Japan Game Awards 2007

"Amateur Division" Award Winners Chosen

The titles that have received awards in the “Amateur Division” at the Japan Game Awards 2007, sponsored by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA, Chairman: Yoichi Wada; Location: Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo) have been chosen.

The Grand Award in the Amateur Division goes to “Battle Quest”, a game created by team　“Kenta Nakamura”,HAL Institute of Computer Technology. The game has the outstanding world view and story; the mere doodle that a boy did on a notebook turns into a game. The creative building and depiction of this view, and the care taken to ensure that players don’t lose interest in the game were the main reasons why this game was selected for the Grand Award.

For award of excellence, “Shimensoka”, “TRUE ENSEMBLE”,“Punitto Clown”,“LEAD BALL”,have been chosen and five games have received Honorable Mention. For further detailed information, please visit the Japan Game Awards official website: URL http://awards.cesa.or.jp/.

Other awards such as award of excellence, 「Shimensoka」「TRUE ENSEMBLE」「Punitto Clown」「LEAD BALL」 have been chosen and five games have received Honorable Mention. For further detailed information such as the reasons why the titles that received awards were selected, please visit the Japan Game Awards official website: URL http://awards.cesa.or.jp/.

The “Amateur Division” is a new division that was formed this year by combining the former “Indies Division” (Japan Game Awards 2006) for games that had not yet been commercialized and the “CESA Student Game Awards” for original games that were created by students.

As for the procedure of the selection, the 265 original games that are created by amateurs were collected from March 19 till June 30 of 2007 and their VTR was examined as the fist way of the selection. The selection proceeded the trial play as the second selection. After the trial play by professional creators and journal editors of the game industries as the final judging session, the games that are awarded have been determined.

Amateur Division Award Winners

* Honorific titles have been omitted from the recipients'names.
* The following abbreviations are used for the platforms.
DS: Nintendo DS and DS Lite, PC: Personal Computer, PS2: PlayStation 2
(The titles are in Japanese alphabetical order.)

On Sunday, September 23 at Tokyo game show 2007, the press conference and Award ceremony of the “Future Division” is scheduled to be held. The games that will receive awards are selected from the pre-released games presented and exhibited at 「Tokyo Game Show 2007」 and will be determined by the judgment of the Japan Game Awards Selection committee and the votes from the attendees of Tokyo Game Show 2007.

As for the two divisions, “Game of the Year Division” and “Future Division”, we create and distribute the award logo that are put on the packages of the awarded games and posters to introduce all the awarded games to game software shops and such. We hope that the logo and posters will be the ways to let more and more people know about “Japan Game Awards” and will be the contribution for the sales promotion of the awarded games. Moreover, we hope to tell more people the enjoyment and wonderfulness of the computer entertainment and contribute developments of the game industries through “Japan Game Awards”.