PlayStation Partner Awards 2026 Japan Asia Set for December 3 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 50 minutes ago / 163 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia announced the PlayStation Partner Awards 2026 Japan Asia are set for December 3.
The awards recognize the PlayStation versions of hit titles that are sold across Japan and Asia.
Read details below:
Grand Award
Awarded to the top three titles developed in the Japan / Asian regions with highest worldwide sales between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.
Partner Award
Awarded to titles developed in the Japan / Asia region with top-ranked worldwide sales between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026, with particularly noteworthy activity results.
Accessibility Award
Awarded to titles with outstanding accessibility features.
Ongoing Game Award
Awarded to titles that continue to entertain players post-launch via ongoing updates and events.
Independent Creators’ Award
Awarded to outstanding independent games from the Japan / Asia regions titles selected by PlayStation players.
Users can vote from the following titles:
- Coffee Talk Tokyo (Chorus Worldwide)
- inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories (Beep Japan)
- Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch (Kakao Games)
- Lumines Arise (Enhance Games)
- Mistfall Hunter (Skystone Games)
- Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse (Pocketpair)
- Starbites (Nippon Ichi Software)
- Starward (Shengtian Games)
- Village in the Shade (Nippon Ichi Software)
PlayStation 5 Pro Integration Award
Awarded to games that fully utilize PlayStation 5 Pro’s capabilities.
Players’ Choice Award
Awarded to the top titles in the Japan / Asia regions selected by PlayStation players. The title candidates are directly taken from the top 30 titles released between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026, ranked by total playtime in the region during the same period.
Users can vote from the following titles:
- 007 First Light (IO Interactive)
- ARC Raiders (Nexon / Embark Studios)
- Arknights: Endfield (GRYPHLINE)
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced (Ubisoft)
- Battlefield 6 (Electronic Arts)
- Beast of Reincarnation (Fictions)
- Code Vein II (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Crimson Desert (Pearl Abyss)
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (Square Enix)
- Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Square Enix)
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom)
- Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road (LEVEL-5)
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (Capcom)
- Neverness to Everness (Perfect World Games)
- Nioh 3 (Koei Tecmo Games)
- Octopath Traveler 0 (Square Enix)
- Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 (Konami Digital Entertainment)
- PRAGMATA (Capcom)
- PUBG: Battlegrounds (KRAFTON)
- Resident Evil Requiem (CAPCOM)
- Satisfactory (Coffee Stain Publishing)
- Sega Football Club Champions 2026 (SEGA)
- Starfield (Bethesda Softworks)
- Starward (Shengtian Games)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin (Netmarble)
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Genki)
- Where Winds Meet (NetEase Games)
- Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut (SEGA)
- Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (SEGA)
Vote Now
Voting is available via the following links:
Voting will close on November 6 at 23:59 JST.
Thanks, Gematsu.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.
