Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS2024), Japan's largest game festival, will be held from Thursday, September 26, 2024 to Sunday, September 29, 2024, and at the time of writing this article, the show is in full swing. Our editorial staff has been covering the event since the first day of the Business Day, and it has been a truly extraordinary event. We will be reporting on the event as it unfolds, and will also be posting on Saiga NAK official X (@saiganak ), so please look forward to it! Of course, the booths of the various companies were a lot of fun, but the highlight of TGS is the "Japan Game Awards! The " Japan Game Awards " will be held on the same day! The Japan Game Awards will be presented in various categories on different days, and the most notable of these, the Japan Game Awards 2024 "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" and "Game of the Year" presentation ceremony, will be held on September 26, 2024, the first day of TGS 2024. The award ceremony was held on September 26, 2024 (Thursday), the first day of TGS2024!
Prices and official websites of each award-winning works!
The platforms, prices, and official websites of the game titles that received awards at the Japan Game Awards 2024 "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" and "Game of the Year" presentation ceremony held on the first day of TGS2024 are introduced below. The award-winning titles must have been released between April 1, 2023 (Sat) and March 31, 2024 (Sun). In this article, the order of broadcast will differ, but the order will be as follows: Grand Prize, Excellence Award, etc. in the "Annual Awards" category, "Breakthrough Award," "Movement Award," "Game Designers Award," "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award," "Game Designers Award," and "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award&" in the "Game of the Year" category. The "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award"" will be introduced in this order. Please note that some of the limited editions are no longer available, so the price list is basically only for the regular price of the standard edition.
Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Best Sales Award
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Company Name
Nintendo Co.
Platform
Nintendo Swicth
Price
Download version: 7,900 yen (tax included) / Package version: 7,920 yen (tax included)
The winners of this year's awards were all great titles, but " The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom " won the Grand Prize, the Excellence Award, and the Best Sales Award, making it a triple winner!Street Fighter 6 " won two awards, an Excellence Award and a Special Award! As the author who has played both of these games, I can say that I was satisfied with the awards considering their contents and topics. The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award went to "PlayStation", which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The Breakthrough Award for " Exit 8 " and the Movement Award for " Watermelon Game " were also newly established this year, and there is no doubt about it considering the excitement and buzz they generated! These two titles are very reasonably priced, so please be sure to check them out! Personally, I highly recommend " Unicorn Overlord," which won the Excellence Award, but many of the award-winning titles, including "Unicorn Overlord," were on sale for download at the time of this article's publication! Unicorn Overlord" and other award-winning titles! It is no exaggeration to say that the award-winning titles are masterpieces that are recognized by all gamers, so if you have not played any of them, please take this opportunity to do so! For more information about the Japan Game Awards, please visit the official website!