Monster Hunter: World wins big at the PlayStation Awards 2018

Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan recently held the PlayStation Awards 2018 last Monday, an annual awards ceremony dating back to 1995. The ceremony honors the bestselling and the most noteworthy games on the PlayStation platform in Asia.

As one of the bestselling games of the year, Monster Hunter: World bagged the top honors — the Quarduple Platinum Prize for shipping over 4 million units in Asia. Aside from MH: World, Persona 5 and The Last of Us Remastered have received the major Platinum Prize for shipping over 1 million units in Asia (lifetime sales).

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Here is the complete list of winners in the PlayStation Awards 2018:

Quadruple Platinum Prize

Games that have shipped more than 4 million units in Asia.

• Monster Hunter: World

Platinum Prize

Games that have shipped more than 1 million units in Asia.

• The Last of Us Remastered
• Persona 5

Gold Prize

Games that have shipped more than 500,000 in Asia.

• Super Robot Wars V (PS4/Vita)
• Winning Eleven 2018
• Gran Turismo Sport
• Call of Duty WWII
• God of War
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2018 (PS4/Vita)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man

PlayStation Network Award

The top three best-selling games on PSN released from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.

• FIFA 18
• Monster Hunter: World
• Fortnite

PlayStation VR Award

The Bestselling PSVR Games from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018 (excludes last year’s winning titles).

• No Heroes Allowed! VR
• Gran Turismo Sport
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR

Indie Games & Game Developers Award

• Ultimate Chicken Horse
• ABZÛ
• Dead Cells

User’s Choice Award

• Assassin’s Creed Origins
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
• Yakuza Kiwami 2
• Monster Hunter: World
• Fortnite
• God of War
• Dark Souls Remastered
• Detroit: Become Human
• Marvel’s Spider-Man
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV: The End of Saga

Story: SIE Japan via Anime News Network.