FINAL FANTASY XII™ WINS MOST AWARDS; GEARS OF WAR AND OBLIVION BOTH SCORE TRIFECTA WINS IN DESIGN, ART, AND SOUND; NINTENDO® SETS NEW ALL-TIME RECORD AS DEVELOPER AND WINS MOST AWARDS (8) THIS YEAR AS PUBLISHER;

Atsushi Inaba, Cliff Bleszinski, and Shigeru Miyamoto Win Multiple Awards; Dan Houser sets new record; Inaba, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom, and Yoshinori Kitase enter NAViGaTR™ history.

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May 21, 2007 --- The winners of the 2006 NAViGaTR Awards were announced today, revealing the winners in 48 categories.  Multiple awards went to Atsushi Inaba, Cliff Bleszinski, and Shigeru Miyamoto, only half the number of multiple winners last year. 

The awards are presented by the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp.™, a non-profit media organization with over 1,150 voters honoring the best of the interactive entertainment industry in the fields of art, technology, and production for calendar year 2006. 

Though tied for third place over-all in terms of most awards won, the game Okami won Game of the Year over five-time winner Gears of War and six-time winner Final Fantasy XII. 

Okami won for Animation in a Game Engine, Art Direction in a Game Engine, Outstanding Original Adventure Game, and Game of the Year. 

Final Fantasy XII won for Animation in a Game Cinema, Art Direction in a Game Cinema, Direction in a Game Cinema, Sound Editing in a Game Cinema, Original or Adapted Song, and Outstanding Role Playing Game Sequel. 

Gears of War won for Camera Direction in a Game Engine, Game Design, Lighting/Texturing, Use of Sound, and Outstanding Original Action Game. 

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion also won 4 awards (Outstanding Costume Design, Outstanding Sound Effects, Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama – Sean Bean, and Outstanding Graphics, Technical), and Guitar Hero II won 3 awards (Outstanding Control Precision, Outstanding Song Collection, and Outstanding Music or Performance Game). 

Gears of War and Oblivion are the only games this year to win awards for design, art, and sound. 

Wrapping up the multiple award winners are Bully, Company of Heroes, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, Neverwinter Nights 2, Wii Sports, and the Nintendo Wii console with two (2) awards each. 

Publisher Tallies

This year, Nintendo holds the publisher record with 8 wins.  Following behind are Microsoft and Square Enix with 6 wins each.  Capcom won 5 awards, and Bethesda Softworks won 4 awards.  RedOctane and THQ each won three awards, while LucasArts, Atari, and Rockstar each won two awards.  Winning single awards as publishers were Sony, 2K, Konami, Namco, Telltale, Electronic Arts, GameTap, and Valve. 

Last year, Sony set a publishers’ record by winning 11 awards in a single year.  The record was previously held by Ubisoft, which won 10 awards for the year 2003. 

Developer Tallies

This year, Square Enix holds the developer record with 7 wins.  Nintendo follows close behind with 6 awards, while Clover and Epic tied for 5 awards each.  Bethesda Game Studios won 4 awards as a developer, and Harmonix won 3 awards.  Obsidian, Relic, Rockstar, and Traveller’s Tales each won 2 awards. 

Since the inception of the NAViGaTR Awards, Nintendo and Square have each won 18 awards to date as developers, surpassing Sony’s cumulative total of 16 awards last year.  Also surpassing Sony this year is Rockstar, with a grand total of 17 awards to date. 

Individual Tallies

This year, Cliff Bleszinski (a.k.a. CliffyB) won 2 awards for Gears of War.  Also, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom and Yoshinori Kitase earned a third NAViGaTR award in their respective careers, thus taking their places among a group of only twenty-six (26) people to have won three (3) or more awards to date. 

Dan Houser, Shigeru Miyamoto, Fumito Ueda, and Takashi Tezuka have won the most awards to date.  Dan Houser has won eight (8) awards for his widespread work in the Grand Theft Auto® series, as well as one award this year for the original property “Bully,” giving him a total of nine (9) awards and retaining his record for most wins. 

Shigeru Miyamoto has won eight (8) awards to date.  With the exception of last year’s win for Innovation in Game Play, Miyamoto has won only for roles as a producer in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario Sunshine, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and lastly, Wii Sports, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem --- the only non-Mario games in the group.  This year marks the first time Mr. Miyamoto has won for a Zelda game. 

Fumito Ueda and Takashi Tezuka have won five (5) awards to date.  Ueda has won 2 awards for ICO™ and 3 awards for Shadow of the Colossus™ in the areas of animation and design.  Takashi Tezuka has won for Animal Crossing®, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Sunshine. 

Jamie King, Jeremy Pope, and Leslie Benzies have each won four (4) awards for producing the Grand Theft Auto® series, including two genre awards and two Game of the Year awards. 

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom has won for the games Frequency, Karaoke Revolution, and Guitar Hero II. 

Yoshinori Kitase has won for Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, and Final Fantasy III. 

Hajime Sugiyama has won 3 awards --- two for ICO’s camera and lighting, plus a technical graphics award for Colossus. 

Atsuko Fukuyama has won 3 awards --- two for Animation in a Game Engine (Ico™ and Shadow of the Colossus™), as well as an award for Colossus’ character design. 

Bruce Oberg has earned his third award for programming on the Sly Cooper series. 

Keita Takahashi has won three awards for the Katamari series. 

James Worral has also won three (3) awards for writing and design in the Grand Theft Auto® series. 

Akira Yamaoka has won three awards for his work on the Silent Hill® series, winning in the categories of Sound Effects, Use of Sound, and Original Musical Score. 

Mathieu Laforce has won three awards.  His first two awards were for Graphics, Technical and Lighting & Texturing Effects for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell™ in 2002, and his third award was for Lighting & Texturing Effects for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™ in 2003. 

Rik Schaffer has won three awards, including two for Sound Effects in Call of Duty and Doom 3, as well as one for Sound Editing in a Game Cinema for Doom 3. 

Programmers Ben Wallace, Bernie Freidin, Charles Gough, Chris Butcher, Mat Noguchi, Matt Segur, Eamon McKenzie, and Stefan Sinclair have all won three awards for the first Halo®. 

Of those who have won at least three awards, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom, Yoshinori Kitase, Dan Houser, Mathieu Laforce, Atsuko Fukuyama, Fumito Ueda, Hajime Sugiyama, and Rik Schaffer are the only people that have won awards for work in multiple franchises. 

The general voting body of more than 1,150 journalists and writers includes contributors for such varied outlets as About.com, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, NBC, CNN, CNN.com, CNNmoney.com, Chicago Sun-Times, Computer Gaming World, Contra Costa Times, Digital Journal, ElectricPlayground.com, FHM, GamersTemple.com, GamingTarget.com, Gannett News Service, Gear, HappyPuppy.com, Kids & Computers, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, National Post, New York Times, Marquee, PC Gamer, Philadelphia Inquirer, PlanetPong.com, Salon, San Jose Mercury-News, USA Today, USAToday.com, Wired News, Wizard Magazine, WOW Weekly, ZDNet, Detroit Free Press, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Play Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff-Davis Media), Evergeek Media, The Ottawa Citizen, The Vancouver Sun, The Regina Leader-Post, EclipseMagazine.com, and hundreds more. 

PRESUMED RECIPIENTS FOR 2006 ONLY (66 persons)

Adam Sietz,

Angela Aki,

Atsushi Inaba,

Atsushi Inaba,

Atsushi Inaba,

Brendan Q. Ferguson,

Charles Mead (eligible with permission)

Chris Larkin,

Chris Perna,

Chris Sutherland,

Christiane Meister,

Cliff Bleszinski,

Cliff Bleszinski,

Clint McCaul,

Craig Walton,

Dan Houser,

Dan Magaha,

Dan Schmidt,

Daniel Sussman,

David Grossman,

Eiji Fujii,

Eijiro Nishimura,

Elena Siegman,

Guy Carver,

Helen McWilliams,

Hiroaki Kato,

Hiroshi Kamohara (eligible with permission),

Hirotaka Sawada,

Hiroyuki Itou,

Jacob Krarup,

James Wiley Fleming,

Jamey Scott,

Jeff Goodsill,

Jeremy Soule,

John Johnson,

Jon Burton,

Junji Morii (eligible with permission),

Katsuya Eguchi,

Kazuyuki Ikumori (eligible with permission),

Kiyoshi Mizuki,

Koichiro Shiratori,

Lee Perry,

Makoto Ise,

Marc Flury (eligible with permission),

Mark Lampert,

Max Casella,

Naoki Katakai,

Nobuaki Yamazaki,

Nobuo Uematsu,

Peter Vack,

Ray Davis,

Richard Garcia,

Rod Fergusson,

Seabass Takatsuka,

Sean Bean,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shinya Takahashi,

Shojiro Nakaoka,

Steve Purcell,

Steven Brand,

Takaaki Yamanouchi,

Tatsuro Iwamoto,

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom,

William Thompson (eligible with permission),

PRESUMED RECIPIENTS 2001 through 2006 --- May 20, 2007

(701 persons)

Aaron Garbut,

Aaron Loeb,

Abe Navarro (eligible with permission),

Adam Sietz,

Adam West, "XIII",

Adrian Carmack,

Adrian Carmack,

Adrian Perez,

Adrian Perez,

Adrian Selby,

Akihiko Tan,

Akihiro Hino,

Akihiro Honda,

Akiko Matsui,

Akiko Tange,

Akira Yamaoka,

Akira Yamaoka,

Akira Yamaoka,

Akitaka Toyama,

Alain Turcotte,

Alain Turcotte,

Alan Meyerson,

Alejandro Roura,

Alejandro Roura,

Alex Horton,

Alex Rigopulos,

Alexander W. Offermann,

Alexandre Vinet,

Alison Stroll,

Allan Treitz,

Allan Walker,

Andrew Duthie,

Andrew Jones,

Andrew Jones,

Andy Bakken,

Andy Chang,

Andy Chang,

Angela Aki,

Antoine Dodens,

Antoine Dodens,

Arn ,

Asa Hammond (eligible with permission),

Ashley Cheng,

Asif Chaudhri,

Atsuko Fukuyama (Ico, Yorda, Queen),

Atsuko Fukuyama,

Atsuko Fukuyama,

Atsushi Inaba,

Atsushi Inaba,

Atsushi Inaba,

Atsushi Morioka,

Atsushi Morioka,

Barry Caudill,

Barry Jackson,

Ben Gunstone,

Ben Lopez (eligible with permission),

Ben Wallace,

Ben Wallace,

Ben Wallace,

Bernie Freidin,

Bernie Freidin,

Bernie Freidin,

Bertrand Israël,

Brandon Justice (eligible with permission),

Brandon Rose,

Brendan Q. Ferguson,

Brian Eddy,

Brian Hess,

Brian LeBaron,

Brian Pamintuan,

Bruce Oberg,

Bruce Oberg,

Bruce Oberg,

Bruno Rochefort,

Carlos Guerrero,

Casey Hudson,

Catherine Schell,

Charles Gough,

Charles Gough,

Charles Gough,

Charles Mead (eligible with permission),

Charlie Wen,

Chikara Ueno,

Chikara Ueno,

Chris Butcher,

Chris Butcher,

Chris Butcher,

Chris Carney,

Chris Carney,

Chris Klassen,

Chris Larkin,

Chris Millar,

Chris Perna,

Chris Robertson,

Chris Rothwell,

Chris Sigaty,

Chris Silagyi,

Chris Sutherland,

Chris Voellmann,

Chris Voellmann,

Chris Vrenna (eligible with permission),

Christian Antkow,

Christian Astillero,

Christian Severin (eligible with permission),

Christiane Meister,

Chuck Crist,

Chuck Crist,

Chuck Russom,

Cliff Bleszinski,

Cliff Bleszinski,

Cliff Kondratiuk,

Clint McCaul,

Conor Lumpkin,

Constantine Hantzopoulos,

Craig Conner,

Craig Filshie,

Craig Walton,

Curtis R. Cherrington,

Daisuke Uchikawa,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Houser,

Dan Magaha,

Dan Magaha,

Dan Schmidt,

Daniel Chitan,

Daniel Hagerty,

Daniel Sussman,

Daniel Sussman,

Danny Richardson,

Danny Richardson,

Dany Joannette,

Dany Joannette,

Darren L. Monahan,

Darren Yager,

Dave Zdyrko (eligible with permission),

David Cage,

David Chabot,

David Chabot,

David Dunn,

David Dunn,

David Grossman,

David Jaffe,

David Lam,

David Merriman,

Denis Dyack,

Dennis Johnson,

Derrick Moore,

Derrick Moore,

DJ Pooh,

Dominic Couture,

Dominic Vincent,

Don Hogan,

Don Hogan,

Drew Karpyshyn,

Eamon McKenzie,

Eamon McKenzie,

Eamon McKenzie,

Ed Boon,

Ed Lima,

Ed Turkington,

Eiji Fujii,

Eijiro Nishimura,

Elben Schafers,

Elben Schafers,

Elena Siegman,

Elizabeth Foster Pugh,

Elizabeth Foster Pugh,

Ellerey Gave (eligible with permission),

Emiko Yamamoto,

Eran Egozy,

Éric Bibeau,

Eric Brosius,

Eric Grossman,

Eric Malafeew,

Eric Sorenson (eligible with permission),

Eric W. Adams (eligible with permission),

Erick Fernandez,

Erik Wolpaw,

Euan Forrester,

Francois Coulon,

Francois Emery,

François Queinnec,

François Royer,

Frank Gilson,

Frank Kern (eligible with permission),

Frank Pearce (eligible with permission),

Frédéric Blais,

Frédéric Blais,

Frederic Madore,

Fumi Nakashima,

Fumito Ueda (Lead Animator),

Fumito Ueda,

Fumito Ueda,

Fumito Ueda,

Fumito Ueda,

Gary Carr,

Gary J. Foreman,

Gary J. Foreman,

Gene Kohler Jr.,

Gene Kohler Jr.,

George Broussard,

George Fidler (eligible with permission),

Goro Kaneko (eligible with permission),

Gozo Kitao,

Grady Hunt,

Greg Bick,

Greg LoPiccolo,

Greg LoPiccolo,

Greg Phillips,

Greg Vance,

Gregor Eigner (eligible with permission),

Guillaume de Fondaumière,

Gustavo Rasche,

Guy Carver,

Guy Cunis,

Hajime Sugiyama,

Hajime Sugiyama,

Hajime Sugiyama,

Hajime Yashiro,

Hannes Seifert,

Harry Gregson-Williams,

Haruhiko Shikata,

Harvard Bonin,

Heinz Henn (eligible with permission),

Helen McWilliams,

Hideki Konno,

Hideki Tobeta,

Hideki Tomida,

Hidenori Iwakiri,

Hideo Kojima,

Hideo Kojima,

Hideyuki Kato,

Hiroaki Kato,

Hiroaki Takenaka,

Hiroaki Takenaka,

Hiroaki Yotoriyama,

Hironobu Sakaguchi,

Hiroshi Kamohara (eligible with permission),

Hiroshi Kuwabara (eligible with permission),

Hiroshi Okubo,

Hirotaka Ishikawa,

Hirotaka Sawada,

Hiroyuki Itou,

Hiroyuki Kobayashi,

Hiroyuki Kobota,

Hisashi Nogami (eligible with permission),

Hitoshi Niwa,

Hugo Dallaire,

Imran Sarwar,

J. David Elton,

Jack Grillo,

Jacob Krarup,

James Ackley,

James Dargie,

James Dargie,

James Grieve,

James Wiley Fleming,

James Worrall,

James Worrall,

James Worrall,

Jamey Scott,

Jamie King,

Jamie King,

Jamie King,

Jamie King,

Jamil Dawsari,

Jan Paul van Waveren,

Jason Barnes,

Jason Garwood,

Jason Verhiel,

Jean-Francois Le Quéré,

Jean-Francois Prévost,

Jean-Francois Prévost,

Jean-Sebastien Morin,

Jean-Thierry Roy,

Jeff Goodsill,

Jeff Johnston,

Jeffrey J. Thomas,

Jennifer Gallo (eligible with permission),

Jeremy Pope,

Jeremy Pope,

Jeremy Pope,

Jeremy Pope,

Jeremy Soule,

Jeremy Strauser,

Jeronimo Barrera,

Jesse Smith,

Jessica Arbogast,

Jill Goodall,

Jim Bishop,

Jim Dose,

Jinji Horagai,

Joe Bonar,

John Baez,

John Burton,

John Carmack (Technical Director),

John Cleese,

John Haime,

John Johnson,

John Newton,

John Podlasek,

John Tam,

John Tam,

John Twigg,

Jon Burton,

Jonathan Knight,

Jonathan Wright,

Jordan Mechner,

Joseph Nasrallah,

Joseph Staten,

Josh Holmes,

Josh Randall,

Julio Torres,

Julio Valladares,

Junichi Hosono,

Junji Hata,

Junji Morii (eligible with permission),

Junji Morii,

Kaihei Hayano,

Kaihei Hayano,

Kanako Kakino,

Kärtsy Hatakka (eligible with permission),

Karyn DePetris,

Kasson Crooker,

Katsuhiko Abe,

Katsuhiko Abe,

Katsuro Tajima,

Katsuya Eguchi (eligible with permission),

Katsuya Eguchi,

Kaweh Kazemi,

Kazuhiro Numata,

Kazuhiro Numata,

Kazuki Muraoka,

Kazuki Muraoka,

Kazuma Kaneko,

Kazunori Yamauchi,

Kazuyuki Ikumori (eligible with permission),

Keita Takahashi,

Keita Takahashi,

Keita Takahashi,

Keith J. Morton,

Keith Soleski (eligible with permission),

Ken Balthaser,

Ken Feldman,

Ken George,

Ken Matsumoto,

Ken Murphy,

Ken Ogasawara,

Kengo Sasaoka (eligible with permission),

Kenji Kaido,

Kenji Kaido,

Kenji Miki,

Kenneth Chan,

Kenneth Chan,

Kenneth Scott (Lead Artist),

Kenneth Scott (Lead Artist),

Kenny Ilko,

Kevin Cloud,

Kevin Cloud,

Kevin Hoare,

Kevin Osburn,

Kimmo Kajasto (eligible with permission),

Kirby Fong,

Kirsten Forbes,

Kiyoshi Mizuki,

Kiyoshi Mizuki,

Koh Onda,

Koichi Sugiyama,

Koichiro Shiratori,

Kristen Quebe,

Kristofor Mellroth,

Kwon Min,

Kyle Cooper (eligible with permission),

Kyle Peschel,

Larry LaPierre,

Lars Gustavsson,

Lawrence Sparling,

Lee Perry,

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy,

LeRoy Strauss,

LeRoy Strauss,

Leslie Benzies,

Leslie Benzies,

Leslie Benzies,

Leslie Benzies,

Lindsay Gray,

Loz Doyle,

Luci Black (eligible with permission),

Luis Ramirez,

Luis Ramirez,

Lysanne Martin,

Maki Kirioka,

Makoto Akashi (eligible with permission),

Makoto Ise,

Makoto Tsuchibayashi,

Marc Desfossés,

Marc Flury (eligible with permission),

Margaret Ng,

Mark Ahlin,

Mark Anderson,

Mark Besner,

Mark E. Kern,

Mark Ganus,

Mark Lampert,

Mark Mahler,

Mark Webley,

Markus Maki,

Martin Sevigny,

Martin Sikes,

Marty O'Donnell,

Masaaki Hoshino,

Masafumi Miyamoto,

Masahiro Yoshinaga (eligible with permission),

Masamichi Abe (eligible with permission),

Masamichi Abe (eligible with permission),

Masanobu Tanaka,

Masanobu Tanaka,

Masashi Sugiyama,

Mat Noguchi,

Mat Noguchi,

Mat Noguchi,

Mathieu Ferland,

Mathieu Laforce,

Mathieu Laforce,

Mathieu Laforce,

Matt Segur,

Matt Segur,

Matt Segur,

Matt Underwood (eligible with permission),

Matthew Armstrong,

Matthew Clarke,

Max Casella,

Mehdi Daou El Makane,

Michael Evans,

Michael Evans,

Michael Gallo,

Michael McHale,

Michael Verdu,

Michel Ancel,

Mihoko Ishii,

Mike Benton,

Mike Simpson (Project Director),

Mike Sneath,

Mike Sneath,

Mike Vlad Cora,

Mikiko Takeda,

Mikiko Takeda,

Mitsuhiro Shimooki,

Mitsuhiro Shimooki,

Mitsumasa Fujita,

Miyako Kato,

Mizuki Muramatsu (Smokeman, Ico),

Mohamed Gambouz,

Mounir Riday,

Muneaki Kubota,

Nanako Ohmura,

Nanako Ohmura,

Naoki Katakai,

Naoki Mori (eligible with permission),

Nate Fox,

Nathalie Chody,

Nathalie Dubois,

Nathan Plewes (eligible with permission),

Nathan Rose,

Navid Khonsari,

Navid Khonsari,

Nicolas Carré,

Nicolas Soulier,

Nicole Nokes (eligible with permission),

Nicole Willick,

Niklas Persson,

Nobuaki Yamazaki,

Nobuo Uematsu,

Norihiko Hibino,

Noriko Wada,

Omar Morsy,

Pascal Herold,

Patrick Beland,

Patrick Larkin,

Patrick Pelletier,

Patrick Tassé,

Patrick Thomas,

Patrick Thomas,

Paul Coda,

Paulo Garcia,

Peter Fonda, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas",

Peter Hickman,

Peter Marks,

Peter Marks,

Peter Molyneux,

Peter Vack,

Peter Wyse,

Petri Jarvilehto,

Phil Frazier,

Phil Ibis,

Phil Winston,

Randall S. Pitchford II

Raphaël Lacoste,

Ray Davis,

Ray Liotta, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City",

Raymond Usher,

Reid Schneider,

Renaud Sebbane,

Renaud Sebbane,

Rich Blenkinsop,

Richard Arroyo,

Richard Dumas,

Richard Garcia,

Richard Horvitz,

Richard Marks, Ph.D.,

Rick Brown (eligible with permission),

Rik Schaffer,

Rik Schaffer,

Rik W. Schaffer,

Rika Muranaka,

Rob Kay,

Rob Nelson,

Robert A. Duffy (Lead Programmer),

Robert Blye,

Robert Schonfisch,

Robinson Huff,

Rod Fergusson,

Roland Herrington (eligible with permission),

Ron Allen,

Ron Festejo,

Ron Fish,

Rory Little,

Ross Manton (eligible with permission),

Roxane Gosselin,

Rupert Brooker,

Rupert Brooker,

Ryan Bedard,

Ryan Powell,

Ryan Powell,

Ryouichi Kitanishi,

Ryuichi Okano,

Ryutaro Ichimura,

Sam Thompson,

Sami Järvi (eligible with permission),

Sandy Abe,

Satoru Iwata,

Satoshi Kira (eligible with permission),

Scott Miller,

Scott Patterson,

Scott Pease,

Seabass Takatsuka,

Sean Bean,

Sean Decker,

Sean Kelly,

Sei Nakatani,

Seneca Menard,

Seneca Menard,

Shane Dabiri,

Shannon Studstill,

Shawn Jacoby (eligible with permission),

Shawn R. Green,

Sheldon Carter (eligible with permission),

Sherrie Jackson,

Shigefumi Hino (eligible with permission),

Shigefumi Hino (eligible with permission),

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shigeru Miyamoto,

Shiho de Ruiter - Miyazaki,

Shinji Hashimoto,

Shinobu Nimura,

Shintaro Takai,

Shinya Takahashi,

Shinya Takahashi,

Shiobhan Reddy,

Shoichi Isowaki,

Shojiro Nakaoka,

Shunpei Suzuki,

So Toyota (eligible with permission),

So Toyota (eligible with permission),

Sonia Pronovost,

Sousuke Honda,

Spencer Craske,

Stacey Drellishak,

Stefan Sinclair,

Stefan Sinclair,

Stefan Sinclair,

Stefan Willixhofer,

Stéphane Girard,

Stephen Okasaki,

Stephen Okasaki,

Steve Caterson,

Steve Lam,

Steve Ouellet,

Steve Purcell,

Steve Tolin,

Steven Brand,

Steven S. Henifin,

Stewart Sockett,

Stig Asmussen,

Stuart Ross,

Syuichi Kobori,

Tadashi Obama,

Tadashi Sugiyama,

Taichi Inuzuka,

Taijuro Hachiya,

Taijuro Hachiya,

Takaaki Yamanouchi,

Takashi Koshigoe,

Takashi Tezuka (eligible with permission),

Takashi Tezuka,

Takashi Tezuka,

Takashi Tezuka,

Takashi Tezuka,

Takehiro Izushi,

Takeshi Ambe (Ico, Yorda, Queen),

Takeshi Ugajin,

Taku Imasaki,

Takuji Hotta (eligible with permission),

Takuya Iwasaki,

Takuya Seki,

Takuya Seki,

Tatsuhiko Tachibe,

Tatsuro Iwamoto,

Tatsuya Kando,

Terry Smith,

Tetsu Tsukamoto,

Tetsuo Mizuno,

Tetsuya Nomura,

Tetsuya Nomura,

Tetsuya Takahashi,

Thaine Lyman,

Thomas Jane,

Thomas Singleton,

Tim LeTourneau,

Tim Ryan,

Tim Schafer,

Tim Schafer,

Tim Sweeney (eligible with permission),

Timothee Besset,

Timothy Williams,

Todd Howard,

Todd Keller,

Todd Keller,

Todd Vaughn,

Tom Spencer-Smith,

Tom Stone,

Tomomitsu Kaneko,

Tomoyuki Sato,

Toshihiro Nagoshi,

Toshiya Hara,

Toshiya Hara,

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom,

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom,

Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom,

Tsutomu Kouno,

Tsutomu Kouno,

Vicki Morawietz (eligible with permission),

Vince Zampella,

Vincent Monnier,

Wang Feng Quan,

Wes Santee,

Whitney Wade,

Will Morton,

William M. Mozell,

William Mills,

William Thompson (eligible with permission),

Yann Masson,

Yannick Bergeron,

Yannick Joly,

Yannick Létourneau,

Yannick Létourneau,

Yannis Mallat,

Yannis Mallat,

Yasuhide Kobayashi,

Yasushi Nakakura,

Yojiro Ogawa,

Yoko Shimomura,

Yoshihiko Ota,

Yoshihito Iwanaga,

Yoshihito Yano,

Yoshikazu Matsuhana,

Yoshiki Watabe,

Yoshinori Kitase,

Yoshinori Kitase,

Yoshinori Kitase,

Young Maylay, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas",

Yuji Naka,

Yukinobu Chida,

Yumi Yang,

Yuri Misumi,

Yusuke Naora,

Yuu Miyake,

Yves Allaire,

Yves Guillemot

About NAVGTR Corp.

NAVGTR Corp. is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing the developments and achievements of the interactive entertainment industry for public awareness and education.  In addition to the annual awards, the academy’s future goals include acknowledging, documenting, and/or memorializing industry leaders and historical events through educational and informative television specials or videos, as well as efforts to preserve the history of interactive entertainment through the development of archives in public libraries and universities.  (www.navgtr.org)