Ghost of Tsushima wins 14 awards, including Game of the Year from NAVGTR®
Sucker Punch Productions, Naughty Dog, and Insomniac top winners list
from the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers®
Baltimore (February 22, 2021) / NAVGTR CORP. – The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers®, a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization of 1,200 media voters and 12,100 subscribers, has announced winners for its 20th annual awards program honoring video game art, technology, and production.
The NAVGTR® Awards honor 57 competitive categories recognizing achievement in animation, art direction, character design, controls, game design, game engineering, musical score, sound effects, writing, and more. Since its inception, the academy has recognized over 5,580 talented individuals.
Leading all winning games is Ghost of Tsushima (14), followed by The Last of Us Part II with 8 awards. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales won 5 awards. Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and Half-Life: Alyx each won 3 awards. Microsoft Flight Simulator, Hades, and Final Fantasy VII Remake each won 2 awards. Additional winners include Animal Crossing: New Horizons, A Fold Apart, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Ghost of Tsushima earned highest honors as Game of the Year. Immortals Fenyx Rising and indie favorite Hades were the only original intellectual properties to win multiple awards.
Among developers, Sucker Punch Productions led developers with 14 wins for Ghost of Tsushima. Asobo Studios, Insomniac, Moon Studios GmbH, Naughty Dog, Square Enix, Supergiant Games, Ubisoft, and Valve Corporation also won multiple awards.
Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment led publishers with 27 awards, followed by Xbox Game Studios with 5 awards. Bandai Namco, Ubisoft, and Valve Corporation each won 3 awards as publishers. Nintendo, Sega, Square Enix, and Supergiant Games each won 2 awards as publishers.
Number of Awards Won per Game
14 Ghost of Tsushima
08 The Last of Us Part II
05 Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
03 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
03 Immortals Fenyx Rising
03 Half-Life: Alyx
02 Microsoft Flight Simulator
02 Hades
02 Final Fantasy VII Remake
Number of Awards Won per Development Studio
14 Sucker Punch Productions
08 Naughty Dog
05 Insomniac Games, Inc.
03 Valve Corporation
03 Ubisoft
03 Moon Studios GmbH
02 Supergiant Games
02 Square Enix
02 Asobo Studios
Number of Awards Won per Publisher
27 Sony Interactive Entertainment
05 Xbox Game Studios
03 Valve Corporation
03 Ubisoft
03 Bandai Namco
02 Supergiant Games
02 Square Enix
02 SEGA of America
02 Nintendo
Number of Awards Won per Individual (Updated Feb 26, 2021)
04 Nate Fox
04 Jason Connell
02 Shigeru Umebayashi
02 Peter Scaturro
02 Neil Druckmann
02 Ilan Eshkeri
02 Chris Zimmerman
02 Andrew Woods
For a complete list of categories, nominees, and winners, please visit https://navgtr.org. Follow @navgtr on twitter.
Key Dates for NAVGTR® Awards
November 22, 2021 – Entries due
January 18, 2022 – Nominations announced, credits due
February 1, 2022 – Late deadline for credits
February 28, 2022 – Winners announced
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About NAVGTR CORP.
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About War of Awards
Established in 2015, War of Awards pulls nominees from eight video game awards bodies (NAVGTR, DICE, Golden Joysticks, IGF, SXSW, GDC, GANG, The Game Awards) and empowers attendees to determine the winners in an annual live caucus-style debate. Events in 2020 and 2021 have been canceled due to the pandemic.
Polling will take place throughout 2022 on Discord and the warofawards.org website. Developers can submit nominations at no cost through warofawards.org/developers
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Complete List of Winners
OUTSTANDING Animation, Artistic
Carrion
Genshin Impact
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Immortals Fenyx Rising
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
OUTSTANDING Animation, Technical
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Nioh 2
OUTSTANDING Art Direction, Contemporary
Half-Life: Alyx
Kentucky Route Zero
The Last of Us Part II
Liberated
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – WINNER
Spiritfarer
OUTSTANDING Art Direction, Fantasy
Cyberpunk 2077
Genshin Impact
Hades
Journey to the Savage Planet
Ori and the Will of the Wisps – WINNER
Paper Beast
OUTSTANDING Art Direction, Period Influence
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Sakura Wars
OUTSTANDING Camera Direction in a Game Engine
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
OUTSTANDING Character Design
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Cyberpunk 2077
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Spiritfarer
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUTSTANDING Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D
Carrion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
A Fold Apart
Liberated
Ori and the Will of the Wisps – WINNER
Spelunky 2
OUTSTANDING Control Design, 3D
Deliver Us the Moon
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Genshin Impact
The Last of Us Part II
Maneater
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Control Design, VR
Down the Rabbit Hole
Half-Life: Alyx – WINNER
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
OUTSTANDING Control Precision
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Ghostrunner
Half-Life: Alyx
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Costume Design
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Genshin Impact
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Sakura Wars
OUTSTANDING Direction in a Game Cinema
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Death Come True
Ghost of Tsushima
The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUTSTANDING Direction in Virtual Reality
Half-Life: Alyx – WINNER
The Room VR: A Dark Matter
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
OUTSTANDING Engineering
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Ghost of Tsushima
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Microsoft Flight Simulator – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
OUTSTANDING Gameplay Design, Franchise
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Half-Life: Alyx
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUTSTANDING Gameplay Design, New IP
Carrion
Deliver Us the Moon
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Hades
Liberated
Paradise Killer
Valorant
OUTSTANDING Game, Classic Revival
Catherine: Full Body
Final Fantasy VII Remake – WINNER
Moero Crystal H
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Action
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Doom Eternal
Half-Life: Alyx
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – WINNER
Resident Evil 3
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Adventure
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
Watch Dogs: Legion
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Family
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – WINNER
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Super Mario Bros. 35
Worms Rumble
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Fighting
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Kirby Fighters 2
Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath
Streets of Rage 4 – WINNER
UFC 4
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Racing
Automobilista 2
Dirt 5
F1 2020
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit – WINNER
Project CARS 3
TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge 2
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Role Playing
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Sakura Wars
Trials of Mana
Wasteland 3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Yakuza: Like a Dragon – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Game, Franchise Sports
AO Tennis 2
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions – WINNER
FIFA 21
Madden NFL 21
MLB The Show 20
Super Mega Baseball 3
OUTSTANDING Game, Music or Performance-Based
Fuser – WINNER
Mad Rat Dead
No Straight Roads
Rhythm Fighter
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Action
Carrion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Ghostrunner
Immortals Fenyx Rising – WINNER
Journey to the Savage Planet
Maneater
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Adventure
Call of the Sea
Deliver Us the Moon
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Liberated
Paradise Killer
Visage
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Family
A Fold Apart – WINNER
Good Job!
Kunai
Luna: The Shadow Dust
Panzer Paladin
Roundguard
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Fighting
Bounty Battle
Mighty Fight Federation
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows – WINNER
Treachery in Beatdown City
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Racing
Hotshot Racing – WINNER
Inertial Drift
Kandagawa Jet Girls
Overpass
Pacer
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Role Playing
Genshin Impact
Hades – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Game, Original Sports
Golf with Your Friends
PGA TOUR 2K21 – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Game, Puzzle
Call of the Sea
Evan’s Remains
Ever Forward
I Am Dead
Luna: The Shadow Dust – WINNER
Timelie
OUTSTANDING Game, Simulation
Factorio
Good Company
Microsoft Flight Simulator – WINNER
PGA TOUR 2K21
SnowRunner
Teardown
OUTSTANDING Game, Special Class
A Fold Apart
Coffee Talk
Deliver Us the Moon – WINNER
Paper Beast
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Spiritfarer
OUTSTANDING Game, Strategy
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
Gears Tactics
Iron Harvest
Monster Train
A Total War Saga: TROY – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Graphics, Technical
Doom Eternal
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Half-Life: Alyx
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
The Last of Us Part II
Resident Evil 3
OUTSTANDING Lighting/Texturing
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
OUTSTANDING Original Dramatic Score, Franchise
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Final Fantasy VII Remake – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Nioh 2
OUTSTANDING Original Dramatic Score, New IP
Carrion
Deliver Us the Moon
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Tell Me Why
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
OUTSTANDING Original Light Mix Score, Franchise
DragonBall Z: Kakarot
Game for Peace
Ori and the Will of the Wisps – WINNER
Sakura Wars
Streets of Rage 4
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUTSTANDING Original Light Mix Score, New IP
Genshin Impact
Hades – WINNER
Journey to the Savage Planet
Luna: The Shadow Dust
Paradise Killer
Spyder
OUTSTANDING Performance in a Comedy, Lead
Bugsnax – Max Mittelman as “Filbo”
Bugsnax – Kenna Ramsey as “Wiggle”
Bugsnax – Fred Tatasciore as “Wambus”
Immortals Fenyx Rising – Daniel Matmor as “Zeus” – WINNER
OUTSTANDING Performance in a Comedy, Supporting
Bugsnax – Barbara Goodson as “Clumby” – WINNER
Immortals Fenyx Rising – Elias Toufexis as “Prometheus”
Sam & Max Save the World Remastered – Ogie Banks as “Bosco”
OUTSTANDING Performance in a Drama, Lead
Ghost of Tsushima – Daisuke Tsuji as “Jin”
The Last of Us Part II – Ashley Johnson and Laura Bailey as “Ellie” and “Abby” – WINNER
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Nadji Jeter as “Miles Morales / Spider-Man”
Tell Me Why – August Black and Erica Lindbeck as “Tyler” and “Alyson”
Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Kazuhiro Nakaya and Kaiji Tang as “Ichiban Kasuga”
OUTSTANDING Performance in a Drama, Supporting
Ghost of Tsushima – Eric Steinberg as “Lord Shimura”
Ghost of Tsushima – Francois Chau as “Sensei Ishikawa”
The Last of Us Part II – Troy Baker as “Joel” – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II – Ian Alexander as “Lev”
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Griffin Puatu as “Ganke Lee”
Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Kiichi Nakai and George Takei as “Masumi Arakawa”
OUTSTANDING Song Collection
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Hades
The Last of Us Part II
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – WINNER
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
OUTSTANDING Song, Original or Adapted
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise – “The Deep South”
Deliver Us the Moon – “Sarah’s Song”
Ghost of Tsushima – “The Way of the Ghost” (feat. Clare Uchima) – WINNER
Hades – “Good Riddance”
The Last of Us Part II – “Future Days”
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – “I’m Ready”
OUTSTANDING Sound Editing in a Game Cinema
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope – WINNER
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
The Last of Us Part II
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break
OUTSTANDING Sound Effects
Call of Duty Mobile: Wild West
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Ghost of Tsushima
Half-Life: Alyx
The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
Legends of Runeterra
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
OUTSTANDING Sound Mixing in Virtual Reality
Half-Life: Alyx – WINNER
Paper Beast
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
OUTSTANDING Use of Sound, Franchise
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
The Everlasting Regret
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
A Total War Saga: TROY
Watch Dogs: Legion
OUTSTANDING Use of Sound, New IP
Carrion
Deliver Us the Moon
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
Song of Horror Complete Edition
Spiritfarer
Through the Darkest of Times
OUTSTANDING Writing in a Comedy
A Fold Apart
Immortals Fenyx Rising – WINNER
Journey to the Savage Planet
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Paradise Killer
Sam & Max Save the World Remastered
OUTSTANDING Writing in a Drama
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Deliver Us the Moon
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Half-Life: Alyx
The Last of Us Part II – WINNER
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
OUTSTANDING Game of the Year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Genshin Impact
Ghost of Tsushima – WINNER
The Last of Us Part II
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GAME TALLY
14 Ghost of Tsushima
08 The Last of Us Part II
05 Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
03 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
03 Immortals Fenyx Rising
03 Half-Life: Alyx
02 Microsoft Flight Simulator
02 Hades
02 Final Fantasy VII Remake
GAMES WITH SINGLE WINS
01 A Fold Apart
01 A Total War Saga: TROY
01 Animal Crossing: New Horizons
01 Bugsnax
01 Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
01 Deliver Us the Moon
01 Fuser
01 Hotshot Racing
01 Luna: The Shadow Dust
01 Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
01 One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
01 PGA TOUR 2K21
01 Streets of Rage 4
01 The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
01 Yakuza: Like a Dragon
DEVELOPER TALLY
14 Sucker Punch Productions
08 Naughty Dog
05 Insomniac Games, Inc.
03 Valve Corporation
03 Ubisoft
03 Moon Studios GmbH
02 Supergiant Games
02 Square Enix
02 Asobo Studios
DEVELOPERS WITH SINGLE WINS
01 Creative Assembly
01 DotEmu SAS, Guard Crush Games Inc., Lizardcube
01 Harmonix
01 HB Studios Multimedia Ltd.
01 KeokeN Interactive B.V.
01 Lantern Studio
01 Lightning Rod Games Inc.
01 Lucky Mountain Games Ltd., Sumo Digital Ltd
01 Nintendo
01 Ryu ga Gotoku Studio
01 Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
01 Supermassive Games
01 Tamsoft Corporation
01 Velan Studios
01 Young Horses
PUBLISHER TALLY
27 Sony Interactive Entertainment
05 Xbox Game Studios
03 Valve Corporation
03 Ubisoft
03 Bandai Namco
02 Supergiant Games
02 Square Enix
02 SEGA of America
02 Nintendo
PUBLISHERS WITH SINGLE WINS
01 2K Sports
01 Application Systems Heidelberg Software GmbH, Coconut Island Games
01 Curve Digital Publishing Limited
01 DotEmu SAS, Yooreka Studio
01 KeokeN Interactive B.V.
01 Lightning Rod Games Inc.
01 Ncsoft
01 Young Horses
CORRECTING AND REPLACING
INDIVIDUAL TALLY (UPDATED FEB 26, 2021)
04 Nate Fox
04 Jason Connell
02 Shigeru Umebayashi
02 Peter Scaturro
02 Neil Druckmann
02 Ilan Eshkeri
02 Chris Zimmerman
02 Andrew Woods
INDIVIDUAL TALLY (AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED)
02 Brian Fleming
02 Darcy Korch
02 Deborah Choi
02 Eric Balistrieri
02 Gail Oda
02 Ilan Eshkeri
02 Jessie Boyer
02 Jordan Pitchon
02 Keith Leary
02 Neil Druckmann
02 Peter Scaturro
02 Ramey Harris
02 Shogna Chang
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES (UPDATED FEB 26, 2021)
Adam Lidbetter*
Adam Noonchester
Adam Oakley
Adrian Bentley
Alain Guyet
Alex Hackford
Alice Lai
Amir Rao
Andrew Buresh*
Andrew Woods
Andrew Woods
Anthony Botrel
Anthony Newman
Apoorva Bansal
Ashley Johnson
Aya Kyogoku
Barbara Goodson
Beau Jimenez
Ben Fiquet
Bill Hemstapat
Bill Rockenbeck
Billy Harper
Boi-1da
Brian Fleming
Brian Horton
Bryan Intihar
Cheng Yeung
Chris McEntee
Chris Zimmerman
Chris Zimmerman
Clare Uchima
Damien Cuzacq
Daniel Matmor
Daniel van Leeuwen
Darren Korb
David Dedeine
Doug Sheahan
Drew Harrison
Eduardo Gorinstein
Emilia Schatz
Emre Ekmekci
Eric Black
Eun Lee
Evan Wells
Fox Zhuang
Gaby Soto
Gareth Coker
Gavin Goulden
Gavin Simon
Gil Doron
Grant Hollis
Greg Kasavin
Halley Gross
Ian Jun Wei Chiew
Ilan Eshkeri
Ilan Eshkeri
Jaden Smith
Jasmin Patry
Jason Connell
Jason Connell
Jason Connell
Jason Connell
Jason Hickey
Jeff McGann
Jeffrey Yohalem
Jeremy Forbes
Jeremy Gritton
Jess Reed
Jesse Garcia
Joel Bartley
Joel Goodsell
John Powell
Jonathan Dumont
Jordan Pitchon
Jordi Asensio
Josh Harrison
Josh Lord
Josh Muise
Josh Scherr
Josue Benavidez
Justin Mullens
Keith Leary*
Koen Deetman
Kurt Margenau
Kyle Richards*
Laura Bailey
Lecrae Moore
Lionel Fuentes
Marc-Alexis Côté
Marc-Antoine Bernard Brunel
Marcus Smith
Mark Stuart
Mark Wheeler
Martial Bossard
Masashi Hamauzu
Matthew Gallant
Matthew Neapolitan
Maya Georgieva
Michael Gambino
Michelle Thomas
Mike Daly
Mitchell Mohrhauser
Nate Fox
Nate Fox
Nate Fox
Nate Fox
Neil Druckmann
Neil Druckmann
Neil Uchitel
Nobuo Uematsu
Omar Aweidah
Pablo Hermann
Paolo Pavesi
Parker Hamilton
Peter Kao
Peter Scaturro
Peter Scaturro
Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer
Richard Cambier
Robert Krekel
Robert Simpson
Ross McIntosh
Ryan D. Chan
Ryan James
Ryosuke Horii
Scott Phillips
Sebastian Wloch
Shaun West
Shigeru Umebayashi
Shigeru Umebayashi
Shinichi Ishikawa
Sooyun Jang
Tetsuya Nomura
Thomas Mahler
Toby Tobler
Trevor Ley
Troy Baker
Wesley Grandmont III
Yasuhiro Abe
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN ALL CATEGORIES (AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED)
Available upon request for one year
Contact:
Thomas J. Allen
tallen at navgtr dot org
301-437-7880