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The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organisation of 1,200 media voters and 13,200 subscribers, has announced winners for its 21st annual awards program honouring video game design and programming.
The NAVGTR Awards honour 57 competitive categories recognising 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 recognised over 5,679 talented individuals.
Leading all winning games is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (7), followed by Psychonauts 2 with five awards. Deathloop, Metroid Dread, and Resident Evil 4 VR each won three awards. Far Cry 6, Halo Infinite, It Takes Two, Life is Strange: True Colors, Little Nightmares II, Resident Evil Village, Returnal, Tales of Arise, and The Medium each won two awards. Additional winners include Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Artful Escape.
Deathloop earned highest honours as Game of the Year. It Takes Two, Returnal, The Medium, and Deathloop were the only original intellectual properties to win multiple awards.
Voters were polled and asked to identify the most interesting races. The writing awards were deemed the most interesting races. Psychonauts 2 won the award for Writing in a Comedy over The Artful Escape, The Good Life, It Takes Two, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Life is Strange: True Colors won the award for Writing in a Drama over Before Your Eyes, Far Cry 6, Little Nightmares II, and Twelve Minutes.
Richard Horvitz won the award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy. He was also the first person to win (for the same character) in this specific category when it was created in 2005. With two awards, he joins only three other performers who have multiple NAVGTR awards: Laura Bailey (two awards), Mark Hamill (two awards for playing the “Joker”), and Troy Baker (three awards, with two for the same character).
Among developers, Insomniac Games led developers with seven wins for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Double Fine Productions won five awards. Ubisoft won four awards. Arkane Studios, Armature Studio, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Nintendo, MercurySteam, 343 Industries, Bloober Team, Deck Nine, Hazelight Studios, Housemarque, and Tarsier Studios also won multiple awards.
Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment led publishers with 11 awards, followed by Xbox Game Studios with nine awards. Bandai Namco and Capcom each won six awards as publishers. Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Bethesda Softworks, Facebook, Nintendo, Square Enix, and Bloober Team also won multiple awards.
Number of Awards Won per Game07 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart05 Psychonauts 203 Deathloop03 Metroid Dread03 Resident Evil 4 VR02 Far Cry 602 Halo Infinite02 It Takes Two02 Life is Strange: True Colors02 Little Nightmares II02 Resident Evil Village02 Returnal02 Tales of Arise02 The Medium
Number of Awards Won per Development Studio07 Insomniac Games, Inc.05 Double Fine Productions03 Arkane Studios03 Armature Studio03 Bandai Namco03 Capcom03 Nintendo EPD03 MercurySteam02 343 Industries02 Bloober Team02 Deck Nine02 Hazelight Studios02 Housemarque02 Tarsier Studios
Number of Awards Won per Publisher11 Sony Interactive Entertainment09 Xbox Game Studios06 Bandai Namco06 Capcom04 Electronic Arts04 Ubisoft03 Bethesda Softworks LLC03 Facebook03 Nintendo03 Square Enix02 Bloober Team
Number of Awards Won per Individual03 Sébastien Mitton02 Carlos Zarzuela Sánchez02 Daniel Birczynski02 Dinga Bakaba02 Elliot Grossman02 Jacobo Luengo02 Jeremie Voillot02 José María Navarro Herrera02 Kevin Grow02 Loic Couthier02 Paul Mudra02 Steve Ryder02 Toivo Kallio
