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Nintendo grabs 18 nominations on the NAVGTR Awards 2015 nominees list

by rawmeatcowboy
12 February 2016
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GAME OF THE YEAR

Batman: Arkham Knight
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Splatoon
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

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

ART DIRECTION, PERIOD INFLUENCE

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Fallout 4
The Order: 1886
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

ART DIRECTION, FANTASY

Bloodborne
Ori and the Blind Forest
Rocket League
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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

CAMERA DIRECTION IN A GAME ENGINE

Batman: Arkham Knight
Fallout 4
Mortal Kombat X
The Order: 1886
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

CHARACTER DESIGN

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Batman: Arkham Knight
Evolve
Fallout 4
Life is Strange

CONTROL DESIGN, 2D OR LIMITED 3D

Axiom Verge
Super Mario Maker

CONTROL DESIGN, 3D

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Splatoon

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

COSTUME DESIGN

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
The Order: 1886
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

GAME DESIGN, NEW IP

Bloodborne
Life is Strange
Pillars of Eternity
Splatoon
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

GAME ENGINEERING

Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Super Mario Maker
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

GRAPHICS, TECHNICAL

Fallout 4
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Star Wars Battlefront
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

LIGHTING/TEXTURING

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Batman: Arkham Knight
Dying Light
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Star Wars Battlefront

ORIGINAL LIGHT MIX SCORE, NEW IP

Axiom Verge
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Galak-Z: The Dimensional
Life is Strange
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
Tales of Zestiria

ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE, NEW IP

Bloodborne
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

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”

PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY, SUPPORTING

Minecraft: Story Mode – Martha Plimpton as “Olivia”
Tales from the Borderlands – Erin Yvette as “Sasha”
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”

PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA, SUPPORTING

Batman: Arkham Knight – John Noble as “Scarecrow”
Batman: Arkham Knight – Mark Hamill as “Joker”
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”
Rare Replay – “Opening Number”

SONG COLLECTION

Fallout 4
Life is Strange
Rock Band 4

SOUND EDITING IN A GAME CINEMA

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
The Order: 1886
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

SOUND EFFECTS

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Fallout 4
The Order: 1886
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Star Wars Battlefront

USE OF SOUND, NEW IP

Crypt of the Necrodancer
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
Super Mario Maker

WRITING IN A COMEDY

Minecraft: Story Mode
Tales from the Borderlands

WRITING IN A DRAMA

Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Fallout 4
Her Story
Life is Strange
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

GAME, CLASSIC REVIVAL

Grim Fandango Remastered
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
Rare Replay

GAME, MUSIC OR PERFORMANCE-BASED

Crypt of the Necrodancer
Guitar Hero Live
Rock Band 4

GAME, ORIGINAL ACTION

Bloodborne
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

GAME, ORIGINAL ADVENTURE

Life is Strange
Ori and the Blind Forest

GAME, ORIGINAL FAMILY

Donut County
Splatoon

GAME, ORIGINAL RACING

Fast Racing Neo
Project CARS

GAME, ORIGINAL ROLE PLAYING

Pillars of Eternity
Undertale

GAME, ORIGINAL SPORTS

iDARB
Rocket League

GAME, FRANCHISE ACTION

Batman: Arkham Knight
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Just Cause 3
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Transformers: Devastation

GAME, FRANCHISE ADVENTURE

Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tales from the Borderlands

GAME, FRANCHISE FAMILY

Lego Dimensions
Super Mario Maker
Yoshi’s Woolly World

GAME, FRANCHISE FIGHTING

Killer Instinct Season 2
Mortal Kombat X

GAME, FRANCHISE RACING

F1 2015
Forza Motorsport 6
Need for Speed

GAME, FRANCHISE ROLE PLAYING

Fallout 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Xenoblade Chronicles X

GAME, FRANCHISE SPORTS

MLB 15: The Show
NBA 2K16
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

GAME, PUZZLE

Her Story
Lines the Game

GAME, SIMULATION

Fallout Shelter
Kerbal Space Program
Prison Architect

GAME, SPECIAL CLASS

The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna
You Must Build a Boat

GAME, STRATEGY

Invisible, Inc.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

HONORARY AWARD

Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man
Mark DeLoura, for developing programs for children to explore coding

Nomination Leaders by Title

20 Fallout 4
17 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
10 The Order: 1886
09 Life is Strange
09 Batman: Arkham Knight
08 Rise of the Tomb Raider
08 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
07 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
07 Bloodborne
07 Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
05 Tales from the Borderlands
05 Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
04 Super Mario Maker
04 Star Wars Battlefront
04 Splatoon
03 Undertale
03 The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
03 Rocket League
03 Pillars of Eternity
03 Ori and the Blind Forest
03 Mortal Kombat X
03 Minecraft: Story Mode
03 King’s Quest Chapter I: A Knight to Remember
03 Killer Instinct Season 2
03 Her Story
03 Crypt of the Necrodancer

Nomination Leaders by Developer

21 Bethesda Game Studios
17 CD Projekt Red
14 Nintendo
10 Ready at Dawn
09 Rocksteady Studios
09 Dontnod Entertainment
08 Telltale
08 Kojima Productions
08 Crystal Dynamics
07 Ubisoft
07 Treyarch
07 From Software
05 The Chinese Room Ltd.
05 Rare
04 Gearbox
04 Electronic Arts
03 Toby Fox
03 The Odd Gentlemen
03 Sam Barlow
03 Psyonix
03 Obsidian Entertainment
03 NetherRealm Studios
03 Moon Studios
03 Microsoft
03 Iron Galaxy
03 Double Helix
03 Grezzo
03 Brace Yourself Games

Nomination Leaders by Publisher

25 Sony Computer Entertainment
20 Bethesda Softworks
19 Warner Bros.
19 Square Enix
18 Nintendo
13 CD Projekt
11 Activision
10 Microsoft
09 Konami
08 Ubisoft
08 Telltale
04 Electronic Arts
03 Toby Fox
03 Sierra Entertainment
03 Sam Barlow
03 Psyonix
03 Paradox Interactive
03 Brace Yourself Games
03 2K Games

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