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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: THOMAS J. ALLEN PHONE: 301-437-7880 E-MAIL: INFO AT NAVGTR DOT ORG THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT WINS 14 NAVGTR AWARDS San Francisco, CA (March 21, 2016) / NAVGTR CORP. - The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization, has announced winners for its 15th annual awards program honoring video game art, technology, and production. The biggest winner is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 14 wins, falling just short of The Last of Us' record 15 wins from two years ago. Rise of the Tomb Raider and Tales from the Borderlands were the second biggest winners with 4 wins each. Three games won three awards each: Star Wars Battlefront, Splatoon, and Life is Strange. Four games won two awards each: Super Mario Maker, Rocket League, Crypt of the Necrodancer, and Bloodborne. By developer, CD Projekt Red led with 14 awards. Nintendo won six. Telltale, Gearbox, and Crystal Dynamics won four awards each. Other top developers were Electronic Arts, Dontnod Entertainment, Psyonix, From Software, and Brace Yourself Games. By publisher, CD Projekt led with 14 awards. Square Enix and Nintendo won seven each. Other top publishers were 2K, Telltale, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros, Sony Computer Entertainment, Psyonix, and Brace Yourself Games. Fifty-six creative, technical, and genre award categories recognize achievement in animation, art direction, character design, controls, game design, game engineering, musical score, sound effects, writing, and more as seen at http://navgtr.org This year’s Honorary Award recipients are Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man, and Mark DeLoura, for developing programs for children to explore coding. NAVGTR strongly supports the IGDA Developer Credit special interest group (SIG) at http://igda.org/devcredit to improve crediting practices. All titles, characters, likenesses, and indictia are copyrights or trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved. ABOUT NAVGTR CORP. NAVGTR Corp.(TM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing game developers, including the Developer of the Day on twitter.com/navgtr The general voting body of reviewers, journalists, analysts, and writers includes contributors for such varied outlets as Austin American-Statesman, Break, Chicago Sun-Times, CNN, Futurenet, Gamespot, GamesRadar, Gaming Illustrated, Geek, IGN, Los Angeles Times, Machinima, MMO PRG, Moody’s, NBC, New Gamer Nation, New York Times, Nintendo World Report, The Ottawa Citizen, PC Gamer, Polygon, Salon, San Jose Mercury-News, Terminal Gamer, USA Today, The Vancouver Sun, Wired News, and hundreds more. http://www.facebook.com/navgtrawards http://www.twitter.com/navgtr http://charts.navgtr.org http://navgtr.org GAME OF THE YEAR Batman: Arkham Knight Bloodborne Fallout 4 Splatoon The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER ANIMATION, ARTISTIC Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Fallout 4 King’s Quest Chapter I: A Knight To Remember Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Rise of the Tomb Raider - WINNER ANIMATION, TECHNICAL Call of Duty: Black Ops III Dying Light Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER ART DIRECTION, PERIOD INFLUENCE Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Fallout 4 The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER ART DIRECTION, FANTASY Bloodborne Ori and the Blind Forest Rocket League The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER Yoshi’s Woolly World ART DIRECTION, CONTEMPORARY Batman: Arkham Knight Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Fallout 4 Life is Strange Rise of the Tomb Raider - WINNER CAMERA DIRECTION IN A GAME ENGINE Batman: Arkham Knight Fallout 4 Mortal Kombat X The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER CHARACTER DESIGN Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Batman: Arkham Knight Evolve Fallout 4 Life is Strange - WINNER CONTROL DESIGN, 2D OR LIMITED 3D Axiom Verge Super Mario Maker - WINNER CONTROL DESIGN, 3D Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Splatoon - WINNER The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CONTROL PRECISION Batman: Arkham Knight Call of Duty: Black Ops III Halo 5: Guardians Ori and the Blind Forest Rocket League - WINNER COSTUME DESIGN Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Fallout 4 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER DIRECTION IN A GAME CINEMA Fallout 4 Life is Strange Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER GAME DESIGN, NEW IP Bloodborne Life is Strange Pillars of Eternity Splatoon - WINNER Undertale GAME DESIGN, FRANCHISE Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Call of Duty: Black Ops III Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER GAME ENGINEERING Bloodborne Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Super Mario Maker The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER GRAPHICS, TECHNICAL Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront - WINNER The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt INNOVATION IN GAME TECHNOLOGY ANT VR Call of Duty: Black Ops III Grow Home Guitar Hero Live Valve Steam Controller - WINNER LIGHTING/TEXTURING Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Batman: Arkham Knight Dying Light Rise of the Tomb Raider - WINNER Star Wars Battlefront ORIGINAL LIGHT MIX SCORE, NEW IP Axiom Verge Crypt of the Necrodancer Galak-Z: The Dimensional Life is Strange - WINNER Undertale ORIGINAL LIGHT MIX SCORE, FRANCHISE Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number King’s Quest Chapter I: A Knight To Remember The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Tales from the Borderlands - WINNER Tales of Zestiria ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE, NEW IP Bloodborne - WINNER Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Grey Goo The Order: 1886 Pillars of Eternity ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE, FRANCHISE Call of Duty: Black Ops III Halo 5: Guardians Killer Instinct Season 2 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY, LEAD Minecraft: Story Mode – Catherine Taber as “Jesse” Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty! – Lorne Lanning as “Abe” Tales from the Borderlands – Troy Baker as “Rhys” - WINNER PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY, SUPPORTING Minecraft: Story Mode – Martha Plimpton as “Olivia” Tales from the Borderlands – Erin Yvette as “Sasha” - WINNER Xenoblade Chronicles X – Chris Cason as “Tatsu” PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA, LEAD Fallout 4 – Brian T. Delaney as “Male Player Character” Her Story – Viva Seifert as “Wife” The Order: 1886 – Steve West as “Grayson / Sir Galahad” Rise Of The Tomb Raider – Camilla Luddington as “Lara Croft” The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Doug Cockle as “Geralt” - WINNER PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA, SUPPORTING Batman: Arkham Knight – John Noble as “Scarecrow” Batman: Arkham Knight – Mark Hamill as “Joker” - WINNER Fallout 4 – Stephen Russell as “Codsworth/Nick Valentine” Until Dawn – Brett Dalton as “Mike” The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – William Roberts as “Uncle Vesemir” SONG, ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED Devil’s Third – “Bleed Out” Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – “The Mourning Tree” Fallout 4 – “Good Neighbor” Life is Strange – “To All of You” - WINNER Rare Replay – “Opening Number” SONG COLLECTION Fallout 4 Life is Strange Rock Band 4 - WINNER SOUND EDITING IN A GAME CINEMA Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Bloodborne Fallout 4 The Order: 1886 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER SOUND EFFECTS Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Fallout 4 The Order: 1886 Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront - WINNER USE OF SOUND, NEW IP Crypt of the Necrodancer - WINNER Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Evolve The Order: 1886 Until Dawn USE OF SOUND, FRANCHISE Fallout 4 King’s Quest Chapter I: A Knight To Remember Rise of the Tomb Raider Star Wars Battlefront - WINNER Super Mario Maker WRITING IN A COMEDY Minecraft: Story Mode Tales from the Borderlands - WINNER WRITING IN A DRAMA Call of Duty: Black Ops III Fallout 4 Her Story Life is Strange The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER GAME, CLASSIC REVIVAL Grim Fandango Remastered The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - WINNER Rare Replay GAME, MUSIC OR PERFORMANCE-BASED Crypt of the Necrodancer - WINNER Guitar Hero Live Rock Band 4 GAME, ORIGINAL ACTION Bloodborne - WINNER Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime GAME, ORIGINAL ADVENTURE Life is Strange Ori and the Blind Forest - WINNER GAME, ORIGINAL FAMILY Donut County Splatoon - WINNER GAME, ORIGINAL FIGHTING no nominations GAME, ORIGINAL RACING Fast Racing Neo Project CARS - WINNER GAME, ORIGINAL ROLE PLAYING Pillars of Eternity Undertale - WINNER GAME, ORIGINAL SPORTS iDARB Rocket League - WINNER GAME, FRANCHISE ACTION Batman: Arkham Knight Call of Duty: Black Ops III Just Cause 3 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - WINNER Transformers: Devastation GAME, FRANCHISE ADVENTURE Rise of the Tomb Raider - WINNER Tales from the Borderlands GAME, FRANCHISE FAMILY Lego Dimensions Super Mario Maker - WINNER Yoshi’s Woolly World GAME, FRANCHISE FIGHTING Killer Instinct Season 2 Mortal Kombat X - WINNER GAME, FRANCHISE RACING F1 2015 Forza Motorsport 6 - WINNER Need for Speed GAME, FRANCHISE ROLE PLAYING Fallout 4 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - WINNER Xenoblade Chronicles X GAME, FRANCHISE SPORTS MLB 15: The Show NBA 2K16 - WINNER PES 2016 GAME, ESPORTS Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Heroes of the Storm Killer Instinct Season 2 Mortal Kombat X Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - WINNER GAME, PUZZLE Her Story - WINNER Lines the Game GAME, SIMULATION Fallout Shelter Kerbal Space Program - WINNER Prison Architect GAME, SPECIAL CLASS The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna - WINNER You Must Build a Boat GAME, STRATEGY Invisible, Inc. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - WINNER Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void HONORARY AWARD Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man Mark DeLoura, for developing programs for children to explore coding Leading Winners by Title 14 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 04 Tales from the Borderlands 04 Rise of the Tomb Raider 03 Star Wars Battlefront 03 Splatoon 03 Life is Strange 02 Super Mario Maker 02 Rocket League 02 Crypt Of The Necrodancer 02 Bloodborne 01 Valve Steam Controller 01 Undertale 01 The Talos Principle: Road To Gehenna 01 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 01 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 01 Rock Band 4 01 Project CARS 01 Ori And The Blind Forest 01 NBA 2K16 01 Mortal Kombat X 01 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 01 Kerbal Space Program 01 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 01 Her Story 01 Batman: Arkham Knight - Mark Hamill as "Joker"
06 Nintendo 04 Telltale, Gearbox 04 Crystal Dynamics 03 Electronic Arts 03 Dontnod Entertainment 02 Psyonix 02 From Software 02 Brace Yourself Games 01 Visual Concepts 01 Valve 01 Toby Fox 01 Steel Crate Games 01 Squad
01 Slightly Mad Studios 01 Sam Barlow 01 Rocksteady Studios 01 NetherRealm Studios 01 Moon Studios 01 Kojima Productions 01 Harmonix 01 Grezzo 01 Croteam 01 Bandai Namco Entertainment, Sora Ltd. Leading Winners by Publisher
07 Square Enix 07 Nintendo 05 2K (including 2K Sports) 04 Telltale 03 Electronic Arts 02 Warner Bros. 02 Sony Computer Entertainment 02 Psyonix 02 Brace Yourself Games 01 Valve 01 Toby Fox 01 Steel Crate Games 01 Squad
01 Sam Barlow 01 Mad Catz/Harmonix 01 Konami Digital Entertainment 01 Devolver Digital 01 Bandai Namco Individual Recipients Presumed Eligible
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