New York Videogame Critics Circle Announces 7th Annual New York Game Award Nominees and Honors Bethesda's Todd Howard with Legend Award

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Videogame Critics Circle will host the seventh annual New York Game Awards, honoring the top in video gaming on January 24 at Manhattan's Abrons Playhouse. From best VR game to best indie game, and best game music to best remake, the New York Game Awards nominations all build up to the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, all to be announced at the awards ceremony hosted by Emmy-Award winning writers from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

In addition to today's award nominations announcement, the New York Game Awards is proud to give its Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Todd Howard, the brilliant director and executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios. He'll receive the Legend Award in-person at the New York Game Awards ceremony. Todd Howard's landmark work on the expansive, long-running Fallout and Elder Scrolls series proves not only his own creativity and work ethic, but also that of his ardent teams at Bethesda.

New York Game Awards Nominees

    Big Apple
     Award for
     Best Game of
     the Year      Central Park Children's Zoo Award for Best Kids Game
    Horizon Zero
     Dawn          Super Mario Odyssey
    Neir Automata  ARMS
    The Legend of
     Zelda: Breath
     of the Wild   Lego Marvel Superheroes 2
    What Remains
     of Edith
     Finch         Knowledge Is Power
    Wolfenstein 2:
     New Colossus  Sonic Mania
    Resident Evil
     7: biohazard  Pinball FX3
    Super Mario
     Odyssey
    Player Unknown
     Battlegrounds



    A-Train Award
     for Best
     Mobile Game   Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism
    A Normal Lost
     Phone         Matt Leone
    Framed 2       Laura Hudson
    Through the
     Ages          Julie Muncy
    Bury Me, My
     Love          Ajay Singh Chaudhary
    Animal
     Crossing
     Pocket Camp   Astrid Budgor
    HQ Trivia      Gareth Damian Martin
    Fire Emblem
     Heroes        Yussef Cole



    Off Broadway    Coney Island Dreamland Award for Best Virtual Reality
     Award for      Game
     Best Indie
     Game
    Cuphead        Resident Evil 7: biohazard
    Walden         Marvel Powers United VR
    Beat Cop       Polybius
    Everything     The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
    Pyre           Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
    Torment: Tides
     of Numenera   Wilson's Heart
    What Remains
     of Edith
     Finch
    Night in the
     Woods




    Herman
     Melville
     Award for
     Best Writing  Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game
    What Remains
     of Edith
     Finch         Pyre
    Night in the
     Woods         Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
    Uncharted: The
     Lost Legacy   The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
    Horizon Zero
     Dawn          DropMix
    Wolfenstein 2:
     The New
     Colossus      Super Mario Odyssey
    Destiny 2      Persona 5
    Nier Automata  Destiny 2



    Statue of
     Liberty Award
     for Best
     World         Freedom Tower Award for Best Remake
    Horizon Zero
     Dawn          Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
    The Legend of
     Zelda: Breath
     of the Wild   Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
    Assassin's
     Creed:
     Origins       Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
    Rain World     L.A. Noire: Switch and VR
    Destiny 2      The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for Switch and VR
    What Remains
     of Edith
     Finch         Metroid: Samus Returns
    Cuphead        The Walking Dead Collection
    Hellblade:
     Senua's
     Sacrifice



    Great White
     Way Award for
     Best Acting
     in a Game
    Ashly Burch as
     Aloy, Horizon
     Zero Dawn
    Valerie Rose
     Lohman: What
     Remains of
     Edith Finch
    Claudia Black
     as Chloe
     Frazer,
     Uncharted:
     The Lost
     Legacy
    Brian Bloom as
     B.J.
     Blazkowicz,
     Wolfenstein
     2: TNC
    Nina Franoszek
     as Irene
     Engel,
     Wolfenstein
     2: TNC
    Melina
     Juergens as
     Senua,
     Hellblade:
     Senua's
     Sacrifice

Tickets are now on sale for the seventh annual New York Game Awards. With the purchase of a $20 tax deductible ticket, attendees will be entertained with live music and comedy from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, watch trailer premiers, meet the world's greatest game makers and hang with the Legend Award winner himself at an after party with DJ Rahat Rashid mashing up game tunes in his extraordinary way. What the New York Videogame Critics Circle earns from ticket sales go directly back into the non-profit organization to help with mentoring, scholarships and workshops in New York City.

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About the New York Videogame Critics Circle
Based in New York City, the New York Videogame Critics Circle is a not-for-profit organization, stemming from the need for community in the oftentimes cut-throat world of journalism. This multicultural group is comprised of the finest videogame critics, designers, writers, reporters, bloggers and videographers in New York City. Members of the New York Videogame Critics Circle give back to their communities with programs like the DreamYard Project at DreamYard Prep School in the Bronx, NY, offering mentoring, internships, lectures, job information and college scholarships for intelligent, but underprivileged students. The organization also works with The Abrons Arts Center, part of the Henry Street Settlement. There, they hold the annual New York Game Awards, teach courses and bring games and education to community events. They also mentor seniors at O.A.T.S., Older Adult Technology Services, at their tech center in NYC.

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