Toby Fox Named Sole International Judge for Final Game Designers Award

Genki_JPN posted the list of judges for the Game Designers Award at the Japan Game Awards 2026. Masahiro Sakurai serves as committee leader. The other judges named are Kazutoshi Iida, Jiro Ishii, Fumito Ueda, Hideki Kamiya, Kazutaka Kodaka, Suda51, Toby Fox, Keiichiro Toyama, Shinji Mikami, and Yoko Taro. A follow-up post from the same account stated that the Japan Game Awards will end the award this year. The prize was founded by Sakurai in 2010 to honor creativity and innovation, and the 2026 edition marks its sixteenth and last.