A Plague Tale: Innocence Leads NAVGTR Nominations;

Asobo Studio Leads Developers with 18; Nintendo Leads Publishers with 29

Baltimore (January 13, 2020) / NAVGTR CORP. – The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization of 820 media voters and 9,500 subscribers, has announced nominees for its 19th 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 3,600 talented individuals.

Leading all games with 18 nominations is A Plague Tale: Innocence, followed by Astral Chain with 10. Disco Elysium leads the indies with 5, with Sayonara Wild Hearts and Untitled Goose Game close behind with 4. Other notable indies with nods include Slay the Spire, Katana Zero, Outer Wilds, Superliminal, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

This year’s Game of the Year nominees are:

• Control

• Disco Elysium

• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

• Resident Evil 2

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

React to the nominations live at discord dot gg slash FHTYsFT. Winners will be announced February 24.

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Complete List of Nominations

NAVGTR Animation, Artistic

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Astral Chain

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Luigi’s Mansion 3

Untitled Goose Game

NAVGTR Animation, Technical

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Control

Days Gone

Devil May Cry 5

The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

NAVGTR Art Direction, Contemporary

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Control

Disco Elysium

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Yoshi’s Crafted World

NAVGTR Art Direction, Fantasy

Borderlands 3

Devil May Cry 5

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

The Outer Worlds

NAVGTR Art Direction, Period Influence

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Layers of Fear 2

The Sinking City

Total War: Three Kingdoms

NAVGTR Camera Direction in a Game Engine

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Astral Chain

Devil May Cry 5

Sayonara Wild Hearts

The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

NAVGTR Character Design

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Indivisible

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Outer Wilds

The Outer Worlds

NAVGTR Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D

eFootball PES 2020

Kids

Madden NFL 20

NBA 2K20

The Messenger

NAVGTR Control Design, 3D

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Astral Chain

Control

Devil May Cry 5

Gears 5

NAVGTR Control Design, VR

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Asgard’s Wrath

Concrete Genie

Stormland

Vader Immortal

NAVGTR Control Precision

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

NBA 2K20

The Messenger

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Yoshi’s Crafted World

NAVGTR Costume Design

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Apex Legends

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

NAVGTR Direction in a Game Cinema

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Control

Resident Evil 2

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

NAVGTR Direction in Virtual Reality

A Fisherman’s Tale

Blood & Truth

Concrete Genie

Trover Saves the Universe

Vader Immortal

NAVGTR Engineering

Dreams

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Slay the Spire

Tetris 99

Total War: Three Kingdoms

NAVGTR Gameplay Design, Franchise

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

John Wick Hex

Tetris 99

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

NAVGTR Gameplay Design, New IP

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Apex Legends

Baba is You

Disco Elysium

Untitled Goose Game

NAVGTR Game, Classic Revival

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Resident Evil 2

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove

World of Warcraft Classic

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Action

Borderlands 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Devil May Cry 5

Gears 5

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Adventure

Shenmue III

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Family

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Kingdom Hearts III

Luigi’s Mansion 3

Pokemon Sword & Shield

Super Mario Maker 2

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Fighting

Dead or Alive 6

Jump Force

Mortal Kombat 11

River City Girls

Samurai Shodown

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Racing

Dirt Rally 2.0

F1 2019

NASCAR Heat 4

Need for Speed Heat

Team Sonic Racing

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Role Playing

Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Sunless Skies

NAVGTR Game, Franchise Sports

FIFA 20

Madden NFL 20

MLB The Show 19

NBA 2K20

NHL 20

NAVGTR Game, Music or Performance-Based

Cadence of Hyrule

Sayonara Wild Hearts

NAVGTR Game, Original Action

Apex Legends

Astral Chain

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Control

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

NAVGTR Game, Original Adventure

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Afterparty

Katana Zero

Outer Wilds

The Sinking City

NAVGTR Game, Original Family

Farm Together

Gato Roboto

Knights and Bikes

Sky: Children of the Light

Vane

NAVGTR Game, Original Fighting

GORN

NAVGTR Game, Original Racing

Dangerous Driving

Lonely Mountains Downhill

NAVGTR Game, Original Role Playing

Disco Elysium

GreedFall

Indivisible

Oninaki

The Outer Worlds

NAVGTR Game, Original Sports

Killer Queen Black

NAVGTR Game, Puzzle

Photographs – Puzzle Stories

Superliminal

Tetris 99

The Sojourn

Untitled Goose Game

NAVGTR Game, Simulation

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Hypnospace Outlaw

Planet Zoo

Tropico 6

NAVGTR Game, Special Class

Bury Me, My Love

Dreams

Heaven’s Vault

Neo Cab

Sea of Solitude

NAVGTR Game, Strategy

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

John Wick Hex

Total War: Three Kingdoms

Wargroove

NAVGTR Graphics, Technical

Astral Chain

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Control

Days Gone

Metro Exodus

NAVGTR Lighting/Texturing

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Astral Chain

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Control

The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

NAVGTR Original Dramatic Score, Franchise

Call of Duty Mobile

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Far Cry New Dawn

Kingdom Hearts III

Total War: Three Kingdoms

NAVGTR Original Dramatic Score, New IP

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Anthem

Days Gone

Death Stranding

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

NAVGTR Original Light Mix Score, Franchise

Devil May Cry 5

Judgment

One Piece: World Seeker

Shenmue III

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

NAVGTR Original Light Mix Score, New IP

Astral Chain

Concrete Genie

Sky: Children of the Light

The Messenger

The Sojourn

NAVGTR Performance in a Comedy, Lead

Trover Saves the Universe – Justin Roiland as “Trover”

NAVGTR Performance in a Comedy, Supporting

The Outer Worlds – Ashly Burch as “Parvati”

Trover Saves the Universe – Doug Benson as “Upgrade Teddy”

Trover Saves the Universe – Rich Fulcher as “Fat Little Jerk”

NAVGTR Performance in a Drama, Lead

A Plague Tale: Innocence – Charlotte McBurney as “Amicia”

Far Cry New Dawn – Cara Ricketts as “Mickey”

Judgment – Takuya Kimura as “Yagami”

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Cameron Monaghan as “Cal Kestis”

Telling Lies – Logan Marshall-Green as “David”

The Walking Dead – Melissa Hutchison as “Clementine”

NAVGTR Performance in a Drama, Supporting

A Plague Tale: Innocence – Edan Hayhurst as “Lucas”

A Plague Tale: Innocence – Tabitha Rubens as “Melie”

Death Stranding – Mads Mikkelsen as “Cliff”

Judgment – Pierre Taki as “Hamura”

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Debra Wilson as “Cere Junda”

NAVGTR Song Collection

Astral Chain

Death Stranding

Kingdom Hearts III

Need for Speed Heat

Sayonara Wild Hearts

NAVGTR Song, Original or Adapted

Astral Chain – “Dark Hero”

Days Gone – “Days Gone Quiet”

Death Stranding – “BB’s Theme”

Judgment – “Arpeggio” by Alexandros

Kingdom Hearts III – “Don’t Think Twice”

NAVGTR Sound Editing in a Game Cinema

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Days Gone

Death Stranding

Resident Evil 2

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

NAVGTR Sound Effects

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Astral Chain

Days Gone

Death Stranding

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

NAVGTR Sound Mixing in Virtual Reality

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Asgard’s Wrath

Concrete Genie

Twin Peaks VR

Vader Immortal

NAVGTR Use of Sound, Franchise

Borderlands 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Devil May Cry 5

Gears 5

Layers of Fear 2

NAVGTR Use of Sound, New IP

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Blair Witch

Days Gone

Death Stranding

Untitled Goose Game

NAVGTR Writing in a Comedy

Afterparty

Devil May Cry 5

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey

The Outer Worlds

Trover Saves the Universe

NAVGTR Writing in a Drama

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Bury Me, My Love

Disco Elysium

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

NAVGTR Game of the Year

Control

Disco Elysium

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Resident Evil 2

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

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GAME TALLY

18 A Plague Tale: Innocence

10 Astral Chain

08 Devil May Cry 5

08 Control

07 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

07 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

07 Death Stranding

07 Days Gone

06 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

05 Trover Saves the Universe

05 The Outer Worlds

05 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

05 Fire Emblem: Three Houses

05 Disco Elysium

04 Untitled Goose Game

04 Total War: Three Kingdoms

04 The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan

04 Sayonara Wild Hearts

04 Resident Evil 2

04 Kingdom Hearts III

04 Judgment

04 Concrete Genie

03 Vader Immortal

03 The Messenger

03 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

03 Tetris 99

03 NBA 2K20

03 Gears 5

03 Borderlands 3

03 Apex Legends

FRANCHISE HISTORY

The original Devil May Cry scored 9 nominations in 2001.

Final Fantasy X had 11 nominations in 2001. Final Fantasy XII set a series record with 16.

Call of Duty received 5 nominations in 2003.

Rome: Total War had 3 nominations in 2004, including Game of the Year.

The original Kingdom Hearts received 10 nominations in 2002.

Gears of War landed 16 nominations in 2006.

The first Borderlands lost its sole nomination to ‘Splosion Man in 2009.

DEVELOPER TALLY

18 Asobo Studio

14 Capcom

12 Square Enix

10 Respawn

10 Platinum Games

09 SCE (Bend, San Diego, London)

08 Remedy

07 Kojima Productions

07 Koei Tecmo

06 Infinity Ward

05 ZA/UM

05 Squanch Games

05 Obsidian

05 Intelligent Systems

05 FromSoftware

04 Supermassive Games

04 Simogo

04 Ryu ga Gotoku Studio

04 Pixel Opus

04 Nintendo

04 House House Games

04 Electronic Arts

04 Creative Assembly

03 Visual Concepts

03 The Coalition

03 Sabotage Studio

03 ILMxLAB

03 Gearbox

03 Bloober Team

03 Arika

PUBLISHER TALLY

29 Nintendo

20 Sony Interactive Entertainment

19 Focus Home Interactive

18 Electronic Arts

14 Capcom

13 Square Enix

13 Activision

12 505 Games

11 SEGA

08 Bandai Namco

07 Private Division

07 Annapurna Interactive

06 Devolver Digital

06 2K (2K Games, 2K Sports)

05 ZA/UM

05 Squanch Games

05 FromSoftware

04 Panic

03 Xbox Game Studios

03 Oculus VR

03 Disney

03 Deep Silver

INDIVIDUAL TALLY (MULTIPLE NODS)

04 Robert Kurvitz

03 Yasuhiro Anpo

03 Takashi Kudo

03 Olivier Ponsonnet

03 Ludvig Forssell

03 Kevin Choteau

03 Kazunori Kadoi

03 Aurélien Piters

02 Yusuke Mogi

02 Thierry Boulanger

02 Takashi Tezuka

02 Stuart Gillespie-Cook

02 Simon Flesser

02 Sarah Schachner

02 Patrice Désilets

02 Nico Disseldorp

02 Mike Bithell

02 Mikael Kasurinen

02 Michael McMaster

02 Maxime Touchon

02 Mariel Cartwright

02 Leonard Boyarsky

02 Jacob Strasser

02 Hikaru Utada

02 Hidetaka Miyazaki

02 Emmanuel Doulut

02 David Dedeine

02 Brunon Lubas

02 Andrew H. Marrinson

02 Andreas Nick

INDIVIDUAL NOMINATIONS

Adam Hines

Adam Tierney

Alain Guyet

Aleksander Rostov

Alex Ahad

Alex Beachum

Andreas Nick

Andreas Nick

Andrei Turkov

Andrew Cheney

Andrew H. Marrinson

Andrew H. Marrinson

Andrzej Janicki

Anthony Giovannetti

Antoine Geurtin

Arvi Teikari

Ashly Burch

Atsuhito Shirai

Atsushi Hashimoto

Atsushi Ota

Aurélien Piters

Aurélien Piters

Aurélien Piters

Ayano Otsuka

Balthazar Auxietre

Banri Oda

Ben Snow

Bingo Morihashi

Boris Munser

Braden Parkes

Brady Hartel

Brent McLeod

Brian Fieser

Brian Jun

Britt Brady

Brunon Lubas

Brunon Lubas

Bryant Cannon

Bryce Holliday

Cameron Monaghan

Cara Ricketts

Carl Karjalainen

Casey Yano

Cédric Rousseau

Charles Staples

Charlotte McBurney

Chinatsu Kurahana

Chinh Ngo

Chris Budd

Chris Canning

Chris Ko

Chris Metzen

Chris Sutton

Christian Pacaud

Christopher Stone

Clémentine Plissonnier

Cornelia Geppert

Csaba Vicze

Cullen Dwyer

Daisuke Ichihara

Damian Dawid Stempniewski

Damien Papet

Dan Nelson

Daniel Alpert

Daniel Helbig

Daniel Valvo

Dave Blizard

Dave Stohl

David Dedeine

David Dedeine

Debra Wilson

Dominic Robilliard

Doug Benson

Ed Boon

Edan Hayhurst

Eikichi Kawasaki

Elmeri Raitanen

Em Halberstadt

Emmanuel Doulut

Emmanuel Doulut

Eric W. Brown

Erich Meyr

Erik Buensuceso

Filip Żegleń

Finn Brice

Florent Maurin

Franck Manon

Genki Yokota

Geoff Smith

Georgi Gavanozov

Grace Morales Lingad

Graeme Howard

Greg Johnson

Hannah Filipski

Hideaki Itsuno

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Hideto Nishiyama

Hideyuki Ono

Hikaru Utada

Hikaru Utada

Hiroshi Minagawa

Hiroyasu Sakurai

Hiroyuki Kubota

Hiroyuki Nakayama

Ilkka Kuusela

Ippei Kondo

Jacob Strasser

Jacob Strasser

Jamie Galipeau

Jamie Mactaggart

Jan Bubenik

Janne Pulkkinen

Janos Gasper

Jared Bartlett

Jason McCord

Jay Tholen

Jean-François Boivin

Jeff Brown

Jeremy Thurman

Jérôme Coppens

Jesse Lemons

Jessica Allen

Jin Senbonmatsu

Jing Li

Joel Emslie

John B. Nguyen

John Ebenger

John Morgan

John Swihart

Jon Ingold

Jonathan Eng

Jonathan Kim

Jonathan Magnan

Joseph Bourgeois

Joseph Humfrey

Josh Davidson;

Joshua Trusz

Julien Guérin

Justin Roiland

Justin Stander

Kakunoshin Atsumi

Kalonica Quigley

Karolina Jachna

Katsuhito Shimane

Kazumi Totaka

Kazunori Kadoi

Kazunori Kadoi

Kazunori Kadoi

Kei Shimojo

Keiji Kawamori

Ken Feldman

Kenta Ogawa

Kentaro Nakagoshi

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Bolen

Kevin Choteau

Kevin Choteau

Kevin Choteau

Kevin Dartoy

Kohei Tanaka

Koji Igarashi

Koki Kinoshita

Kota Suzuki

Kozue Ishikawa

Kyle B. Richards

Lee Mather

Leonard Boyarsky

Leonard Boyarsky

Lewis Marc Capaldi

Logan Marshall-Green

Luca Redwood

Ludvig Forssell

Ludvig Forssell

Ludvig Forssell

Mads Mikkelsen

Marc-André De Blois

Marie Wyatt

Mariel Cartwright

Mariel Cartwright

Mario von Rickenbach

Mark Petty

Mas Kimura

Masayuki Kushi

Mateusz Lenart

Mathias Grünwaldt

Maxime Touchon

Maxime Touchon

Melissa Hutchison

Michael McMaster

Michael McMaster

Michel Janecki

Mikael Kasurinen

Mikael Kasurinen

Mike Bithell

Mike Bithell

Mike Wang

Mikko Riikonen

Minako Hamano

Minoru Tsuchihashi

Mitsuki Morita

Mylène Dreyer

Naoko Horie

Naoto Oshima

Nathan Whitehead

Natsuko Ighikawa

Nemo Ghasemi

Nick Martin

Nick Tringali

Nick van Kleef

Nick Von Kaenel

Nico Disseldorp

Nico Disseldorp

Nicolas Bécavin

Nicolas Cantain

Nima Memari

Noah Carev

Oliver Trujillo

Olivier Cannone

Olivier Derivière

Olivier Ponsonnet

Olivier Ponsonnet

Olivier Ponsonnet

Omar Aweidah

Patrice Désilets

Patrice Désilets

Patrick Ewing

Patrick Kelly

Paul Deakin

Paul Ehreth

Paul Stoughton

Pawel Wojs

Pax Lyle

Peter Wayne

Philippe Bayle

Philippe Debay

Philippe Turcotte

Phillip A. Kovats

Pierre Corbinais

Pierre Taki

Piers Jackson

Quentin Delplace

Raison Varner

Raphaël Munoz

Reiko Nakano

Rex Crowle

Rich Fulcher

Richard Acherki

Richard Beddow

Richard Suh

Ricky Meisner

Riley Cooper

Rob Castro

Robert Kurvitz

Robert Kurvitz

Robert Kurvitz

Robert Kurvitz

Romain Meyer

Rui Onishi

Ryan Clark

Ryan Trowbridge

Ryo Watanabe

Ryohei Fukui

Safar Bake

Sam Marshall

Sarah Schachner

Sarah Schachner

Satoshi Igarashi

Satoshi Kawase

Satoshi Ubukata

Sébastien Renard

Shigeo Komori

Shigeru Ohmori

Shingo Tate

Shinichi Fujita

Shota Kobayashi

Simon Flesser

Simon Flesser

Stefan Kovatchev

Stephen Miller

Steve Cha

Steve Lee

Stig Asmussen

Stuart Gillespie-Cook

Stuart Gillespie-Cook

Stuart Whyte

Tabitha Rubens

Takahisa Taura

Takashi Konno

Takashi Kudo

Takashi Kudo

Takashi Kudo

Takashi Tezuka

Takashi Tezuka

Takayuki Muranaka

Takeshi Hasegawa

Takuo Yamamoto

Takuto Edagawa

Takuya Kimura

Tetsuya Nomura

Thierry Boulanger

Thierry Boulanger

Timothy Cain

Todd Alderman

Tomoya Sagawa

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Toshiyuki Kusakihara

Toyokazu Sakamoto

Tyler Bates

Yasuhiro Anpo

Yasuhiro Anpo

Yasuhiro Anpo

Yasuhiro Masuoka

Yohei Shimbori

Yoohei Kawakami

Yosuke Oshino

Yu Suzuki

Yugo Kishino

Yuichiro Hiraki

Yuka Kitamura

Yuki Chiba

Yukinori Takada

Yusuke Mogi

Yusuke Mogi

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