The 2025 Japan Game Awards have been taken place and we've had some excellent games as of late so there were plenty of games available to be nominated for the various awards. The big award went to Atlus for the excellent Metaphor: ReFantazio, which scoo…  | By Sickr on September 23, 2025 | The 2025 Japan Game Awards have been taken place and we've had some excellent games as of late so there were plenty of games available to be nominated for the various awards. The big award went to Atlus for the excellent Metaphor: ReFantazio, which scooped the Grand Award. The Breakthrough Award went to Sandfall Interactive for their work on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Here's all the winners: Grand Award: Metaphor: ReFantazio
"I am Hashino, a creative director of "Metaphor: ReFantazio." This time, we are very happy to win the Japan Game Awards for Excellence. This is our latest RPG, which launched the sales about a year ago. This is the first big fantasy RPG for Atlus, and it took long time to develop the game before sending out into the world. At the beginning of the sale, we worried if players would welcome the game, but we were really happy to find many placed high expectations and actually enjoyed the game. We also express our sincere gratitude to players who experienced Atlus RPG for the first time, and those who placed high expectations and picked up the game after having supported our works and appreciated the past creative works for years. We couldn't be happier if you liked this game. It is our greatest pleasure that many people picked up and enjoyed this game though it is a new unknown title. Thanks for your support, we will be able to keep moving forward to the future. Once again, we appreciate all users. Thank you very much. All team members will make efforts to create better games. We would appreciate your continuous support." Breakthrough Award: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "It is a great honor for us to receive such a wonderful award. Please allow us to use this opportunity to offer our thanks to everyone who has supported our game and studio. There is no doubt our dream has come true. Expedition 33 is inspired by many wonderful JRPGs, which we have been familiar with and loved since young children. That is why it is very important for the studio to be evaluated in Japan. The evaluation is so meaningful for us. This recognition is a great honor. In the future, we would lie to keep on giving wonderful experiences to fans in both Japan and in the world.Tomorrow comes!" The Excellence Award: - Metaphor Re:Fantazio
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