Winning two NAVGTR Awards each were Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Character Design, Costume Design), The Stanley Parable (Lead Performance in a Comedy, Writing in a Comedy), and Tomb Raider (Control Precision, Dramatic Score – Franchise). Also winning two awards each were two Zelda games: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD.
The award for Costume Design was announced by Amber Goldfarb and Shawn Baichoo.
Montreal native Amber Goldfarb has appeared in a range of TV shows such as Musée Eden, Lost Girl, King, and Murdoch Mysteries as well as a recurring role on Season 2 of Being Human, and in the highly acclaimed web series, Guidestones. She has also lent her voice and body (via motion capture) to several video game roles but is best known as Cristina Vespucci in Assassin’s Creed (II and Brotherhood) as well as Aveline de Grandpré, the first female protagonist in the Assassin’s Creed series, in Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Currently, Amber has a guest-starring role in an episode of the Quebecois TV series, Trauma as well as a recurring role in Ronald D. Moore’s new sci-fi series Helix (SyFy, Showcase).
Shawn Baichoo has been acting for almost 20 years. He has worked in theatre, film (I’m Not There, Imaginaerum), and television (Being Human, Bullet in the Face), but his main focus in recent years has been in voice, stunt work, and motion capture for video games (Assassin’s Creed Series, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Outlast), having worked for Ubisoft, Eidos, and Warner Brothers.