Sony Opens Voting for PlayStation Game Music Awards 2026
Sony is handing the top prize in its game music awards to streaming counts and fan comments, which makes Spotify performance and comment volume, not a jury, the deciding factor for the nominated soundtracks.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on October 1 that the PlayStation Game Music Awards 2026 will run through October 31 at 23:59 Japan time. Twenty nominated soundtracks, including Battlefield 6, Elden Ring Nightreign, and Ghost of Yotei, compete on Spotify play counts and user comments. A Spotify playlist with one track per album is live, and results arrive in early December.
Voting runs from October 1 through October 31 at 23:59 Japan time on the awards' special website, and a Spotify playlist collecting one representative track from each nominated album went live the same day. Fifty people chosen by lottery from those who submit support comments will receive PlayStation Store tickets worth 2,000 yen.
The twenty nominees span new releases and reissues, from Battlefield 6 and Borderlands 4 to the Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Original Soundtrack and R4 -RIDGE RACER TYPE 4- Original Soundtrack. Ranking publication and interviews with composers are planned alongside the early December results.
- Battlefield 6 (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
- Borderlands 4 (Original Game Soundtrack)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Original Video Game Score)
- ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Original Soundtrack
- Ghost of Yotei
- Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
- PRAGMATA Original Soundtrack
- R4 -RIDGE RACER TYPE 4- Original Soundtrack
- RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Original Soundtrack
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Original Soundtrack - Echoes of Dimensions
- Street Fighter 6 Original Soundtrack [Year 2]
- Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies Original Soundtrack
- Resident Evil Requiem Original Soundtrack
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Original Soundtrack
- Once Upon a Katamari Original Soundtrack - Katamari no Manimani
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins + Dreams of the Four Heroes Original Soundtrack
- Nioh 3 Original Soundtrack
- Mega Man Star Force Perfect Collection Original Soundtrack
- Like a Dragon: Kiwami 3 / Like a Dragon 3 Gaiden Dark Ties Original Soundtrack
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