Japan Game Awards 2021 Winners Announced at Tokyo Game Show

At Tokyo Game Show, the winners were announced for the Japan Game Awards 2021 today. Various Nintendo Switch titles were selected across various categories. It was Monster Hunter Rise and Ghost of Tsushima that ended up taking the top prize, the first time since 2014 where two different games won the Grand Award. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Check out the Japan Game Awards 2021 presentation below, which includes English commentary:

Japan Game Awards 2021 Winners

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award

Kou Shibusawa (Koei Tecmo)

Global Award Japanese Product

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Global Award Foreign Product

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Best Sales Award

Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!

Game Designers Award

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Note: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, It Takes Two, and Ghost of Tsushima were runner-ups

Award for Excellence

Resident Evil 3
Final Fantasy VII Remake
The Last of Us Part II
Ghost of Tsushima
Genshin Impact
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!
Buddy Mission Bond
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
Monser Hunter Rise

Grand Award

Monster Hunter Rise
Ghost of Tsushima

The Switch once again had a lot of representation during the Japan Game Awards! You can check out last year’s Japan Game Awards to see how they compared to the Japanese Game Awards 2021.

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