For substantially original animation, including cinema scenes, traditional animation, Japanese anime, cut-scenes, in-game character animation, or object/environment animation. See also Animation, Artistic.
| AWARDS | NOMINEE | WINNER |
| 2022-NAVGTR Awards | God of War Ragnarök | God of War Ragnarök |
| 2022-NAVGTR Awards | Horizon Forbidden West | |
| 2022-NAVGTR Awards | MLB® The Show™ 22 | |
| 2022-NAVGTR Awards | NBA 2K23 | |
| 2022-NAVGTR Awards | New Tales from the Borderlands | |
| 2022-NAVGTR Awards | Stray | |
| 2021-NAVGTR Awards | It Takes Two | |
| 2021-NAVGTR Awards | Kena: Bridge of Spirits | |
| 2021-NAVGTR Awards | Nier Replicant Ver. 1.22474487139 | |
| 2021-NAVGTR Awards | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart |
| 2021-NAVGTR Awards | Scarlet Nexus | |
| 2020-NAVGTR Awards | Final Fantasy VII Remake | |
| 2020-NAVGTR Awards | Ghost of Tsushima | Ghost of Tsushima |
| 2020-NAVGTR Awards | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | |
| 2020-NAVGTR Awards | Nioh 2 | |
| 2020-NAVGTR Awards | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | |
| 2020-NAVGTR Awards | The Last of Us Part II | |
| 2019-NAVGTR Awards | A Plague Tale: Innocence | |
| 2019-NAVGTR Awards | Control | Control |
| 2019-NAVGTR Awards | Days Gone | |
| 2019-NAVGTR Awards | Devil May Cry 5 | |
| 2019-NAVGTR Awards | The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan | |
| 2018-NAVGTR Awards | Assassin’s Creed Odyssey | |
| 2018-NAVGTR Awards | Detroit: Become Human | Detroit: Become Human |
| 2018-NAVGTR Awards | God of War | |
| 2018-NAVGTR Awards | Marvel’s Spider-Man | |
| 2018-NAVGTR Awards | Yakuza Kiwami 2 | |
| 2017-NAVGTR Awards | Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice | |
| 2017-NAVGTR Awards | Horizon Zero Dawn | Horizon Zero Dawn |
| 2017-NAVGTR Awards | Middle-earth: Shadow of War | |
| 2017-NAVGTR Awards | Resident Evil 7 Biohazard | |
| 2017-NAVGTR Awards | Splatoon 2 | |
| 2016-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End |
| 2016-NAVGTR Awards | Dishonored 2 | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End |
| 2016-NAVGTR Awards | DOOM | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End |
| 2016-NAVGTR Awards | Gears of War 4 | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End |
| 2016-NAVGTR Awards | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End | Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End |
| 2015-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| 2015-NAVGTR Awards | Dying Light | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| 2015-NAVGTR Awards | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| 2015-NAVGTR Awards | The Order: 1886 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| 2015-NAVGTR Awards | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| 2014-NAVGTR Awards | Bayonetta 2 | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| 2014-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| 2014-NAVGTR Awards | Infamous: Second Son | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| 2014-NAVGTR Awards | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| 2014-NAVGTR Awards | Titanfall | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Beyond: Two Souls | Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Dead Space 3 | The Walking Dead: 400 Days |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | DuckTales Remastered | The Walking Dead: 400 Days |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Knack | The Walking Dead: 400 Days |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | The Walking Dead: 400 Days |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch | Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Rayman Legends | Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | The Last of Us | Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | The Walking Dead: 400 Days | The Walking Dead: 400 Days |
| 2013-NAVGTR Awards | Tomb Raider | Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Alan Wake’s American Nightmare | Dust: An Elysian Tail |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Assassin’s Creed III | Dust: An Elysian Tail |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Dust: An Elysian Tail | Dust: An Elysian Tail |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Journey | Journey |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Karateka | Dust: An Elysian Tail |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Mark of the Ninja | Journey |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Max Payne 3 | Dust: An Elysian Tail |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Persona 4 Arena | Journey |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Shank 2 | Journey |
| 2012-NAVGTR Awards | Transformers: Fall of Cybertron | Journey |
| 2011-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Rayman Origins |
| 2011-NAVGTR Awards | Dead Space 2 | Rayman Origins |
| 2011-NAVGTR Awards | L.A. Noire | Rayman Origins |
| 2011-NAVGTR Awards | Rayman Origins | Rayman Origins |
| 2011-NAVGTR Awards | Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception | Rayman Origins |
| 2010-NAVGTR Awards | Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood | Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood |
| 2010-NAVGTR Awards | Enslaved: Odyssey to the West | Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood |
| 2010-NAVGTR Awards | God of War III | Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood |
| 2010-NAVGTR Awards | Heavy Rain | Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood |
| 2010-NAVGTR Awards | Mass Effect 2 | Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | A Boy and His Blob | Patapon 2 |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | And Yet It Moves | Patapon 2 |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Assassin’s Creed II | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Patapon 2 | Patapon 2 |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | PixelJunk Shooter | Patapon 2 |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box | Patapon 2 |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| 2009-NAVGTR Awards | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Castle Crashers | Prince of Persia |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Dead Space | Dead Space |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Devil May Cry 4 | Dead Space |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Gears of War 2 | Dead Space |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Dead Space |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Mirror’s Edge | Prince of Persia |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Prince of Persia | Prince of Persia |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy | Prince of Persia |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Spore | Prince of Persia |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Dead Space |
| 2008-NAVGTR Awards | World of Goo | Prince of Persia |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Assassin’s Creed | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Assassin’s Creed | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | God of War II | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Heavenly Sword | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Heavenly Sword | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | The Witcher | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2007-NAVGTR Awards | Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune | Assassin’s Creed |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty 3 | Final Fantasy XII |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Fight Night Round 3 | Final Fantasy XII |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Final Fantasy XII | Final Fantasy XII |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Gears of War | Final Fantasy XII |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Gears of War | Okami |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Kingdom Hearts II | Okami |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Loco Roco | Okami |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Okami | Final Fantasy XII |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Okami | Okami |
| 2006-NAVGTR Awards | Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania | Okami |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Burnout Revenge | Shadow of the Colossus |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Devil May Cry 3 | God of War |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | God of War | God of War |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | God of War | Shadow of the Colossus |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Nintendogs | Shadow of the Colossus |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones | God of War |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Psychonauts | God of War |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Resident Evil 4 | Shadow of the Colossus |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | Shadow of the Colossus | Shadow of the Colossus |
| 2005-NAVGTR Awards | X-Men Legends II: Rise of the Apocalypse | God of War |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Burnout 3: Takedown | Half-Life 2 |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | Half-Life 2 |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Doom 3 | Half-Life 2 |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Half-Life 2 | Half-Life 2 |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Ninja Gaiden | Half-Life 2 |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Onimusha 3: Demon Siege | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Prince of Persia: Warrior Within | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| 2004-NAVGTR Awards | Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Call of Duty | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Final Fantasy X-2 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Silent Hill 3 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2003-NAVGTR Awards | Viewtiful Joe | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Jet Set Radio Future | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Kingdom Hearts | Kingdom Hearts |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Kingdom Hearts |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Mark of Kri | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance | Kingdom Hearts |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Metroid Prime | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus | Kingdom Hearts |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Super Mario Sunshine | Kingdom Hearts |
| 2002-NAVGTR Awards | Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Dead or Alive 3 | Ico |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix | Final Fantasy X |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Final Fantasy X | Final Fantasy X |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Ico | Ico |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Metal Gear Solid 2 | Final Fantasy X |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee | Final Fantasy X |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee | Ico |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Onimusha Warlords | Final Fantasy X |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Pikmin | Ico |
| 2001-NAVGTR Awards | Super Smash Bros. Melee | Ico |