The Last of Us Part 2 looks like starting the year strong. The game managed to snag 24 nominations at the 2020 NAVGTR Awards. With the awards show having 57 categories, that’s a rather impressive number of nominations. However, the pressure is there considering that the previous game, The Last of Us, won 15 awards back in 2013.
The awards show is organized by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers, a non-profit organization, which promotes and recognizes game developers. The winners are set to be announced on February 22.
While the number of nominations received by The Last of Us Part 2 is indeed impressive, the next two games in the top are just as striking. Ghost of Tsushima received 21 nominations while Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales got 20 nominations. The latter though didn’t manage to make it to the main category - the Game of the Year. Nominees for this category are:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Genshin Impact
- Ghost of Tsushima
- The Last of Us Part 2
Other nominees that could interest you include:
- Outstanding Game, Simulation
- Factorio
- Good Company
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- PGA TOUR 2K21
- SnowRunner
- Teardown
- Outstanding Game, Strategy
- 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
- Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia
- Gears Tactics
- Iron Harvest
- Monster Train
- A Total War Saga: TROY
- Outstanding Game, Franchise Adventure
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
- Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
- The Last of Us Part 2
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Outstanding Game, Original Adventure
- Call of the Sea
- Deliver Us the Moon
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Liberated
- Paradise Killer
- Visage
- Outstanding Game, Franchise Fighting
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
- Kirby Fighters 2
- Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath
- Streets of Rage 4
- UFC 4
- Outstanding Game, Original Fighting
- Bounty Battle
- Mighty Fight Federation
- One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
- Treachery in Beatdown City
In terms of developers, it’s fairly obvious who the top ones are considering the games that got the highest nominations. It’s clearly Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch Production, and Insomniac Games. Rounding up the top five though are Ubisoft and Valve.
You can view the complete list of nominees here.
