23rd Annual NAVGTR Awards Winners Revealed

The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers®, a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization of 1,141 media voters and 14,453 subscribers, has announced winners for its twenty-third annual awards program honoring video game design and programming.

The NAVGTR® Awards honor 54 competitive categories recognizing achievement in animation, art, character design, controls, game design, engineering, musical score, sound effects, writing, and more. Since its inception, the academy has recognized over 6,948 talented individuals.

Baldur’s Gate III earned highest honors as Game of the Year.

Every Game of the Year nominee won at least one award. Alan Wake 2 won for Graphics (Technical), Song (Original or Adapted), and Writing in a Drama. Baldur’s Gate III won for Original Dramatic Score (Franchise), Role Playing Game (Franchise), and Game of the Year. Dave the Diver won for Outstanding Simulation Game. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won for Engineering, Gameplay Design (Franchise), and Outstanding Adventure Game (Franchise). Leading all winning games is Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 with 7 awards.

With her win for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Game, Laura Bailey now ties Troy Baker as NAVGTR’s most awarded voice performer. Both have won 3 awards.

On his fifth nomination, Yuri Lowenthal won for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

Number of Awards Won per Game

• 07 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• 06 Hi-Fi RUSH
• 05 Final Fantasy XVI
• 04 Lies of P
• 03 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• 03 Baldur’s Gate III
• 03 Alan Wake 2
• 02 Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• 02 Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
• 02 MLB The Show 23
• 02 Humanity
• 02 Creed: Rise to Glory – Championship Edition

Number of Awards Won per Development Studio

• 07 Insomniac Games
• 06 Tango Gameworks
• 05 Square Enix
• 05 Nintendo EPD
• 04 Round 8 Studio
• 04 Neowiz
• 03 Remedy Entertainment
• 03 Larian Studios
• 02 Tha
• 02 Survios
• 02 Summerfall
• 02 San Diego Studio
• 02 Capcom

Number of Awards Won per Publisher

• 09 Sony Interactive Entertainment
• 06 Bethesda Softworks
• 05 Square Enix
• 05 Nintendo
• 04 Neowiz
• 03 Larian Studios
• 03 Epic Games
• 02 Survios
• 02 Humble Bundle
• 02 Enhance Experience
• 02 Capcom

Number of Awards Won per Individual

• 02 Swen Vincke
• 02 Sami Järvi
• 02 Masaaki Yamada
• 02 Jacinda Chew
• 02 Eiichiro Ishige
• 02 Doug Sheahan

Franchise History

• Mario games have 32 awards.
• The Final Fantasy series has 23 wins to date.
• Spider-Man games now have 15 wins to date.
• The Legend of Zelda franchise has 15 wins.
• Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance won for Original RPG in the first NAVGTR Awards.
• Baldur’s Gate games have 4 wins to date.
• Alan Wake games have 5 awards.

You can see the complete list of categories and winners for this year’s NAVGTR Awards at the official site.