Japan Game Awards 2024 winners revealed, Zelda: TotK gets top honors (UPDATE)

CESA has officially revealed the winners for the Japan Game Awards 2024, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has taken home the Grand Award, which is the top accolade a game can get.

That’s not the only thing Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won, nor is it the only Switch game that took home wins. You can see the full list of categories and winners below.

• Grand Award: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Award: PlayStation
• Breakthrough Award: The Exit 8
• Movement Award: Suika Game
• Best Sales Award: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Special Award: Street Fighter 6
• Game Designers Award honorable mentions: COCOON and No Case Should Remain Unsolved
• Game Designers Award winner: Viewfinder
• Awards for Excellence (11 titles)

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Street Fighter 6, Final Fantasy XVI, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Super Mario Bros Wonder, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona 3 Reload, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Unicorn Overlord, Dragon’s Dogma 2

UPDATE: Now that TGS 2024 has come to a close, CESA has revealed the winners of Japan Game Awards 2024’s Future Division. These are the big games that players are looking forward to, and the winners are decided through tallied public votes. The 10 picks this year are as follows:

• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
• Dynasty Warriors Origins
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
• Arknights: Endfield
• Persona 5: The Phantom X
• Suikoden I&II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
• Professor Layton and the New World of Steam