At the moment, December 3 – Sony Interactive Leisure (SIE) held the PlayStation Partner Awards Japan/Asia to have a good time a number of the finest PlayStation 5 titles that debuted by way of the 12 months, made by creators in Japan and Asia. Learn on for a rundown of all of the video games that obtained awards at this occasion.
For the 2025 PlayStation Partner Awards, the normal Customers’ Alternative Awards, Partner Awards, and Grand Awards returned, alongside the Accessibility Award and the brand-new PlayStation Indies Award. The Accessibility and PlayStation Indies awards have a good time the dedication to numerous play made by creators, in addition to recognizing their creativity, improvement ability, and appreciation from PlayStation gamers.
PlayStation Partner winners had been honored by long-standing members of Sony Interactive Leisure’s govt staff, together with President and CEO of SIE, Hideaki Nishino, alongside the Senior Vice Presidents of World Partner Growth & Relations division, Pete Royea, Kiichiro Urata, and Phil Rosenberg. The PlayStation Partner Awards stays a celebration that honors the creativity of proficient builders, and celebrates the wonderful number of hit titles that PlayStation communities in Japan and Asia loved all year long.
Grand Award
Awarded to the highest 5 titles developed within the Japan / Asia areas with the very best worldwide gross sales between October 2024 and September 2025*.
| Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Bandai Namco Leisure |
| eFootball | Konami |
| Marvel Rivals | NetEase Video games |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | Capcom |
| Zenless Zone Zero | HoYoverse |
Partner Award
Awarded to titles developed within the Japan / Asia area with top-ranked worldwide gross sales between October 2024 and September 2025**, with notably noteworthy industrial accomplishments.
| Elden Ring Nightreign | FromSoftware, Inc. / Bandai Namco Leisure |
| Metallic Gear Stable Δ: Snake Eater | Konami |
| Path of Exile II | Grinding Gear Video games |
| Silent Hill f | Konami |
| Wuthering Waves | Kuro Video games |
Accessibility Award
Awarded to titles developed by Japan / Asia studios that launched in 2025, notable for the top quality and improvement effort of their accessible gameplay implementations, together with various management schemes, colorblind modes, audio description, and extra.
| Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | Sega |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | Capcom |
PlayStation Indies Award
A brand new PlayStation Partner Awards class, recognizing the variability and creativity of unbiased recreation creators and studios working in Japan/Asia. The title listing was curated from 12 excellent indie titles produced in Japan and the broader Asia area, then voted on by PlayStation gamers. Stated John Vega, World Director of the Indies staff: “It’s an honor to introduce the inaugural PlayStation Indies Award chosen by you, the gamers. This award acknowledges a number of the superior Indie titles which have launched on PlayStation over the previous 12 months from our companions throughout Japan and Asia and celebrates their spectacular creativity. PlayStation loves Indies!”
| Ender Magnolia: Bloom within the Mist | Binary Haze Interactive |
| 9 Sols | Purple Candle Video games |
| City Delusion Dissolution Heart | Shueisha Video games |
Customers’ Alternative Award
Awarded to the highest 5 titles launched within the Japan / Asia area between October 2024 and September 2025, chosen by person votes within the Japan/Asia area, out of the highest 30 titles with the longest complete recreation play time.
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Kepler Interactive |
| Dynasty Warriors: Origins | Koei Tecmo |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | Capcom |
| Silent Hill f | Konami |
| Wuthering Waves | Kuro Video games |
* Calculated based mostly on bodily gross sales in addition to digital gross sales made by way of PlayStation Retailer (together with extra content material and in-game foreign money).
** SIE’s personal indicators, corresponding to participant numbers, are additionally factored into the collection of nominees. Listed publishers are that of the Japanese PlayStation Retailer.
Listed below are messages from the recipients of the “Grand Award” to all of the gamers.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
(Bandai Namco Leisure)
“We’re actually honored to obtain this distinguished award.
As the primary new installment within the sequence in 17 years, this title was made doable because of the unbelievable help of our many followers. This award is the results of the eagerness and enthusiasm everybody has continued to deliver to the sport, even after its launch. We want to take this chance to as soon as once more prolong our honest gratitude. Thanks on your ongoing help as we proceed engaged on future developments.”
– DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO Staff
eFootball
(Konami)
“We’re deeply honored to obtain the distinguished GRAND AWARD. From the discharge of the very first Profitable Eleven on PlayStation to its rebranding as eFootball, the sequence is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this 12 months. We want to prolong our gratitude to all of the gamers all over the world who’ve continued to help us. With the world’s largest soccer occasion approaching subsequent 12 months, we count on an much more thrilling season forward. Our improvement and operations groups will proceed to work collectively to ship an much more passionate and fulfilling soccer expertise. Thanks on your continued help of eFootball.”
– Konami
Normal Producer
Junichi Taya
Marvel Rivals
(NetEase Video games）
“We’re actually honored that Marvel Rivals has obtained this recognition. Our heartfelt thanks go to PlayStation for his or her large help, to our staff and Marvel Video games for his or her ongoing efforts, to our companions for his or her arduous work, and to the tens of millions of gamers who’ve continued to help our recreation and present us love.
Up to now 12 months, we now have launched over 40 superheroes to gamers by way of Marvel Rivals. Transferring ahead, we are going to attempt to ship even richer content material. We look ahead to gamers persevering with to discover this numerous Marvel universe, moving into the roles of superheroes who save the world, and having fun with the fast-paced battles.
As soon as once more, we specific our gratitude to PlayStation and our gamers for his or her unwavering help! We’ll intently monitor participant suggestions and are dedicated to offering much more thrilling content material sooner or later!”
– NetEase Video games
Lead Producer
Weicong Wu
Monster Hunter Wilds
(CAPCOM)
“Our total staff is really honored to obtain each the GRAND AWARD and the ACCESSIBILITY AWARD, in addition to a nomination for the USERS’ CHOICE AWARD.
This recreation was developed with the objective of making a deeply immersive hunting-action expertise that could possibly be loved by each longtime followers of the sequence and newcomers. Based mostly on participant suggestions, we’re frequently refining and updating the sport to ship an much more snug and thrilling looking expertise.
We want to specific our heartfelt gratitude to everybody who has performed Monster Hunter Wilds, and we look ahead to your continued help.”
– CAPCOM
Producer
Ryozo Tsujimoto
Director
Yuya Tokuda
Zenless Zone Zero
(HoYoverse)
“We’re deeply honored that Zenless Zone Zero has obtained the GRAND AWARD for the PlayStation® Partner Awards 2025, and we want to sincerely thank gamers worldwide and PlayStation for his or her help of Zenless Zone Zero, who’ve witnessed the expansion and evolution of Zenless Zone Zero over the course of somewhat over a 12 months. This award is each a testomony to and recognition of the journey we’ve shared collectively, and it’ll proceed to encourage us to create even higher gaming experiences with ardour, dedication, and sincerity.
The journey in New Eridu continues onwards, and we are going to proceed to be pushed by your help and suggestions to work more durable to form the distinctive appeal of Zenless Zone Zero — pursuing a particular inventive type, creating exhilarating fight experiences, and delivering richer and high quality content material by way of steady updates and optimizations. We look ahead to exploring the secrets and techniques of New Eridu along with our Proxies as we head in direction of a future stuffed with countless potentialities for Zenless Zone Zero.”
– HoYoverse
Producer
Zhenyu Li