Video game awards presented by the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp.%u2122, a non-profit media organization with 640 voters honoring the best of the interactive entertainment industry in the fields of art, technology, and production for calendar year 2009.
The winners of the 2005 NAViGaTR Awards are announced, with strong showings from Shadow of the Colossus, Guitar Hero, critical fave Psychonauts, God of War, Resident Evil 4, and Katamari Damacy sequel We Love Katamari.
Nintendo sets new all-time record as developer and wins most awards this year as publisher; Gears of War and Oblivion both score trifecta wins in design, art, and sound. Atsushi Inaba, Cliff Bleszinski, and Shigeru Miyamoto Win Multiple Awards; Dan Houser sets new record; Inaba, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom, and Yoshinori Kitase enter NAViGaTR™ history.