This award will consider the fluidity of movement, and interaction with the environment in addition to contextual realism (look and feel)".
[1] Creative/technical Academy members with expertise as an artist, animator or programmer are qualified to vote for this award.
[2] The award's most recent winner is Astro Bot, developed by Team Asobi and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
[5][6] Since the categories separated, roughly half of the finalists and winners for "Animation" and "Art Direction" were the same game within its respective release year.
Sony has the distinction of publishing the most nominees within a year (three) on four separate occasions (during the awards ceremony in 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2014).