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2004 NAViGaTR Winners
March 9, 2005 --- The winners of the 2004 NAViGaTR Awards are being distributed to developers and
press via DVD today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California.
The awards show DVD reveals the winners in 45 categories and features a tribute to the past 20 years of video game
musical compositions. The National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp.™ is pleased to announce the winners
for its fourth annual awards honoring the best of the interactive entertainment industry in the fields of art, technology,
and production. A voting body of more than 950 eligible video game media critics determined the final winners for games
released in the calendar year of 2004. Half-Life 2™ won five (5) awards, including Game of the Year.
Also winning five (5) awards, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas™ tied for most awards won by a single game this year. With four (4) awards, Doom 3® was the only other game to win more than three awards. Halo 2, Katamari Damacy, Metal Gear Solid 3, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and Sly 2: Band of Thieves
each won two (2) awards. No other games received multiple awards. Activision®, Nintendo®, Rockstar®, and Vivendi Universal® were the top publishers this year, winning five
(5) awards each in various categories. Other publishers winning multiple awards
were Electronic Arts (2), Konami (4), Microsoft (2), Midway (2), Namco (2), Sega (3), Sony (2), and Tecmo (2). As a publisher, Konami came in second place with a total of four (4) awards for 2004. As a developer, Konami is also in second place for the most wins to date by a single developer. Rockstar® holds the record with 14 wins to date. To date,
Ubisoft® has won 12 awards. Square Soft® and Nintendo® have won 11 awards to
date, and Sony has won eight (8) awards. The NAVGTR voting body includes more than 950 eligible voters, representing a broad spectrum of mainstream
and specialist media that cover video games, including About.com, Albuquerque Journal (NM), Artxilla.com, Ashville MudCat
Magazine (AL), Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, Beaver County Times (PA), Birmingham News (AL), Boston
Herald (MA), Bridgeport Post Telegram (CT), Bridgewater Courier News (NJ), Canada.com, CiN Weekly, Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH), CNN, CNN.com, CNNmoney.com, Computer Gaming World, Computer Graphics World, Contra
Costa Times, Copley News Service, Dallas Morning News (TX), Denver Post (CO), Digital Journal, Durham Sun Morning Herald (NC),
ElectricPlayground.com, Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff-Davis Media), Erie Times (PA), ESPN.com, FHM, Gainesville Sun (FL),
Gamephiles.com, GamersTemple.com, GamingTarget.com, Gannett News Service, Gear, HappyPuppy.com, Jackson Clarion Ledger (MS),
Kids & Computers, Kidzworld Media, Kingsport Times (TN), KNTV, LA Weekly, Las Vegas Review Journal (NV), Lexington Herald
Leader (KY), Lone Pine Capital, Los Angeles Times, Marin Independent Journal (San Francisco), Marin Independent Journal, Marquee,
Maryville Times (TN), Minneapolis Star Tribune (MN), myTelus.com, National Post, National Public Radio, NBC, New York Post (NY), PC Gamer, Philadelphia Inquirer, PlanetPong.com, Play Magazine,
Public Radio International, Pueblo Star Journal Chieftan (CO), Salon, Salt Lake Deseret News (UT), San Jose Mercury-News,
Spartanburg Herald Journal (SC), St. Paul Pioneer-Press, Stuff Magazine, The Detroit Free Press, The New York Times, The Ottawa Citizen, The Regina Leader-Post, The Tenessean, The Vancouver Sun, The Washington Post, Tifton Gazette (GA), USA Today, USAToday.com, Ventura County Star(CA), Wired News, Wizard Magazine,
WOW Weekly, www.armchairempire.com, www.consolegold.com, www.evergeek.com, www.freep.com/gameon, www.GameDev.net, www.GamesArcadia.com, www.gamevortex.com, www.ladydragon.com, www.psillustrated.com, www.psx2.com, www.staticmultimedia.com, www.teamps2.com, www.YesWonder.com, ZDNet, and many more. Animation…Cinema
- Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay ----------------------------------------- Animation…Engine
- Burnout 3: Takedown ----------------------------------------- Art
Dir…Cinema - Fable ----------------------------------------- Art
Dir…Engine - Doom 3 - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Camera
Dir…Engine - Chronicles of Riddick ----------------------------------------- Character
Design - Fable ----------------------------------------- Control
Design - Katamari Damacy ----------------------------------------- Control
Precision - Burnout 3: Takedown ----------------------------------------- Costume
Design - BloodRayne 2 ----------------------------------------- Direction…Cinema
- Doom 3 Direction…Cinema
- Fable ----------------------------------------- Game
Design - Fable ----------------------------------------- Game
of the Year - Burnout 3: Takedown ----------------------------------------- Game…Classic
Revival - Classic NES Series: Metroid ----------------------------------------- Game…Music
or Performance - Dance Dance Revolution Extreme - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
Action - Alien Hominid - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
Adventure - Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
Children’s - Astro Boy: Omega Factor ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
Fighting - Custom Robo - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
Racing - Juiced ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
RPG - Baten Kaitos ----------------------------------------- Game…Orig
Sports - ESPN Major League Baseball - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
Action - Doom 3 ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
Adventure - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
Children’s - Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
Fighting - Dead or Alive: Ultimate - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
Racing - Burnout 3: Takedown - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
RPG - Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 2 ----------------------------------------- Game…Sequel
Sports - ESPN NBA 2K5 ----------------------------------------- Game…Simulation
Game - Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War ----------------------------------------- Game…Special
Class - Chessmaster 10th Edition ----------------------------------------- Game…Strategy
- Full Spectrum Warrior ----------------------------------------- Graphics…Technical
- Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay ----------------------------------------- Innovation…Game
Play - Eye Toy: Antigrav ----------------------------------------- Innovation…Tech
- Chronicles of Riddick ----------------------------------------- Lighting/Texturing
- Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay ----------------------------------------- Original
Musical Score - Fable ----------------------------------------- Original/Adapted
Song - No nominations. Previous nomination disqualified. ----------------------------------------- Song
Collection - Burnout 3: Takedown ----------------------------------------- Sound
Editing in a Game Cinema - Doom 3 - WINNER ----------------------------------------- Sound
Effects - Call of Duty: United Offensive ----------------------------------------- Use
of Sound - Doom 3 ----------------------------------------- Voice
Performance, Lead - Cary Elwes, “The Bard’s Tale” ----------------------------------------- Voice
Performance, Supporting - David Cross, “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” ----------------------------------------- Writing…Dialogue - Chronicles
of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay ----------------------------------------- Writing…Story - Breakdown 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. -30- |
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