Famitsu’s gold medal awards come with an actual prize for publishers, a bottle of Dom Pérignon champagne.

Another best of 2009 list… in April? May is just one week away, but Famitsu takes a long time to roll out their yearly awards. Actually, they just posted the results, which we translated below.

Famitsu has a pending announcement about a popular strategy RPG franchise. Next week, the mag will reveal a brand new entry in the mystery series.

Famitsu awarded more perfect scores in 2009 than any other year. To put that statistic in scope, we tracked the amount of top rated top rated games from 2000 to 2009.

Namco Bandai will release a multiplayer God Eater demo on the PlayStation Store next week. But, why wait when you can play it now.

In Phantasy Star Portable 2 you can equip a Famitsu magazine as a shield. Seriously. This isn’t an ordinary issue from a convenience store, it’s the Iron Wall of Famitsu.

Japan’s video game bible and Capcom partnered to add a special weapon to Monster Hunter Tri. Online players, hunter rank 18 or higher, can grab the Brain Fox.