NAVGTR Nominates Best Video Games of the Decade

The Last of Us (2013) by Naughty Dog (Photo: Business Wire)

WASHINGTON--()--NAVGTR CORP. – The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit media organization of 978 media voters and 11,700 subscribers, has announced nominees for its second Games of the Decade (2010-2019) program honoring video game art, technology, and production.

The nominees for Game of the Decade are:

  • God of War
  • Minecraft
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • The Last of Us
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Winners in 60 categories will be announced December 10, 2020.

Decade Leaders

Winners from the past ten years of its annual program were sent to voters to narrow down to five nominees per category. God of War leads the franchise totals, and The Last of Us leads the totals for new intellectual property (new in its time). Cuphead leads the totals for the decade’s stand-alone single games. Overall, the top performers of the decade are:

14 God of War
13 The Last of Us
12 Witcher series
10 Uncharted series
08 Super Mario franchise
06 Cuphead
06 Red Dead series
06 Zelda franchise
05 Bioshock: Infinite
05 Death Stranding
05 Forza franchise
05 Horizon Zero Dawn
05 Persona 5
05 Resident Evil series

All titles, characters, likenesses, and indicia are copyrights or trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Certificates (and complete list of nominees and tallies) are available at the academy website.

About NAVGTR CORP.

NAVGTR Corp.(TM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation devoted to promoting and recognizing game developers.

The general voting body of trade reviewers, journalists, analysts, YouTubers, Twitch streamers, content creators, and writers includes current and former contributors for Bitmob, CBS Interactive, Destructoid, EGM Now, Game Informer, Game Trailers, GamesIndustry.biz, Gamespot, Gamezone, IGN, Kotaku, Machinima, Mashable, Massively, MSNBC, Polygon, Retroware, The Koalition, Ten Ton Hammer, and Venture Beat.

Additional varied outlets include Austin American-Statesman, Break, Chicago Sun-Times, CNN, Futurenet, GamesRadar, Gaming Illustrated, Geek, Los Angeles Times, MMO PRG, Moody’s, NBC, New Gamer Nation, New York Times, Nintendo World Report, The Ottawa Citizen, PC Gamer, San Jose Mercury-News, Terminal Gamer, USA Today, The Vancouver Sun, Wired News, and hundreds more.

The academy website is navgtr.org

Contacts

Thomas Allen
Tallen at navgtr dot org
301-437-7880

Release Summary

The Last of Us leads the totals for new intellectual property in the last decade. God of War leads the franchise totals.

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Contacts

Thomas Allen
Tallen at navgtr dot org
301-437-7880