Here are the PlayStation Awards 2018 winners

The awards ceremony for Sony’s PlayStation Awards 2018 has just concluded, with 29 trophies awarded at an invite-only venue in Tokyo, Japan. This year’s edition, the 24th since PlayStation’s release, comprised six award categories mostly determined by sales numbers — one of them a first for the show. After opening with a catchy ‘Play Again’ commercial for the PS4 we were treated to a live three-piece jazz band, H Zett Trio, who later gave their renditions of a few popular tunes.

Here are the winners.

User’s Choice Awards

(Top 10 titles as voted by users in Japan and Asia. Qualifying games released between Oct 2017 – Sep 2018.)

The ten User’s Choice Award winners.

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft)
• Dragon Quest XI (Square Enix)
• Yakuza Kiwami 2 (SEGA)
• Monster Hunter World (Capcom)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Dark Souls Remastered (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream, SIE)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Studios, SIE)
• The Legend of Heroes IV: A Tear of Vermillion (Nihon Falcom, Bandai Namco Entertainment)

Quadruple Platinum Prize

(Over 4 million copies shipped, including downloads. First time awarded.)

Capcom receiving a custom banner for winning the Quadruple Platinum Prize.

• Monster Hunter World (Capcom)

Platinum Prize

(Over 1 million copies shipped, including downloads.)

Naughty Dog for The Last of Us: Remastered.

Atlus for Persona 5.

• The Last of Us Remastered (Naughty Dog Studios, SIE)
• Persona 5 (Atlus)

Gold Prize

(Over 500,000 copies shipped, including downloads.)

• Super Robot Wars V (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Winning Eleven 2018 (Konami)
• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital, SIE)
• Call of Duty: World War 2 (Sledgehammer Games, SIE)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio, SIE)
• Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2018 (Konami)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Studios, SIE)

PlayStation Network Award

(Top 3 titles by network sales. Qualifying games released Oct 2017 – Sep 2018.)

• FIFA 18 (Electronic Arts)
• Monster Hunter World (Capcom)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)

PlayStation VR Award

(3 titles that contributed to PSVR sales, excluding last year’s winners. Qualifying games released Oct 2017 – Sep 2018.)

• No Heroes Allowed VR (SIE Japan Studio, SIE)
• Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital, SIE)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks)

Indies & Developer Award

(3 titles that contributed to PlayStation’s expansion, excluding last year’s winners. Qualifying games released Oct 2017 – Sep 2018.)

• Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games)
• ABZU (Giant Squid Studios)
• Dead Cells (Motion Twin)

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Catch the replay for all that sweet jazz and the winning speeches:

The awards season continues with the The Game Awards 2018 this Friday morning, 7 Dec.

Don’t miss our own Game of the Year picks later this month, either!

Images: YouTube screen captures