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Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards winners | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards winners](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-winners.jpeg "Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards winners")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-winners.jpeg)The winners of the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021 were revealed andMonster Hunter Rise was the major winner, taking home both Game of the Year and Best Action Game awards.

In addition, Metroid Dread won an award for Best Action-Adventure Game. Masahiro Sakurai, the director of Super Smash Bros., was also named Most Valuable Creator.

## [](#winners)Winners

The following is the complete list of winners for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2021:

**Game of the Year**

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
Tales of Arise
Resident Evil Village
*Monster Hunter Rise*
Lost Judgment

**Most Valuable Creator**

Capcom’s Resident Evil Village development team
Cygames’ Uma Musume: Pretty Derby development team
*Masahiro Sakurai (Smash Bros. director)*
SEGA / Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Naoki Yoshida (Final Fantasy XIV producer)

**Best Scenario**

Tales of Arise
Buddy Mission Bond
*Lost Judgment*

**Best Graphics**

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
*Tales of Arise*
Resident Evil Village

**Best Music**

*Uma Musume: Pretty Derby*
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Monster Hunter Rise

**Best Actor**

*Takuya Kimura (Takayuki Yagami) / Lost Judgment*
Daisuke Tsuji (Jin Sakai) / Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
Maggie Robertson (Alcina Dimitrescu) / Resident Evil Village

**Best Voice Actor**

*Hitomi Ueda (Gold Ship) / Uma Musume: Pretty Derby*
Shino Shimoji (Shionne) / Tales of Arise
Daisuke Namikawa (Chesley Nichols) in Buddy Mission Bond

**Best Character**

Alphen / Tales of Arise
Ethan Winters / Resident Evil Village
*Gold Ship / Uma Musume: Pretty Derby*

**Best Online Game**

Apex Legends
Genshin Impact
*Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker*

**Best Action Game**

Hades
*Monster Hunter Rise*
Returnal

**Best Action-Adventure Game**

Resident Evil Village
*Metroid Dread*
Lost Judgment

**Best Adventure Game**

Jack Jeanne
Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon
*Buddy Mission Bond*

**Best RPG**

The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki
Shin Megami Tensei V
*Tales of Arise*

**Best Indie Game**

Eastward
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights
*Hades*

**Best Rookie Game**

*Uma Musume: Pretty Derby*
Scarlet Nexus
Buddy Mission BOND

**Best Esports Game**

*Apex Legends*
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
Valorant

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