Awarded gamesGames of the Year
Award results of The JAPAN GAME AWARDS 2022 have been announced as follows.
Grand Award
ELDEN RING
| Company | FromSoftware, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Platform | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam |
This video game, featuring the dark fantasy world with overwhelming volume and quality, receives tremendous support from many users. In the general votes, enthusiastic fans say “It is no doubt this game is a masterpiece. Everything is awesome.
Game Designers Award
Inscryption
| Company | Daniel Mullins Games |
|---|---|
| Platform | Steam |
This is quite unlike most of other video games. I hesitate to explain its features.
This video game belongs to the card game genre, but the setting, mood, the skillful metafiction leads to unexpected development.
It is no doubt this is the one and only video game, and it is quite interesting. This game won the award, receiving supports from many judges.
How lucky you are if you learn this video game!
We recommend you should play without any details and any prior information.
Award for excellence
| Awards | Title | Platform | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Award | ELDEN RING | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam | FromSoftware, Inc. |
| Game Designers Award |
Inscryption | Steam | Daniel Mullins Games |
| Award for excellence |
ELDEN RING | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam | FromSoftware, Inc. |
| Ghostwire: Tokyo | PS5 / PC | Bethesda Softworks | |
| Sky: Children of the Light | iOS / Android OS / Nintendo Switch | thatgamecompany | |
| Tales of ARISE | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam | Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. | |
| Resident Evil Village | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam | CAPCOM CO.,LTD. | |
| FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER | PS5 / PS4 / Windows® / Mac / Steam | SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. | |
| Kirby and the Forgotten Land | Nintendo Switch | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | |
| Pokémon LEGENDS ARCEUS | Nintendo Switch | The Pokémon Company | |
| Horizon Forbidden West | PS5 / PS4 / PS4 Pro | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| LOST JUDGMENT | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Amazon Luna | SEGA, Inc. | |
| Best Sales Award | Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | Nintendo Switch | The Pokémon Company |
| Global Award Japanese Product |
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | Nintendo Switch | The Pokémon Company |
| Global Award Foreign Product |
Call of Duty®: Vanguard | PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / PC | ACTIVISION / Sledgehammer Games / Treyarch |
【Abbreviations of platform】
PS5: PlayStation®5 / PS4: PlayStation®4 / PC: Windows®