Introducing DashFight Awards 2024!

DashFight is proud to present the third iteration of the DashFight Awards, celebrating the best and most influential events, players, and creators in the Fighting Games space of 2024. For a long time, we felt that FGC needed an award ceremony to commemorate greatness achieved throughout the year and encourage players and organizers alike to strive to do even better, so we’re happy we’re able to do this third year in a row.

Our jury panel, composed of editorial and content staff members, has selected the nominees and cast their votes. Now is the time for the audience to help decide on the winner of each category. Voting will take place from today, December 23 to December 30. The winners will be announced on December 31. The winners will be decided by the votes of our jury panel (40%) and you, the audience (60%).

Two of the categories, namely Best content creator of the year and Most anticipated upcoming game, are pure representations of audience opinions and therefore are not voted on by the jury. Winners will be decided purely by the vote results.

Click here: DashFight Awards 2024 Voting 

Let’s look at the nominations!

Match of the year

To highlight the most important matches of this year’s competition, be it for the historical rivalries on stage, the path to the greatness of their players, or the importance of the matches in their scene. The nominees are:

• Arslan Ash vs ATIF (Evo 2024 Tekken 8 Grand Finals)

• Punk vs BigBird (Evo 2024 Street Fighter 6 Grand Finals)

• Sonic Fox vs Nicolas (Combo Breaker 2024 Mortal Kombat 1 Grand Finals)

• UMA vs Chris Wong (Capcom Cup X Grand Finals)

• tatuma vs Nitro (Evo 2024 GGST Grand FInals)

Tournament of the year

Tournaments are the lifeblood of the FGC. Some are part of larger events, while others are unique to their scene. But all these nominees shine as memorable in 2024 and are likely to be remembered for years to come. The nominees are:

• Capcom Cup X

• SF6 at Blink Respawn 2024

• SF6 at Evo 2024

• Tekken 8 at The MIXUP 2024

• Red Bull Kumite 2024 New York

Publisher pro tour of the year

Publisher-backed tours that help guarantee that players have tournaments to look forward to all the time. They run throughout most of the calendar year, and many of these tours culminate in events that bring a lot of hype, so let the most exciting competition win! The nominees are:

• SNK World Championship 2023

• ARC World Tour 2024

• Tekken World Tour 2024

• Mortal Kombat Pro Kompetition 2023-24

• Capcom Pro Tour 2024

Event of the year

There is a good reason it's called the Fighting Games Community. No single game can energize the scene the same way a collection of titles can. From locals to internationals, they all bring us together, and in 2024, these were the events that made us feel that community the most:

• Evo 2024

• Combo Breaker 2024

• Evo Japan 2024

• EWC 2024

• CEO 2024

Content creator of the year

Every year, content creators continue to shake up the landscape of entertainment across the medium, expand the understanding of a game with their well-researched videos, or give us some great trailer reactions. Here are our nominees:

• Brian_F

• Sajam

• Rooflemonger

• GuileWinQuote

• TheoryFighter

Commentator of the year

This nomination celebrates those who voice all these unforgettable moments - the commentators. Like all of us, they're part of a big family, the fighting game community, and share everyone's love and passion for this genre while also being professional, with vast game knowledge, charisma, and the ability to make even the most boring match entertaining. They're absolute rock stars behind the mic; in the joy of victory and the bitterness of defeat, their voices guide us, make us laugh, and can make a show out of nowhere.

• Justin Wong

• Yipes

• Sajam

• Vicious

• Damascus

Breakthrough player of the year

The grind, the sweat, the staying up late to practice that one matchup. Every year, the heights of Fighting Games skills are challenged, and a handful of relatively unknown players often make a huge splash in their scenes and break into the upper levels of their competitions. Here are our nominees:

• UMA

• NoahTheProdigy

• THE JON

• leemishima

• Socky

FGC team or organization of the year

This nomination celebrates the best team or organization in the FGC — the one that signed the most players or helped their roster the most. Here are the nominees:

• Kwandong Freecs

• Team Falcons

• Ninjas in Pyjamas

• FlyQuest

• REJECT
  

Most anticipated upcoming game

Looking into the future, Fighting Games are quickly approaching a new step in their travels. A new generation is upon us, and we cannot wait to see it. Whether because of unbelievable graphical fidelity, experimental new mechanics, or just getting a fresh new look at a beloved classic. There are the games we are looking forward to the most :

• 2XKO

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• Virtua Fighter 6

• Umbral Core

• HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT

Ongoing game of the year

As the next generation of titles looms over the horizon, it's worth remembering that a good game is released once, but a great one continues to evolve and be played for years or even decades to come, the ones that can’t go missing at your favorite local. Here are our nominees:

• Street Fighter 6

• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

• Guilty Gear -STRIVE-

• MultiVersus

• Brawlhalla

Player of the year

Dominance, experience, and the undisputed ability to triumph over everyone and anyone who would dare challenge them. The best player of the year is meant to embody not only the talent required to be at the top but also the resilience to keep them there. Our nominees are:

• Arslan Ash

• Punk

• SonicFox

• MenaRD

• ULSAN

Fighting game of the year

Every year, new games hit the digital and physical storefronts, new titles for Tournament Organizers to look at and potentially bring to their locals or even majors. New experiences for players to enjoy and challenge each other over. However, only a few of them can rise quickly to the level of the Fighting Game of the year. Here are our nominees:

• Tekken 8

• UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes

• Rivals of Aether II

• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO!

• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

Join us in celebrating the Fighting Games Community, its values, and its success!