PlayStation Awards Winners Announced Ahead of PlayStation Experience, Minecraft Wins Double Platinum

PlayStation Awards 2017 winners are announced by Sony and to everyone's surprise, Minecraft has won a double platinum award from Sony.

Sony has announced the PlayStation Awards Winners for various categories. The categories including User’s Choice, Best Indie Games, PlayStation VR, PlayStation Network and more.

PlayStation Awards winners were announced based on the votes gathered from users Japan and Asia. PlayStation Awards were held ahead of the upcoming PlayStation Experience where new games are expected to be announced.

PlayStation Awards Winners – 2017

Indie Games & Game Developers

Mystery Gensokyo TOD -Reloaded- – Mediascape
3on3 Freestyle – Joycity Corporation
Undertale – 8-4

PlayStation VR

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom
Farpoint – Sony Interactive Entertainment
Summer Lesson: Allison Snow – Bandai Namco Entertainment

Users’ Choice

Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts
Final Fantasy XV – Square Enix
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom
Nioh – Koei Tecmo Games
NieR: Automata – Square Enix
Horizon Zero Dawn – Sony Interactive Entertainment
Persona 5 – Atlus
Ys VIII -Lacrimosa of Dana- – Nihon Falcom
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Square Enix
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Sony Interactive Entertainment

PlayStation Network

Phantasy Star Online 2 – SEGA Games
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft
FIFA 17 – Electronic Arts

Gold Prize

Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection – Sony Interactive Entertainment
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft
FIFA 17 – Electronic Arts
FIFA 18 – Electronic Arts
Battlefield 1 – Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – Activision (published by SIE in Japan)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – SEGA Games
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard – Capcom
Nioh – Koei Tecmo Games
NieR: Automata – Square Enix
Horizon Zero Dawn – Sony Interactive Entertainment

Platinum Prize

Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar Games
Final Fantasy XV – Square Enix
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Square Enix

Double Platinum Prize

Minecraft – Mojang AB

What games would you have picked? Let us know in the comments below.

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