Works receiving of this award are considered and selected as follows.
All games that were released onto the Japanese market between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010.
After the general voting is completed, the Japan Game Awards selection committee will be called to select the winners
on the basis of the following selection criteria. The product evaluated highest as the game of the year will be presented
with the "Grand Award", and the "Award for Excellence" will be presented to other games which receive high ratings.
The "Global Award" will be presented for both the Japanese title and foreign title most highly appraised overseas.
The "Best Sales Award" will be presented for the best-selling title sold in Japan during the specified period.
The "Special Award" may be given to titles or producers which the committee deems appropriate for the award.
To select the award a screening panel consisting of creators separate from the Japan Game Awards Selection
Committee was established. The entries are awarded points on a scale of 1 to 10 by each judge and then the winner is
selected based on the point totals.
The final winner is determined with the approval of the Japan Game Awards
Selection Committee.
The awards are selected based on the following selection criteria 1 and 2 below, which are used for the detailed
judging and evaluation.
1. |
Creativity |
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Incorporates new ideas that are a clear departure from existing works. |
2. |
Originality |
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Works that expand the form of game software by presenting new ways for the user to enjoy and play
with the game. |
The above evaluations 1 and 2 are combined to select excellent titles that have the potential to become an indicator
of future market development.