Right now, December 3 – Sony Interactive Leisure (SIE) held the PlayStation Associate Awards Japan/Asia to have a good time a number of the greatest PlayStation 5 titles that debuted by means of the yr, made by creators in Japan and Asia. Learn on for a rundown of all of the video games that acquired awards at this occasion.
For the 2025 PlayStation Associate Awards, the standard Customers’ Alternative Awards, Associate 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, growth ability, and appreciation from PlayStation gamers.
PlayStation Associate winners have been honored by long-standing members of Sony Interactive Leisure’s government crew, together with President and CEO of SIE, Hideaki Nishino, alongside the Senior Vice Presidents of International Associate Improvement & Relations division, Pete Royea, Kiichiro Urata, and Phil Rosenberg. The PlayStation Associate Awards stays a celebration that honors the creativity of gifted builders, and celebrates the superb 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 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 |
Associate Award
Awarded to titles developed within the Japan / Asia area with top-ranked worldwide gross sales between October 2024 and September 2025**, with significantly noteworthy industrial accomplishments.
| Elden Ring Nightreign | FromSoftware, Inc. / Bandai Namco Leisure |
| Steel 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 prime quality and growth effort of their accessible gameplay implementations, together with different 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 Associate Awards class, recognizing the variability and creativity of impartial sport 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. Mentioned John Vega, International Director of the Indies crew: “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 yr 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 | Pink Candle Video games |
| City Fable 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 consumer votes within the Japan/Asia area, out of the highest 30 titles with the longest whole sport 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 primarily based on bodily gross sales in addition to digital gross sales made by means of PlayStation Retailer (together with further content material and in-game foreign money).
** SIE’s personal indicators, akin to participant numbers, are additionally factored into the choice of nominees. Listed publishers are that of the Japanese PlayStation Retailer.
Listed here are messages from the recipients of the “Grand Award” to all of the gamers.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
(Bandai Namco Leisure)
“We’re really 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 unimaginable help of our many followers. This award is the results of the eagerness and enthusiasm everybody has continued to carry to the sport, even after its launch. We wish to take this chance to as soon as once more lengthen 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 yr. We wish to lengthen our gratitude to all of the gamers world wide who’ve continued to help us. With the world’s greatest soccer occasion approaching subsequent yr, we anticipate an much more thrilling season forward. Our growth and operations groups will proceed to work collectively to ship an much more passionate and satisfying soccer expertise. Thanks on your continued help of eFootball.”
– Konami
Basic Producer
Junichi Taya
Marvel Rivals
(NetEase Video games）
“We’re really honored that Marvel Rivals has acquired this recognition. Our heartfelt thanks go to PlayStation for his or her great help, to our crew and Marvel Video games for his or her ongoing efforts, to our companions for his or her exhausting work, and to the tens of millions of gamers who’ve continued to help our sport and present us love.
Previously yr, now we have launched over 40 superheroes to gamers by means of Marvel Rivals. Shifting 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 categorical our gratitude to PlayStation and our gamers for his or her unwavering help! We are going to carefully 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 complete crew is actually honored to obtain each the GRAND AWARD and the ACCESSIBILITY AWARD, in addition to a nomination for the USERS’ CHOICE AWARD.
This sport was developed with the purpose of making a deeply immersive hunting-action expertise that could possibly be loved by each longtime followers of the sequence and newcomers. Primarily based on participant suggestions, we’re frequently refining and updating the sport to ship an much more snug and thrilling searching expertise.
We wish to categorical 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 acquired the GRAND AWARD for the PlayStation® Associate Awards 2025, and we wish 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 yr. 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 attraction of Zenless Zone Zero — pursuing a particular creative fashion, creating exhilarating fight experiences, and delivering richer and high quality content material by means 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 the direction of a future filled with limitless prospects for Zenless Zone Zero.”
– HoYoverse
Producer
Zhenyu Li
