{"id":63530,"date":"2026-03-19T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=63530"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:43:31","slug":"silent-hill-f-voted-game-of-the-year-by-japanese-users-in-famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-voted-game-of-the-year-by-japanese-users-in-famitsu-dengeki-game-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f voted Game of the Year by Japanese users in\u00a0Famitsu\u00a0Dengeki\u00a0Game Awards 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On March 14, Kadokawa Game Linkage announced the winners of the <\/strong>Famitsu<\/strong> <\/strong>Dengeki<\/strong> Game Awards 2025<\/strong>, one of Japan\u2019s largest user-voted game award events. Voting took place from December 19, 2025 to January 18, 2026, and included titles that were released in the previous year as well as currently running live- <\/s>service games. Silent Hill f<\/strong> was crowned Game of the Year during the awards livestream<\/a>, and received two more awards as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Best Game Developer\/Studio award went to the Silent Hill f Development Team, which consists of NeoBards Entertainment and Konami staff. Konatsu Kato won the Best Voice Actor award for her portrayal of protagonist Hinako Shimizu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the full list of the winners:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game of the Year \u2013 Silent Hill f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MVC (Best Game Developer\/Studio) \u2013 Silent Hill f \u200b\u200bDevelopment Team <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Scenario – The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Graphics \u2013 Ghost of Y\u014dtei <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Music \u2013 Mario Kart World <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Voice Actor \u2013 Konatsu Kato as Hinako Shimizu (Silent Hill f) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Character \u2013 Corbeau (Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Online Game – R.E.P.O. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Action Game \u2013 Donkey Kong Bananza <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Action-Adventure Game \u2013 Ghost of Y\u014dtei <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Adventure Game – Urban Myth Dissolution Center <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best RPG – Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Mobile Game – SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Indie Game – Urban Myth Dissolution Center <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best Debut Game – The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 Most Anticipated Title \u2013 The Duskbloods <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Famitsu Dengeki Special Award \u2013 Split Fiction\/Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:\u00a0Silent Hill f Hinako\u2019s name was literally a When they Cry series reference, says writer Ryukishi07. \u201cI think it\u2019s high time somebody noticed\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silent Hill f was initially supposed to take on a more classic religious cult narrative, but the devs trusted global players to grasp a fully Japanese mythological worldview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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