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Dan Houser Wins 8th Award
HOUSER HOLDS RECORD FOR MOST AWARDS WON
March 9, 2005 --- Today, the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp.™ announced the winners
for its fourth annual “NAViGaTR” awards honoring interactive entertainment. To date, nineteen (19) people
have won three (3) or more awards. Dan Houser, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Takashi
Tezuka have won the most awards.
Of those who have won at least three awards, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka,
Mathieu Laforce, and Rik Schaffer are the only people that have won awards for work in multiple franchises.
Dan Houser enjoys a substantial margin with eight (8) awards won for work in
the Grand Theft Auto® series in the following categories: Game of the Year 2001,
Outstanding Action Game Sequel 2001, Song Album 2004, Writing – Story 2004, Game of the Year 2002, Outstanding Action
Game Sequel 2002, Use of Sound 2002, and Writing – Dialogue 2002. James
Worral has won three (3) awards for work in the Grand Theft Auto® series in the categories of Writing – Dialogue 2002,
Writing – Story 2004, and Game Design 2002. Jamie King, Jeremy Pope, and
Leslie Benzies have each won four (4) awards for producing the series, including two genre awards and two Game of the Year
awards.
Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka have won five (5) awards. Miyamoto has won only for roles as a producer in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario Kart: Double
Dash!!, Super Mario Sunshine, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and lastly, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem ---
the only non-Mario game in the group. Mr. Miyamoto has not yet won for a Zelda
game, although his art directors have won for Legend of Zelda®: Wind Waker™.
Takashi Tezuka has won for Animal Crossing®, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga,
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Sunshine.
Akira Yamaoka has won three awards for his work on the Silent Hill® series,
winning in the categories of Sound Effects, Use of Sound, and Original Musical Score.
Mathieu Laforce has won three awards.
His first two awards were for Graphics, Technical and Lighting & Texturing Effects for Tom Clancy’s Splinter
Cell™ in 2002, and his third award was for Lighting & Texturing Effects for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™
in 2003.
Rik Schaffer has won three awards, including two for Sound Effects in Call
of Duty and Doom 3, as well as one for Sound Editing in a Game Cinema for Doom 3.
Programmers Ben Wallace, Bernie Freidin, Charles Gough, Chris Butcher, Mat
Noguchi, Matt Segur, Eamon McKenzie, and Stefan Sinclair have all won three awards for the first Halo®.
2001-2004
Aaron Garbut,
Aaron Loeb,
Abe Navarro (eligible with permission),
Adam West, "XIII",
Adrian Carmack,
Adrian Carmack,
Adrian Perez,
Adrian Perez,
Adrian Selby,
Akihiro Honda,
Akiko Matsui,
Akiko Tange,
Akira Yamaoka,
Akira Yamaoka,
Akira Yamaoka,
Alain Turcotte,
Alain Turcotte,
Alan Meyerson,
Alejandro Roura,
Alejandro Roura,
Alex Horton,
Alexander W. Offermann,
Alexandre Vinet,
Allan Treitz,
Allan Walker,
Andrew Duthie,
Andrew Jones,
Andrew Jones,
Andy Bakken,
Andy Chang,
Andy Chang,
Antoine Dodens,
Antoine Dodens,
Arn ,
Asa Hammond (eligible with permission),
Ashley Cheng,
Asif Chaudhri,
Atsuko Fukuyama (Ico, Yorda, Queen),
Atsushi Morioka,
Atsushi Morioka,
Barry Jackson,
Ben Gunstone,
Ben Lopez (eligible with permission),
Ben Wallace,
Ben Wallace,
Ben Wallace,
Bernie Freidin,
Bernie Freidin,
Bernie Freidin,
Bertrand Israël,
Brandon Justice (eligible with permission),
Brandon Rose,
Brian Eddy,
Brian Hess,
Brian LeBaron,
Bruce Oberg,
Bruce Oberg,
Bruno Rochefort,
Carlos Guerrero,
Casey Hudson,
Catherine Schell,
Charles Gough,
Charles Gough,
Charles Gough,
Chikara Ueno,
Chikara Ueno,
Chris Butcher,
Chris Butcher,
Chris Butcher,
Chris Carney,
Chris Carney,
Chris Millar,
Chris Robertson,
Chris Rothwell,
Chris Sigaty,
Chris Silagyi,
Chris Voellmann,
Chris Voellmann,
Chris Vrenna (eligible with permission),
Christian Antkow,
Christian Astillero,
Christian Severin (eligible with permission),
Chuck Crist,
Chuck Crist,
Chuck Russom,
Cliff Kondratiuk,
Conor Lumpkin,
Craig Conner,
Craig Filshie,
Curtis R. Cherrington,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Dan Houser,
Daniel Chitan,
Daniel Hagerty,
Danny Richardson,
Danny Richardson,
Dany Joannette,
Dany Joannette,
Dany Joannette,
Darren L. Monahan,
Darren Yager,
Dave Zdyrko (eligible with permission),
David Chabot,
David Chabot,
David Dunn,
David Dunn,
David Lam,
David Merriman,
Denis Dyack,
Derrick Moore,
Derrick Moore,
DJ Pooh,
Dominic Couture,
Dominic Vincent,
Don Hogan,
Don Hogan,
Drew Karpyshyn,
Eamon McKenzie,
Eamon McKenzie,
Eamon McKenzie,
Ed Boon,
Ed Lima,
Ed Turkington,
Elben Schafers,
Elben Schafers,
Elizabeth Foster Pugh,
Elizabeth Foster Pugh,
Ellerey Gave (eligible with permission),
Emiko Yamamoto,
Éric Bibeau,
Eric Grossman,
Eric Sorenson (eligible with permission),
Eric W. Adams (eligible with permission),
Erick Fernandez,
Euan Forrester,
Francois Coulon,
Francois Emery,
François Queinnec,
François Royer,
Frank Gilson,
Frank Kern (eligible with permission),
Frank Pearce (eligible with permission),
Frédéric Blais,
Frédéric Blais,
Frederic Madore,
Fumi Nakashima,
Fumito Ueda (Lead Animator),
Fumito Ueda,
Gary J. Foreman,
Gary J. Foreman,
Gene Kohler Jr.,
Gene Kohler Jr.,
George Broussard,
George Fidler (eligible with permission),
Goro Kaneko (eligible with permission),
Gozo Kitao,
Greg LoPiccolo,
Greg Vance,
Gregor Eigner (eligible with permission),
Guy Cunis,
Hajime Sugiyama,
Hajime Sugiyama,
Hajime Yashiro,
Hannes Seifert,
Harry Gregson-Williams,
Haruhiko Shikata,
Harvard Bonin,
Heinz Henn (eligible with permission),
Hidenori Iwakiri,
Hideo Kojima,
Hideo Kojima,
Hideyuki Kato,
Hiroaki Takenaka,
Hiroaki Takenaka,
Hiroaki Yotoriyama,
Hironobu Sakaguchi,
Hiroshi Kuwabara (eligible with permission),
Hirotaka Ishikawa,
Hiroyuki Kobota,
Hisashi Nogami (eligible with permission),
Hugo Dallaire,
Imran Sarwar,
J. David Elton,
Jack Grillo,
James Dargie,
James Dargie,
James Grieve,
James Worrall,
James Worrall,
James Worrall,
Jamie King,
Jamie King,
Jamie King,
Jamie King,
Jamil Dawsari,
Jan Paul van Waveren,
Jason Barnes,
Jason Garwood,
Jason Verhiel,
Jean-Francois Le Quéré,
Jean-Francois Prévost,
Jean-Francois Prévost,
Jean-Sebastien Morin,
Jean-Thierry Roy,
Jeff Johnston,
Jeffrey J. Thomas,
Jennifer Gallo (eligible with permission),
Jeremy Pope,
Jeremy Pope,
Jeremy Pope,
Jeremy Pope,
Jeremy Strauser,
Jill Goodall,
Jim Dose,
Joe Bonar,
John Baez,
John Carmack (Technical Director),
John Haime,
John Newton,
John Podlasek,
John Twigg,
Jonathan Knight,
Jonathan Wright,
Jordan Mechner,
Joseph Nasrallah,
Joseph Staten,
Josh Holmes,
Josh Randall,
Julio Torres,
Julio Valladares,
Junji Hata,
Kaihei Hayano,
Kaihei Hayano,
Kärtsy Hatakka (eligible with permission),
Karyn DePetris,
Katsuhiko Abe,
Katsuhiko Abe,
Katsuya Eguchi (eligible with permission),
Kaweh Kazemi,
Kazuhiro Numata,
Kazuhiro Numata,
Kazuki Muraoka,
Kazuki Muraoka,
Kazunori Yamauchi,
Ken Balthaser,
Ken George,
Ken Matsumoto,
Ken Murphy,
Ken Ogasawara,
Kengo Sasaoka (eligible with permission),
Kenji Kaido,
Kenji Miki,
Kenneth Chan,
Kenneth Chan,
Kenneth Scott (Lead Artist),
Kenneth Scott (Lead Artist),
Kenny Ilko,
Kevin Cloud,
Kevin Cloud,
Kevin Hoare,
Kevin Osburn,
Kimmo Kajasto (eligible with permission),
Kirby Fong,
Kirsten Forbes,
Koh Onda,
Kyle Cooper (eligible with permission),
Kyle Peschel,
Larry LaPierre,
Lars Gustavsson,
Lawrence Sparling,
LeRoy Strauss,
LeRoy Strauss,
Leslie Benzies,
Leslie Benzies,
Leslie Benzies,
Leslie Benzies,
Lindsay Gray,
Luci Black (eligible with permission),
Luis Ramirez,
Luis Ramirez,
Lysanne Martin,
Maki Kirioka,
Makoto Akashi (eligible with permission),
Makoto Tsuchibayashi,
Marc Desfossés,
Margaret Ng,
Mark Besner,
Mark E. Kern,
Mark Mahler,
Markus Maki,
Martin Sevigny,
Martin Sikes,
Marty O'Donnell,
Masaaki Hoshino,
Masafumi Miyamoto,
Masahiro Yoshinaga (eligible with permission),
Masamichi Abe (eligible with permission),
Masamichi Abe (eligible with permission),
Mat Noguchi,
Mat Noguchi,
Mat Noguchi,
Mathieu Ferland,
Mathieu Laforce,
Mathieu Laforce,
Mathieu Laforce,
Matt Segur,
Matt Segur,
Matt Segur,
Matt Underwood (eligible with permission),
Matthew Armstrong,
Matthew Clarke,
Mehdi Daou El Makane,
Michael Evans,
Michael Evans,
Michael Gallo,
Michael McHale,
Michael Verdu,
Michel Ancel,
Mihoko Ishii,
Mike Benton,
Mike Simpson (Project Director),
Mike Sneath,
Mike Sneath,
Mike Vlad Cora,
Mikiko Takeda,
Mikiko Takeda,
Mitsuhiro Shimooki,
Mitsuhiro Shimooki,
Mitsumasa Fujita,
Miyako Kato,
Mizuki Muramatsu (Smokeman, Ico),
Mohamed Gambouz,
Mounir Riday,
Muneaki Kubota,
Nanako Ohmura,
Nanako Ohmura,
Naoki Mori (eligible with permission),
Nate Fox,
Nathalie Dubois,
Nathan Plewes (eligible with permission),
Nathan Rose,
Navid Khonsari,
Navid Khonsari,
Nicolas Carré,
Nicolas Soulier,
Nicole Nokes (eligible with permission),
Nicole Willick,
Niklas Persson,
Norihiko Hibino,
Noriko Wada,
Omar Morsy,
Pascal Herold,
Patrick Beland,
Patrick Larkin,
Patrick Pelletier,
Patrick Tassé,
Patrick Thomas,
Patrick Thomas,
Paulo Garcia,
Peter Fonda, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas",
Peter Hickman,
Peter Marks,
Peter Marks,
Peter Wyse,
Petri Jarvilehto,
Phil Frazier,
Phil Ibis,
Randall S. Pitchford II
Raphaël Lacoste,
Ray Liotta, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City",
Raymond Usher,
Reid Schneider,
Renaud Sebbane,
Renaud Sebbane,
Rich Blenkinsop,
Richard Arroyo,
Richard Dumas,
Richard Marks, Ph.D.,
Rick Brown (eligible with permission),
Rik Schaffer,
Rik Schaffer,
Rik W. Schaffer,
Rika Muranaka,
Robert A. Duffy (Lead Programmer),
Robert Schonfisch,
Robinson Huff,
Roland Herrington (eligible with permission),
Ron Allen,
Ron Festejo,
Ross Manton (eligible with permission),
Roxane Gosselin,
Rupert Brooker,
Rupert Brooker,
Ryan Bedard,
Ryan Powell,
Ryan Powell,
Ryouichi Kitanishi,
Sami Järvi (eligible with permission),
Satoru Iwata,
Satoshi Kira (eligible with permission),
Scott Miller,
Scott Patterson,
Scott Pease,
Sean Kelly,
Sei Nakatani,
Seneca Menard,
Seneca Menard,
Shane Dabiri,
Shawn Jacoby (eligible with permission),
Shawn R. Green,
Shigefumi Hino (eligible with permission),
Shigefumi Hino (eligible with permission),
Shigeru Miyamoto,
Shigeru Miyamoto,
Shigeru Miyamoto,
Shigeru Miyamoto,
Shigeru Miyamoto,
Shiho de Ruiter - Miyazaki,
Shinji Hashimoto,
Shinobu Nimura,
Shintaro Takai,
Shinya Takahashi,
Shiobhan Reddy,
Shoichi Isowaki,
So Toyota (eligible with permission),
So Toyota (eligible with permission),
Sonia Pronovost,
Spencer Craske,
Stacey Drellishak,
Stefan Sinclair,
Stefan Sinclair,
Stefan Sinclair,
Stefan Sinclair,
Stefan Sinclair,
Stefan Willixhofer,
Stéphane Girard,
Stephen Okasaki,
Stephen Okasaki,
Steve Ouellet,
Steve Tolin,
Steven S. Henifin,
Stewart Sockett,
Stuart Ross,
Syuichi Kobori,
Tadashi Obama,
Tadashi Sugiyama,
Taijuro Hachiya,
Taijuro Hachiya,
Takashi Koshigoe,
Takashi Tezuka (eligible with permission),
Takashi Tezuka,
Takashi Tezuka,
Takashi Tezuka,
Takashi Tezuka,
Takehiro Izushi,
Takeshi Ambe (Ico, Yorda, Queen),
Taku Imasaki,
Takuji Hotta (eligible with permission),
Takuya Iwasaki,
Takuya Seki,
Tatsuya Kando,
Tetsu Tsukamoto,
Tetsuo Mizuno,
Tetsuya Nomura,
Tetsuya Nomura,
Tetsuya Takahashi,
Thaine Lyman,
Thomas Singleton,
Tim LeTourneau,
Tim Ryan,
Tim Sweeney (eligible with permission),
Timothee Besset,
Timothy Williams,
Todd Howard,
Todd Keller,
Todd Keller,
Todd Vaughn,
Tom Spencer-Smith,
Tomoyuki Sato,
Toshihiro Nagoshi,
Toshiya Hara,
Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom,
Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom,
Tsutomu Kouno,
Tsutomu Kouno,
Vicki Morawietz (eligible with permission),
Vince Zampella,
Vincent Monnier,
Wang Feng Quan,
Wes Santee,
Will Morton,
William M. Mozell,
William Mills,
Yann Masson,
Yannick Bergeron,
Yannick Joly,
Yannick Létourneau,
Yannick Létourneau,
Yannis Mallat,
Yannis Mallat,
Yasushi Nakakura,
Yojiro Ogawa,
Yoko Shimomura,
Yoshihiko Ota,
Yoshihito Iwanaga,
Yoshikazu Matsuhana,
Yoshinori Kitase,
Yoshinori Kitase,
Young Maylay, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas",
Yuji Naka,
Yusuke Naora,
Yves Allaire,
Yves Guillemot
About NAVGTR Corp.
NAVGTR Corp. is a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing the developments
and achievements of the interactive entertainment industry for public awareness and education. In addition to the annual
awards, the academy’s future goals include acknowledging, documenting, and/or memorializing industry leaders and historical
events through educational and informative television specials or videos, as well as efforts to preserve the history of interactive
entertainment through the development of archives in public libraries and universities.
(www.navgtr.org)
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