | [43][44][45]
Left 4 Dead 2 | Valve | Valve
Prototype | Radical Entertainment | Activision
Red Faction: Guerrilla | Volition | THQ
Shadow Complex | Chair Entertainment | Microsoft Game Studios

### 2010s

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

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2010
(14th) | Red Dead Redemption | Rockstar San Diego | Rockstar Games | [46][47][48]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | DICE | Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Black Ops | Treyarch | Activision
God of War III | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment
Halo: Reach | Bungie | Microsoft Game Studios
2011
(15th) | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Infinity Ward | Activision | [49][50][51]
Battlefield 3 | DICE | Electronic Arts
Dead Space 2 | Visceral Games
Gears of War 3 | Epic Games | Microsoft Game Studios
Saints Row: The Third | Volition | THQ
2012
(16th) | Borderlands 2 | Gearbox Software | 2K Games | [52][53]
Far Cry 3 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Halo 4 | 343 Industries | Microsoft Studios
Hitman: Absolution | IO Interactive | Square Enix Europe
Sleeping Dogs | United Front Games
2013
(17th) | BioShock Infinite | Irrational Games | 2K Games | [54][55]
Battlefield 4 | DICE | Electronic Arts
Dead Rising 3 | Capcom Vancouver | Microsoft Studios
DmC: Devil May Cry | Ninja Theory | Capcom
Resogun | Housemarque | Sony Computer Entertainment
2014
(18th) | Destiny | Bungie | Activision | [56][57]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Sledgehammer Games | Activision
Far Cry 4 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Titanfall | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts
Wolfenstein: The New Order | MachineGames | Bethesda Softworks
2015
(19th) | Star Wars Battlefront | DICE | Electronic Arts | [58][59]
Destiny: The Taken King | Bungie | Activision
Helldivers | Arrowhead Game Studios | Sony Computer Entertainment
Just Cause 3 | Avalanche Studios | Square Enix Europe
Splatoon | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo
2016
(20th) | Overwatch | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | [60][61]
Battlefield 1 | DICE | Electronic Arts
Doom | id Software | Bethesda Softworks
Gears of War 4 | The Coalition | Microsoft Studios
Titanfall 2 | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts
2017
(21st) | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | PUBG Corporation | Bluehole | [62][63]
Call of Duty: WWII | Sledgehammer Games | Activision
Cuphead | Studio MDHR | Studio MDHR
Destiny 2 | Bungie | Activision
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | MachineGames | Bethesda Softworks
2018
(22nd) | Celeste | Matt Makes Games | Matt Makes Games | [64][65]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | Treyarch | Activision
Destiny 2: Forsaken | Bungie
Far Cry 5 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | Eidos-Montréal | Square Enix Europe
2019
(23rd) | Control | Remedy Entertainment | 505 Games | [66][67]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Infinity Ward | Activision
Devil May Cry 5 | Capcom | Capcom
Gears 5 | The Coalition | Xbox Game Studios
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | FromSoftware | Activision

### 2020s

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

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2020
(24th) | Hades | Supergiant Games | Supergiant Games | [68][69]
Doom Eternal | id Software | Bethesda Softworks
Half-Life: Alyx | Valve | Valve
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment
Nioh 2 | Team Ninja
2021
(25th) | Halo Infinite | 343 Industries | Xbox Game Studios | [70][71]
Deathloop | Arkane Studios | Bethesda Softworks
Metroid Dread | MercurySteam | Nintendo
Returnal | Housemarque | Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Ascent | Neon Giant | Curve Digital
2022
(26th) | Vampire Survivors | poncle | poncle | [72][73][74]
Bayonetta 3 | PlatinumGames | Nintendo
Grounded | Obsidian Entertainment | Xbox Game Studios
Neon White | Angel Matrix  | Annapurna Interactive
Sifu | Sloclap  | Sloclap
2023
(27th) | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | [75][76][77]
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco
Dead Space | Motive Studios | Electronic Arts
Hi-Fi Rush | Tango Gameworks | Bethesda Softworks
Remnant II | Gunfire Games | Gearbox Publishing
2024
(28th) | Helldivers 2 | Arrowhead Game Studios | Sony Interactive Entertainment | [78][79][80]
Batman: Arkham Shadow | Camouflaj  | Oculus Studios
Black Myth: Wukong | Game Science | Game Science
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Treyarch | Activision
Stellar Blade | Shift Up | Sony Interactive Entertainment

## Multiple nominations and wins

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### Developers and publishers

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Electronic Arts and Sony have published the most nominees for action-related Game of the Year awards. Activision and Ubisoft are tied for publishing the most winners for action-related Game of the Year awards. Ubisoft Montreal has developed the most nominees and award winners. Ubisoft Montreal is the only developer to win more than one award for the same game in the same year with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, winning for Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year and Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year in 2004.

Rockstar North and Rockstar Games have also won multiple awards in the same year, but for different games in 2003:

* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City won Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year.
* Grand Theft Auto III won Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year.

Sierra On-Line has published the winners for multiple awards with different developers in the same year:

* Valve developed Half-Life which won PC Action Game of the Year.
* Dynamix developed Starsiege: Tribes which won Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year.

There are three publishers with back-to-back wins with different developers:

* Sierra On-Line for PC Action Game of the Year:
* Valve developed Half-Life (1999)
* Gearbox Software developed Half-Life: Opposing Force (2000)
* 2K Games:
* Gearbox Software developed Borderlands 2 (2013)
* Irrational Games developed BioShock Infinite (2014)
* Sony Interactive Entertainment:
* Insomniac Games developed Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2024)
* Arrowhead Game Studios developed Helldivers 2 (2025)

There have also been two back-to-back developer-and-publisher winners of the same award:

* Rare and Nintendo won Console Action Game of the Year with GoldenEye 007 in 1998, and Banjo-Kazooie in 1999.
* Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft won Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2004, and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within in 2005.

Developers Developer  | Nominations  | Wins

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Ubisoft Montreal | 14  | 6
Infinity Ward | 6  | 4
Bungie | 8  | 3
DICE | 7  | 3
Rockstar North/DMA Design | 7  | 3
Insomniac Games | 8  | 2
Valve | 6  | 2
Rare | 4  | 2
Ubisoft Milan | 4  | 2
Gearbox Software | 3  | 2
Epic Games | 6  | 1
Nintendo EAD | 6  | 1
id Software | 5  | 1
Red Storm Entertainment | 4  | 1
EA Redwood Shores/Visceral Games | 3  | 1
Remedy Entertainment | 3  | 1
Ubisoft Shanghai | 3  | 1
343 Industries | 2  | 1
Arrowhead Game Studios | 2  | 1
Dynamix | 2  | 1
Ion Storm | 2  | 1
Irrational Games/2K Boston | 2  | 1
Retro Studios | 2  | 1
Santa Monica Studio | 2  | 1
Monolith Productions | 6  | 0
Treyarch | 5  | 0
EA Los Angeles | 4  | 0
Naughty Dog | 4  | 0
Capcom | 3  | 0
Digital Extremes | 3  | 0
Radical Entertainment | 3  | 0
Volition | 3  | 0
The Coalition | 2  | 0
FromSoftware | 2  | 0
Housemarque | 2  | 0
IO Interactive | 2  | 0
Japan Studio | 2  | 0
Konami | 2  | 0
LucasArts | 2  | 0
MachineGames | 2  | 0
Midway Games | 2  | 0
Pandemic Studios | 2  | 0
Raven Software | 2  | 0
Respawn Entertainment | 2  | 0
Sledgehammer Games | 2  | 0
SquareSoft | 2  | 0

Publishers  Publisher  | Nominations  | Wins

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Activision | 23  | 6
Ubisoft | 20  | 6
Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 16  | 5
Electronic Arts | 25  | 4
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 25  | 4
Nintendo | 14  | 4
Rockstar Games | 10  | 4
Sierra On-Line/Entertainment | 6  | 3
2K Games | 4  | 2
Eidos Interactive/Square Enix Europe | 8  | 1
Vivendi Universal Games | 6  | 1
Sega | 4  | 1
SquareSoft/Square Enix | 6  | 0
Bethesda Softworks | 6  | 0
THQ | 5  | 0
Capcom | 4  | 0
Midway Games | 4  | 0
Valve | 4  | 0
GT Interactive | 3  | 0
Interplay Productions | 3  | 0
LucasArts | 3  | 0
989 Studios | 2  | 0
Konami | 2  | 0
Red Storm Entertainment | 2  | 0

### Franchises

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The Call of Duty franchise has received the most nominations and won the most awards. The Tom Clancy's franchise is second in nominations and tied for second-most wins with the Grand Theft Auto, Half-Life, Halo, and Prince of Persia franchises. In the early years of the Interactive Achievement Awards when there were multiple awards for action-related genres, some franchises has had multiple nominations in the same year. The 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in 2003 have had three franchises receiving multiple nominations/awards with more than one game in action-related categories:

* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell was nominated for Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon was nominated for Console First-Person Action Game of the Year.
* Medal of Honor: Frontline was nominated for Console First-Person Action Game of the Year, and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault won Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year.
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City won Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year, and Grand Theft Auto III won Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year.

Some games have received more than one nomination in the same year for action-related awards:

* Starsiege: Tribes (1999): Nominated for PC Action Game of the Year, and won Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year.
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2004): Won Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year and Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year.
* Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2004): Nominated for Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year and Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year.
* Full Spectrum Warrior (2005): Nominated for Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year and Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year.

Some games have received multiple nominations spread across multiple years, mostly for expansion packs.

* Half-Life won Computer Action Game of the Year in 1999, and the expansion pack Opposing Force won the same award in 2000.
* Grand Theft Auto III was nominated for Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year in 2002, and won Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year in 2003.
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City won Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year in 2003, and was nominated for Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year in 2004.
* Half-Life 2 won Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year in 2005, the Episode One expansion was nominated for First-Person Action Game of the Year in 2007, and the Episode Two expansion, as part of The Orange Box compilation, was nominated for Action Game of the Year in 2008.
* Destiny won in 2015, and the expansion pack The Taken King was nominated in 2016.
* Destiny 2 was nominated in 2018, and the expansion pack Forsaken was nominated in 2019.

There are only two franchises that have back-to-back wins for the same action-related award. The first is Half-Life for Computer Action Game of the Year in 1999 and 2000, and the second is Prince of Persia for Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year in 2004 and 2005. Both the original Dead Space and the 2023 remake have been named as a finalist, with the former winning the award outright.

Franchises Franchise  | Nominations  | Wins

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Call of Duty | 12  | 4
Tom Clancy's | 9  | 3
Grand Theft Auto | 6  | 3
Half-Life[a] | 6  | 3
Halo | 6  | 3
Prince of Persia | 4  | 3
Battlefield | 6  | 1
Gears of War | 5  | 1
Destiny | 4  | 1
Dead Space | 3  | 1
James Bond 007 | 3  | 1
Medal of Honor | 3  | 1
Metroid | 3  | 1
Ratchet & Clank | 3  | 1
Star Wars | 3  | 1
The Legend of Zelda | 3  | 1
Wolfenstein | 3  | 1
Banjo-Kazooie | 2  | 1
BioShock | 2  | 1
Crimson Skies | 2  | 1
Deus Ex | 2  | 1
God of War | 2  | 1
Helldivers | 2  | 1
Marvel's Spider-Man | 2  | 1
Quake | 2  | 1
Tribes | 2  | 1
Far Cry | 4  | 0
Doom | 3  | 0
Jak & Daxter | 3  | 0
Myst | 3  | 0
Unreal | 3  | 0
Devil May Cry | 2  | 0
Full Spectrum Warrior | 2  | 0
Hitman | 2  | 0
Max Payne | 2  | 0
Metal Gear | 2  | 0
No One Lives Forever | 2  | 0
Saints Row | 2  | 0
Spyro | 2  | 0
Titanfall | 2  | 0

## Notes

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1. ^ Half-Life 2: Episode Two is included in The Orange Box.

## References

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