TGS2024 Japan Game Awards 2024A summary of information on each award-winning title! Newly established awards are also introduced this year!

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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

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
マイニンテンドーストア
Company Name Nintendo Co.
Platform Nintendo Swicth
Price Download version: 7,900 yen (tax included) / Package version: 7,920 yen (tax included)
Official websitehttps://www.nintendo.com/jp/zelda/totk/index.html
Remarks This title is eligible for exchange of "2-for-1 Nintendo Catalog Ticket", a product available only to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

Excellence Award / Special Award

Street Fighter 6

Street Fighter 6
PlayStation Store
Company name Capcom Co.
Platform PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Steam
Price Normal download version: 7,990 yen (tax included) *Each edition and paid DLC are available.
Official websitehttps://www.streetfighter.com/6/ja-jp

Excellence Award

FINAL FANTASY XVI

FINAL FANTASY XVI
PlayStation Store
Company name SQUARE ENIX Co.
Platform PS5 / Steam / Epic Games Store
Price Normal download version : PS5 9,900 yen (including tax), Steam / Epic Games Store 7,700 yen (including tax) *Each edition and paid DLC are available.
Official websitehttps://jp.finalfantasyxvi.com/

ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON

ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
PlayStation Store
Company name FROM SOFTWARE Co.
Platform PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam
Price Normal download: 8,690 yen (tax included) *Each edition is available
Official websitehttps://www.armoredcore.net/index.html

Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
マイニンテンドーストア
Company name Nintendo Co.
Platform Nintendo Swicth
Price Download version: 6,500 yen (including tax) / Package version: 6,578 yen (including tax)
Official websitehttps://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch/aqmxa/index.html
Remarks This title is eligible for exchange of "2-for-1 Nintendo Catalog Ticket", a limited offer for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

Yakuza7 Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Yakuza7 Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
PlayStation Store
Company name SEGA Corporation
Platform PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Game Pass / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Windows / Steam
Price Normal download version: 5,940 yen (tax included) *Each edition is available
Official websitehttps://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/gaiden/

Yakuza8

Yakuza8
PlayStation Store
Company name SEGA Corporation
Platform PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Windows / Steam
Price Downloadable Standard Edition: 9,680 yen (tax included) *Each edition is available
Official websitehttps://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/eight/

Persona 3 Reload

Persona 3 Reload
PlayStation Store
Company name Atlus Co.
Platform PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Game Pass / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Windows / Steam
Price Normal download version: 9,680 yen (including tax) *Each edition includes additional content
Official websitehttps://p3re.jp/

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
PlayStation Store
Company name SQUARE ENIX Co.
Platform PS5
Price Normal download version : 9,878 yen (tax included) *Each edition is available.
Official websitehttps://www.jp.square-enix.com/ffvii_rebirth/

Unicorn Overlord

Unicorn Overlord
PlayStation Store
Company name Atlus Corporation / Vanillaware Ltd.
Platform Nintendo Swicth / PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Game Pass / Xbox Series X|S
Price Normal download version: 8,778 yen (tax included) *Each edition is available
Official websitehttps://unicorn-overlord.com/

Dragon's Dogma 2

Dragon's Dogma 2
PlayStation Store
Company name Capcom Co.
Platform PS5 / Xbox Series X|S / Steam
Price Normal download version: 8,990 yen (including tax) / Package version: 6,578 yen (including tax) *Each edition is available
Official websitehttps://www.dragonsdogma.com/2/ja-jp/

Breakthrough Award

Exit 8

Exit 8
マイニンテンドーストア
Company name KOTAKE CREATE
Platform Nintendo Swicth / PS5 / PS4 / Steam
Price Normal download version: 470 yen (tax included)
Official websitehttps://www.kotakecreate.com/ *KOTAKE CREATE website.

Movement Prize

Watermelon Game

Watermelon Game
マイニンテンドーストア
Company name Aladdin X Corporation
Platform Pre-installed on Aladdin X series projectors Nintendo Swicth / iOS / Android
Price Normal download version: 240 yen (tax included)
Official websitehttps://suikagame.jp/

Game Designers Award

Viewfinder

Viewfinder
PlayStation Store
Company Name Sad Owl Studios
Platform Steam / PS5 / PS4
Price Normal download version: Steam 2,800 yen (including tax) / PS5/PS4 2,860 yen (including tax)
Official websitehttps://www.sos.games/ *Sad Owl Studios website.

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award

PlayStation

PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection
PlayStation.Blog
Company name Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation Official Websitehttps://www.playstation.com/ja-jp/

Many titles are currently on sale!

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!

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom -Switch

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