Game Audio Network Guild Awards

Awards are celebrated annually as part of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Once the final nominations are selected, the Game Audio Network Guild votes for the winners.

The awards were presented by members of the Game Audio Network guild, including Tommy Tallarico, Clint Bajakian, and Jack Wall, with musical interludes from LoudLouderLoudest!, Orpheus Hanley, the Slackmates, the Ex Lucas Arts Boys, and George "The Fat Man" Sanger.

Awards ceremony took place on March 25, 2004, at the Fairmont San Jose in the Regency Ballroom.

Awards ceremony took place on March 10, 2005, at the Fairmont San Jose as part of the Game Developers Conference.

Awards ceremony took place on February 21, 2008, in the North Hall of the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

At the ceremony, a US$10,000 scholarship to Ex'pression College for Digital Arts was awarded to guild member Nathan Rain Schwartz.

[15][16][17] According to Tallarico, the guild's advisory board took over a month to decide final nominees.

Awards were held on March 26, 2009, in the North Hall of the Moscone Center as part of the Game Developers Conference.

Awards were held on March 3, 2011, at the Moscone Center during the Game Developers Conference.

The final nominees were decided upon by a 70-person advisory committee, while the winners received votes from the members of the Game Audio Network Guild.

Red Dead Redemption led the show with ten nominations and five wins.

George "The Fat Man" Sanger received two standing ovations as he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture led the nominees with six nominations, followed by Star Wars Battlefront with five and Ori and the Blind Forest with four.

Awards were held on March 22, 2018, at the Moscone Center during the Game Developers Conference.

It was hosted by Wilbert Roget, II and Cody Matthew Johnson, and had a pre- and post-show.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the show was held virtually for the second time, hosted by Rachel Ribison and Cody Matthew Johnson.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the show was held virtually for the third time, hosted by Jason E. Kelley.

vice president Sabrina Hutchinson won the Distinguished Service Award.

[52] God of War Ragnarök won all 14 of its nominations, representing more than half of the awards.

Awards took place on March 21, 2024, at the Moscone Center, hosted by Fran Mirabella and Morla Gorrondona.

Michael Giacchino won four awards at the 1st Annual G.A.N.G. Awards for his work on Medal of Honor: Frontline and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault .
Nobuo Uematsu won Best Original Vocal Song – Choral for "Memoro de la Santono from Final Fantasy XI .
Hikaru Utada won Best Original Vocal Song – Pop for " Kingdom (Vocal Version) " from Kingdom Hearts .
Poets of the Fall won Best Original Vocal Song – Pop for "Late Goodbye" from Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne .
Nile Rodgers was one of the two recipients of the G.A.N.G. Recognition Awards.
Gerard Marino won Rookie of the Year in 2006.
Christopher Tin was named Rookie of the Year in 2007, and won Best Original Vocal Song – Choral for "Baby Yetu" from Civilization IV .
Koji Kondo received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Austin Wintory won Rookie of the Year.
Brian L. Schmidt received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
Wataru Hokoyama won Rookie of the Year in 2009, and Music of the Year for his work on Afrika .
Woody Jackson won Music of the Year and Rookie of the Year for his work on Red Dead Redemption alongside Bill Elm.
Chris Huelsbeck won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
Tommy Tallarico , who founded the Game Audio Network Guild and hosted some of the early ceremonies, won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
Kevin Riepl won the G.A.N.G. Recognition Award in 2012.
Darren Korb won Rookie of the Year in 2012.
Jessica Curry was one of the two recipients of Rookie of the Year in 2013.
Phillip Kovats won Audio of the Year and Sound Design of the Year for his work as the audio lead on The Last of Us .
Eugene Jarvis was one of the two recipients of the G.A.N.G. Recognition Award in 2014.
George "The Fat Man" Sanger won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.
Gareth Coker won Rookie of the Year and Best Original Instrumental for his work on Ori and the Blind Forest .
Peter Hollens won best Game Music Cover/Remix for his cover of "Underground" from Assassin's Creed Syndicate .
Peter McConnell won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.
Richard Jacques won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.
Bear McCreary won Music of the Year and Best Original Choral Composition for his work on God of War .
Philip Sheppard won Best Original Instrumental for "Kara Main Theme" from Detroit: Become Human .
Laura Bailey won Best Performance for her role as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard .
Unpacking won Best Audio for an Indie Game and Best Sound Design for an Indie Game.
Bear McCreary 's work on God of War Ragnarök won Music of the Year, Creative and Technical Achievement in Music, Best Original Soundtrack Album, Best Main Theme (tie), and Best Original Song.
Ashly Burch won Best Voice Performance for her role as Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West .
Samantha Béart won Best Voice Performance for her role as Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3 .