NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

February 3, 2010

As part of its annual awards, the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp. will honor the founder of GamePolitics with a special award.

Dennis McCauley, who also wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer in addition to manning the helm here, will be receiving a special Honorary Award for his “contributions to the gaming community and gaming journalism.”

Additionally, 209 nominees were announced across 47 categories for awards designed to pay respect to the interactive entertainment industry’s best in the fields of art technology and production. Sony led the way with 47 total nominations, followed by Electronic Arts with 28, Activision with 20 and Eidos with 18.

Game of the Year nominees include Batman: Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Batman: Arkham Asylum also led the way among games in total nominations, with 17, followed closely by Uncharted 2’s 16 nominations.

A voting body of 640 journalists and writers picked the nominees. Winners will be announced on February 27.

Congratulations Dennis!

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Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by Shadow D. Darkman on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 17:49.

Congrats, Dennis! Stop by whenever you're in the neighborhood! Door's always open to ya!

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Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by Leet Gamer Jargon on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 16:18.

Congratulations, Dennis!

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Game on, brothers and sisters.

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Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by HarmlessBunny on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 15:52.

Much deserved, Dennis. Congratulations to you!

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James Fletcher, member of ECA Canada

Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by E. Zachary Knight on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 15:47.

Congratulations Dennis. It is a well deserved honor.

E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma

E. Zachary Knight
Divine Knight Gaming
OK Game Devs
Random Tower

Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by Weatherlight on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 15:41.

Congratulations are in order

~Weatherlight~

Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by Adamas Draconis on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 14:15.

Congrats!

Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.

Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by Andrew Eisen on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:29.

Congrats Dennis. It was an privilege and just a damn lot of fun working with you over the years.

Andrew Eisen

Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by garrett on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 12:21.

Congratulations Dennis! You deserve it. You know what would be awesome,though? You coming around here every once in a while.

Re: NAViGaTR Awards to Honor McCauley

Submitted by SeanB on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:08.

We Miss You Dennis! Congrats though

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