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Las Vegas, NV (February 17, 2014) / NAVGTR CORP. — The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a non-profit media organization, has announced winners for its 13th annual awards program honoring video game art, technology, and production. 

Nominations were announced earlier this year at CES by Kate-Madonna Hindes of girlmeetsgeek.com, Tish Trotter of Geek Smash, Larry Hester of Complex Media, Marshall Honorof of Laptop Magazine, and Ivo Lukas of Huffington Post.

For Innovation in Game Technology, the Oculus Rift Development Kit won the award over competition from iPad Air, Ouya, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.  Palmer Luckey will receive the award. 

The Last of Us won 15 awards including Game of the Year, Art Direction – Contemporary, Camera Direction in a Game Engine, Control Design 3D, Direction in a Game Cinema, Game Design – New IP, Graphics – Technical, Lead Performance in a Drama, Lighting/Texturing, Dramatic Score – New IP, Sound Editing in a Game Cinema, Sound Effects, Use of Sound – New IP, Writing in a Drama, and Outstanding Original Action Game. 

Bioshock: Infinite won the following 6 awards: Art Direction – Period Influence, Game Design – Franchise, Song Collection, Supporting Performance in a Drama, Use of Sound – Franchise, and Outstanding Franchise Action Game. 

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch was the third largest winner with 5 awards for Animation, Art Direction – Fantasy, Light Mix Score, Song, and Original Family Game. 

Winning two awards each were Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Character Design, Costume Design), The Stanley Parable (Lead Performance in a Comedy, Writing in a Comedy), and Tomb Raider (Control Precision, Dramatic Score – Franchise).  Also winning two awards each were two Zelda games: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD. 

Notable single awards went to The Walking Dead: 400 Days for Animation – Interactive, Rayman Legends for Control Design 2D or Limited 3D, Towerfall for Original Fighting Game, Dragon’s Crown for Original Role Playing Game, Super Mario 3D World for Outstanding Franchise Family Game, Injustice: Gods Among Us for Outstanding Franchise Fighting Game, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for Outstanding Franchise Role Playing Game, and Star Command for Simulation. 

TALLY BY TITLE
15 THE LAST OF US
06 BIOSHOCK: INFINITE
05 NI NO KUNI: WRATH OF THE WHITE WITCH
02 ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
02 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK BETWEEN WORLDS
02 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER HD
02 THE STANLEY PARABLE
02 TOMB RAIDER

TALLY BY DEVELOPER
15 NAUGHTY DOG
06 IRRATIONAL GAMES
05 LEVEL 5, STUDIO GHIBLI
05 NINTENDO
03 UBISOFT
02 CRYSTAL DYNAMICS
02 GALACTIC CAFE AND DAVEY WREDEN

TALLY BY PUBLISHER
17 SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA
07 2K GAMES
06 NINTENDO
05 NAMCO BANDAI
03 UBISOFT
02 GALACTIC CAFE AND DAVEY WREDEN
02 MICROSOFT STUDIOS
02 SQUARE ENIX

http://navgtr.org/archives/2028/

First time I hear about NAVGTR but they have good taste in games so I applaud!

Is that this famous parallel universe where GTA doesn't exist?

I kind of like this parallel universe honestly.

Me too, we should go there. A universe that acknowledges that GTA is nothing special.

Is TLOU the most awarded game ever ? It got an infinite amount of GoTY awards and other awards as well I dont think Ive ever seen that before, Skyrim mightve been close (undeservingly so if I might ad, its a great game but buggy as fack and the gameplay is beyond simple) but I thing TLOU still beat it.

So, when does naughty Dog open their museum of "Awards we earned" ?

The Last of Us really is the Citizen Kain of gaming...

Damn PERFECT DAY for Sony. 5.3 million PS4s sold through, The Order 1886's gameplay looks cgi and now this.

Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Is the Most Awarded Game in Recorded History by Critics
http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/01/24/the-last-of-us-is-the-most-awarded-game-in-history-by-critics/

Yes.