NAVGTR Awards (2023)

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Control Design, VR

Control Precision

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Bayonetta 3
7.6 (324)
Daichi Amano
PlatinumGames
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Yuki Kido
From Software
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
8.2 (610)
Hiroaki Nakano
HAL Laboratory
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
7.9 (855)
Tribute Games
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Costume Design

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Bayonetta 3
7.6 (324)
Mari Shimazaki
PlatinumGames
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
7.5 (821)
Gearbox Software
Gotham Knights
6.3 (1.8K)
WB Games Montréal
Horizon Forbidden West
8.9 (8.1K)
Guerrilla Games
Marvel's Midnight Suns
8.0 (843)
Firaxis Games Inc.

Direction in Virtual Reality

Direction in a Game Cinema

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Eric Williams
Bruno Velazquez
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Kris Cho
Interior Night
New Tales from the Borderlands
5.1 (251)
Gearbox Software
Gotham Knights
6.3 (1.8K)
Wilson Mui
Mathieu Houle
Ann Lemay
WB Games Montréal
The Dark Pictures: The Devil in Me
7.1 (1.6K)
Supermassive Games
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Game Design, Franchise

Game Design, New IP

Winner
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Tomoro Inaba
Kaikou Arima
From Software
Cult of the Lamb
7.7 (505)
Jay Armstrong
Massive Monster
Grounded
6.8 (454)
Mitch Loidolt
Obsidian Entertainment
Sifu
7.6 (1.2K)
Jordan Layani
Sloclap
Vampire Survivors
7.7 (607)
poncle

Game Engineering

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Ryu Matsumoto
From Software
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
7.9 (128)
Omega Force
Two Point Campus
6.3 (57)
Two Point Studios
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Game of the Year

Winner
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Hidetaka Miyazaki
From Software
A Plague Tale: Requiem
8.5 (3.1K)
Kevin Choteau
Asobo Studio
Endling - Extinction is Forever
7.3 (175)
Javier Ramello
Herobeat Studios S.L.
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Eric Williams
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Stray
8.2 (4.9K)
Colas Koola
Vivien Mermet-Guyenet
BlueTwelve Studio
Two Point Campus
6.3 (57)
Two Point Studios
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Game, Franchise Action

Winner
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
7.5 (3.9K)
Infinity Ward
Winner
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games
Bayonetta 3
7.6 (324)
PlatinumGames
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
7.5 (821)
Gearbox Software
Shovel Knight Dig
7.6 (18)
Yacht Club Games
Sniper Elite 5
7.1 (504)
Rebellion Developments Ltd.

Game, Franchise Adventure

Winner
A Plague Tale: Requiem
8.5 (3.1K)
Kevin Choteau
Asobo Studio
New Tales from the Borderlands
5.1 (251)
Lin Joyce
Gearbox Software
Return to Monkey Island
8.0 (463)
Ron Gilbert
Dave Grossman
Terrible Toybox

Game, Franchise Family

Game, Franchise Fighting

Winner
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
7.9 (855)
Jonathan Lavigne
Tribute Games
Capcom Fighting Collection
8.1 (82)
Capcom Company
River City Girls 2
6.9 (51)
WayForward Technologies
The King of Fighters XV
7.2 (104)
SNK
WWE 2K22
7.3 (584)
Visual Concepts

Game, Franchise Racing

Winner
NFS Unbound
6.2 (474)
Criterion Games
F1 22
6.6 (150)
Codemasters Software Company

Game, Franchise Role Playing

Winner
Marvel's Midnight Suns
8.0 (843)
Jacob Solomon
Firaxis Games Inc.
Digimon Survive
6.5 (52)
Hyde
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
6.7 (220)
Tetsuya Nomura
Team Ninja
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
8.8 (497)
Tetsuya Takahashi
Yûichirô Takeda
Kazuho Hyodo
Monolith Software

Game, Franchise Sports

Winner
Windjammers 2
4.3 (10)
Jordi Asensio
DotEmu
Mario Strikers: Battle League
6.3 (171)
Matt Smits
Next Level Games
MLB: The Show 22
6.7 (85)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
NBA 2K23
5.9 (384)
Visual Concepts

Game, Music or Performance-Based

Winner
Metal: Hellsinger
6.7 (250)
Hanna Fridén
The Outsiders
Twisted-Wonderland
8.6 (35)
F4samurai
Trombone Champ
7.6 (18)
Holy Wow

Game, Original Action

Winner
Vampire Survivors
7.7 (607)
poncle
Cult of the Lamb
7.7 (505)
Julian Wilton
Massive Monster
Grounded
6.8 (454)
Adam Brennecke
Obsidian Entertainment
High on Life
7.6 (2K)
Squanch Games
Neon White
8.0 (201)
Benjamin Esposito
Geneva Hodgson
Russell Honor
Angel Matrix
Rollerdrome
7.0 (100)
Roll7

Game, Original Adventure

Winner
Pentiment
8.5 (384)
Josh Sawyer
Obsidian Entertainment
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Caroline Marchal
Interior Night
GhostWire: Tokyo
7.0 (948)
Kenji Kimura
Tango Gameworks
Weird West
5.6 (114)
Raphael Colantonio
Wolfeye Studios

Game, Original Family

Winner
Stray
8.2 (4.9K)
Colas Koola
Vivien Mermet-Guyenet
BlueTwelve Studio
Raft
6.9 (335)
Redbeet Interactive
Tinykin
8.0 (126)
Romain Claude
Splashteam
Tunic
7.6 (444)
Andrew Shouldice
Isometricorp Games

Game, Original Fighting

Winner
Sifu
7.6 (1.2K)
Jordan Layani
Sloclap
Boomerang Fu
8.0 (44)
Paul Kopetko
Cranky Watermelon
Dawn of the Monsters
6.8 (9)
Alex Rushdy
13AM Games
DNF Duel
6.7 (42)
Arc System Works
Rumbleverse
5.4 (38)
Iron Galaxy

Game, Original Role Playing

Winner
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Hidetaka Miyazaki
From Software
Live A Live
7.3 (150)
Takashi Tokita
Historia
The Waylanders
Sergio Prieto
Gato Studio
Triangle Strategy
8.0 (269)
Artdink
Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden
7.1 (8)
Yoko Taro
Alim

Game, Original Sports

Winner
OlliOlli World
6.8 (75)
John Ribbins
Simon Bennett
Tom Hegarty
Roll7

Game, Special Class

Winner
Endling - Extinction is Forever
7.3 (175)
Javier Ramello
Herobeat Studios S.L.
Marvel Snap
7.6 (266)
Second Dinner
Norco
7.8 (91)
Geography of Robots

Game, Strategy

Winner
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
7.5 (197)
Davide Soliani
Xavier Manzanares
Ubisoft Milan
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
7.9 (128)
Omega Force
Total War: Warhammer III
8.0 (191)
Richard Armitage
Ian Roxburgh
Creative Assembly

Graphics, Technical

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Bayonetta 3
7.6 (324)
Takahiro Yasuda
PlatinumGames
Horizon Forbidden West
8.9 (8.1K)
Guerrilla Games
NBA 2K23
5.9 (384)
Visual Concepts
NFS Unbound
6.2 (474)
Nathaniel Daw
Criterion Games
Splatoon 3
7.9 (279)
Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD)

Lead Performance in a Drama

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Christopher Judge
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
as "Kratos"
Winner
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Yuri Lowenthal
A Plague Tale: Requiem
8.5 (3.1K)
Charlotte McBurney
Robyn Wolf
Asobo Studio
as "Amicia"
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Elias Toufexis
Interior Night
as "Vince Walker"
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Sunny Suljic
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
as "Atreus"
Metal: Hellsinger
6.7 (250)
Troy Baker
The Outsiders
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Nadji Jeter

Lighting/Texturing

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
7.5 (821)
Stephen Cole
Gearbox Software
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Nozomi Shiba
From Software
Horizon Forbidden West
8.9 (8.1K)
Guerrilla Games
Somerville
Jumpship
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Original Dramatic Score, Franchise

Winner
A Plague Tale: Requiem
8.5 (3.1K)
Olivier Derivière
Asobo Studio
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
7.5 (3.9K)
Infinity Ward
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
7.5 (821)
Gearbox Software
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Bear McCreary
Keith Leary
Peter Scaturro
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Honor of Kings
5.6 (38)
TiMi Studios
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Original Dramatic Score, New IP

Winner
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Yuka Kitamura
From Software
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Interior Night
Endling - Extinction is Forever
7.3 (175)
Manel Gil-Inglada
Herobeat Studios S.L.
GhostWire: Tokyo
7.0 (948)
Masatoshi Yanagi
Tango Gameworks
Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons
7.1 (61)
ArenaNet

Original Light Mix Score, Franchise

Winner
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
8.6 (631)
Kristofer Maddigan
Studio MDHR
Bayonetta 3
7.6 (324)
PlatinumGames
Serial Cleaner
6.3 (45)
Draw Distance
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
7.9 (855)
Tee Lopes
Tribute Games
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
8.4 (1K)
Tom Schley
Crows Crows Crows

Original Light Mix Score, New IP

Winner
Metal: Hellsinger
6.7 (250)
Elvira Björkman
Nicklas Hjertberg
The Outsiders
Infernax
7.9 (37)
Berzerk Studio
Live A Live
7.3 (150)
Yôko Shimomura
Historia
Stray
8.2 (4.9K)
Yann Van Der Cruyssen
BlueTwelve Studio
Triangle Strategy
8.0 (269)
Akira Senju
Artdink

Performance in a Comedy, Lead

Winner
Evil Dead: The Game
7.5 (560)
Bruce Campbell
Saber Interactive
as "Ash Williams"
High on Life
7.6 (2K)
Justin Roiland
Squanch Games
Neon White
8.0 (201)
Steve Blum
Angel Matrix

Performance in a Comedy, Supporting

Winner
Bayonetta 3
7.6 (324)
Dave Fennoy
PlatinumGames
as "Rodin"
High on Life
7.6 (2K)
David Herman
Squanch Games
High on Life
7.6 (2K)
J.B. Smoove
Squanch Games
Return to Monkey Island
8.0 (463)
Adam Grimes
Terrible Toybox
Return to Monkey Island
8.0 (463)
Jess Harnell
Terrible Toybox

Performance in a Drama, Supporting

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Richard Schiff
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
as "Odin"
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Simon Hubbard
Interior Night
GhostWire: Tokyo
7.0 (948)
Asami Seto
Anne Yatco
Tango Gameworks
as "Mari"
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Adam J. Harrington
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
as "Sindri"
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Alastair Duncan
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
as "Mimir"
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Jim Pirri(Kraven The Hunter)

Song Collection

Winner
Metal: Hellsinger
6.7 (250)
The Outsiders
Gran Turismo 7
7.7 (790)
Kazunori Yamauchi
Alex Hackford
Polyphony Digital
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
7.5 (197)
Yôko Shimomura
Gareth Coker
Grant Kirkhope
Ubisoft Milan
NFS Unbound
6.2 (474)
Richard Geldard
Criterion Games
OlliOlli World
6.8 (75)
Simon Bennett
John Ribbins
Roll7

Sound Editing in a Game Cinema

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Michael Kent
Jodie Kupsco
Csaba Wagner
Sonia Coronado Cuesta
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Honor of Kings
5.6 (38)
TiMi Studios
Marvel's Midnight Suns
8.0 (843)
Firaxis Games Inc.
Sniper Elite 5
7.1 (504)
Rebellion Developments Ltd.
Tinykin
8.0 (126)
Splashteam
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Sound Effects

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Michael Kent
Alex Previty
Jeremy Rogers
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
7.5 (821)
Gearbox Software
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Tsukasa Saito
From Software
Grounded
6.8 (454)
Zachary Simon
Jeshua Whitaker
Obsidian Entertainment
Sifu
7.6 (1.2K)
Lucas Rousselot
Sloclap
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Sound Mixing in Virtual Reality

Winner
Bonelab
7.2 (122)
Stress Level Zero
Moss: Book II
8.1 (45)
Polyarc
The Twilight Zone VR

Use of Sound, Franchise

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
Michael Kent
Jodie Kupsco
Stepan Boev
Sean LaValle
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
7.5 (3.9K)
Infinity Ward
New Tales from the Borderlands
5.1 (251)
Gearbox Software
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
7.5 (197)
Romain Brillaud
Ubisoft Milan
Total War: Warhammer III
8.0 (191)
Liam Price
Richard Beddow
Creative Assembly
Spider-Man 2
9.1 (11K)
Insomniac Games

Use of Sound, New IP

Winner
The Callisto Protocol
7.0 (2.6K)
Nassim Ait-Kaci
Striking Distance Studios
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Interior Night
Elden Ring
9.4 (14K)
Tsukasa Saito
From Software
Sifu
7.6 (1.2K)
Lucas Rousselot
Sloclap
Somerville
Matteo Cerquone
Jumpship

Writing in a Comedy

Winner
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
7.9 (855)
Tribute Games
New Tales from the Borderlands
5.1 (251)
Lin Joyce
Gearbox Software
High on Life
7.6 (2K)
Alec Robbins
Squanch Games
Return to Monkey Island
8.0 (463)
Ron Gilbert
Dave Grossman
Terrible Toybox
Not for Broadcast
7.7 (163)
Alex Paterson
Jason Orbaum

Writing in a Drama

Winner
God of War: Ragnarök
9.5 (23K)
SCEA Santa Monica Studios
As Dusk Falls
7.9 (875)
Brad Kane
Phil Jackson
Caroline Marchal
Interior Night
GhostWire: Tokyo
7.0 (948)
Kenji Kimura
Tango Gameworks
Norco
7.8 (91)
Geography of Robots
Pentiment
8.5 (384)
Josh Sawyer
Obsidian Entertainment

Game, Classic Revival

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
7.3 (72)
Masashi Yamamoto
Monkey Craft
Live A Live
7.3 (150)
Takashi Tokita
Historia
Sonic Origins
7.7 (219)
Sega
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
8.4 (1K)
Davey Wreden
William Pugh
Crows Crows Crows

Game, Puzzle

FAR: Changing Tides
7.4 (122)
Okomotive
Serial Cleaner
6.3 (45)
Krzysztof Szczudlowski
Draw Distance

Game, Simulation

Disney Dreamlight Valley
7.8 (503)
Gameloft Montreal
Not for Broadcast
7.7 (163)
Alex Paterson
Jason Orbaum
PowerWash Simulator
6.9 (288)
Dan Chequer
FuturLab
Two Point Campus
6.3 (57)
Two Point Studios

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NAVGTR Awards

NAVGTR Award

Animation, Artistic

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

God of War: Ragnarök

Pentiment

Sifu

Stray

Hi-Fi Rush

Spider-Man 2

Animation, Technical

God of War: Ragnarök

Spider-Man 2

New Tales from the Borderlands

Horizon Forbidden West

MLB: The Show 22

NBA 2K23

Stray

Art Direction, Contemporary

Stray

Spider-Man 2

Endling - Extinction is Forever

Norco

OlliOlli World

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction

Rollerdrome

Art Direction, Fantasy

Bayonetta 3

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons

Horizon Forbidden West

Total War: Warhammer III

Art Direction, Period Influence

Elden Ring

A Plague Tale: Requiem

New Tales from the Borderlands

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Pentiment

Best Song, Original or Adapted

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

As Dusk Falls

As Dusk Falls

God of War: Ragnarök

Metal: Hellsinger

Spider-Man 2

Camera Direction in a Game Engine

God of War: Ragnarök

Spider-Man 2

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Hindsight

NBA 2K23

Sifu

Character Design

God of War: Ragnarök

Spider-Man 2

Bayonetta 3

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Elden Ring

GhostWire: Tokyo

Control Design, 2D or Limited 3D

Vampire Survivors

ANNO: Mutationem

Rogue Legacy 2

Serial Cleaner

Tunic

Control Design, 3D

God of War: Ragnarök

Spider-Man 2

Bayonetta 3

Elden Ring

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Sifu

Control Design, VR

Moss: Book II

Bonelab

Samurai Slaughter House

Control Precision

God of War: Ragnarök

Bayonetta 3