The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) has released a statement correcting the number of video game nominations received by God of War Ragnarök. It was previously reported that the game received 23 but the corrected tally turned out to be 24.
That means it now ties with The Last of Us Part II, which had the same number of nominations in 2023. What’s amusing is that the record set by The Last of Us Part II beat the record set by another God of War game, which obtained 22 nominations in 2018.
God of War Ragnarök was released worldwide in November 2022 PlayStation 4 and 5. Since its release, it has received various accolades like Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards 2020 and Game of the Year at the Titanium Awards 2022.
The NAVGTR Awards honor 57 competitive categories that recognize achievement in animation, art direction, character design, controls, game design, game engineering, musical score, sound effects, writing, and more. Since its inception, it has recognized more than 6,816 talented individuals.
For those who are curious, the final tallies are:
- By Game
- God of War Ragnarök: 24
- Elden Ring: 12
- Bayonetta 3: 9
- Sifu: 7
- As Dusk Falls: 7
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands: 6
- Stray: 6
- New Tales from the Borderlands: 6
- A Plague Tale: Requiem: 6
- Franchise History
- The Call of Duty series has 101 nominations to date.
- God of War (2018) had 22 nominations.
- The Bayonetta series has 18 nominations to date.
- Since the Borderlands series began in 2009, it has earned 20 nominations.
- A Plague Tale: Innocence was the most nominated game with 18 nods that year.
- Cuphead won the most awards (6) in the Games of the Decade program.
- The Monkey Island series has 10 nominations to date.
- The Total War series has 23 nominations to date.
- By Developer
- Santa Monica Studio: 24
- Gearbox Software: 12
- FromSoftware: 12
- Platinum Games: 9
- INTERIOR/NIGHT: 9
- Sloclap SAS: 7
- Obsidian Entertainment: 7
- By Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment: 32
- Nintendo: 23
- 2K Games: 20
- Bandai Namco: 16
- Xbox Game Studios: 12
- Annapurna Games: 9
- Devolver Digital: 8
You can view the complete list of nominees and categories here. Individual nomination credits and tallies for actual persons will be updated on the nomination page by the date of the winner announcement on February 14.
What about you? Who are rooting for?
