Shinji Mikami to enter the D.I.C.E. Hall of Fame in 2027

Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is getting inducted into the D.I.C.E. Hall of Fame at the 30th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards on February 18, 2027. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences made the announcement today, with Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda — better known as SUDA51 — set to present the award.

Suda described Mikami as a close friend and creative collaborator, calling him his "Obi-Wan Kenobi" and saying he learned how to approach game development — both as a director and designer — directly from him. Mikami's career stretches over 30 years and includes Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Dino Crisis, Vanquish, The Evil Within, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Hi-Fi Rush. He currently serves as Creative Director and CEO of Unbound Inc., which was acquired by Stellar Blade developer Shift Up earlier this year. The studio is working on an unannounced game. AIAS president Meggan Scavio called Mikami "a monumental and influential figure" whose originality has continually shaped and inspired the action game genre.

Mikami joins a strong list of past Hall of Fame inductees that includes Evan Wells (2026), Ted Price (2025), Koji Kondo (2024), Tim Schafer (2022), Ed Boon (2021), and Todd Howard (2017). The D.I.C.E. Awards are one of the games industry's most respected recognition ceremonies, run by the AIAS, and the Hall of Fame category is reserved for developers whose body of work has had a lasting impact on the medium. Mikami's influence on survival horror and action games in particular is hard to overstate — Resident Evil essentially defined the survival horror genre, and his later work helped shape the modern action game template.

The ceremony takes place in February 2027, giving the industry nearly a year to look forward to what should be a well-deserved moment for one of gaming's most consistently creative directors.