C3 at Sea - Halloween Cruise and National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp Awards

The National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp. is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a special event, C3 at Sea, where fans can walk the red carpet in costume C3 at Sea (cosplay) to compete for several best dressed honors, participate in a public caucus election to determine the best games of the decade, or both.

The event sets sail on Royal Caribbean’s premiere vessel Enchantment of the Seas, leaving Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday, October 29, 2011, for a 5 night cruise returning Thursday, November 3. Gamers and supporters will be heading to the Bermuda Triangle on Halloween for a Cosplay Caucus Cruise (C3).

For all nominees in all categories head to the official website of NAVGTR.

Nominees for Game of the Decade (cut to 10 by June 9)

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Bioshock
Brain Age
Burnout 3: Takedown
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dead or Alive 3
Demon’s Souls
Devil May Cry
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
ESPN NFL 2K5
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
Final Fantasy X
God of War
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
ICO
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Little Big Planet
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mass Effect
Max Payne
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Metroid Prime
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Pikmin
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Psychonauts
Resident Evil 4
Rock Band 2
Rome: Total War
Shadow of the Colossus
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Super Mario Galaxy
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
World of Warcraft

The following previous Game of the Year winners were eliminated by super-delegates:

Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Half-Life 2
Okami

Super-delegates are contributors from varied outlets such as 1up, About.com, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, Chicago Sun-Times, CNN, Contra Costa Times, Detroit Free Press, Digital Journal, EclipseMagazine.com, FHM, Gannett News Service, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, National Post, National Public Radio, NBC, New York Times, The Ottawa Citizen, PC Gamer, Philadelphia Inquirer, Play Magazine, Public Radio International, The Regina Leader-Post, Salon, San Jose Mercury-News, USA Today, The Vancouver Sun, Wired News, Wizard Magazine, WOW Weekly, Ziff-Davis Media, and more.

Donations of $100 from every ticket sold will be contributed to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, in honor of the person named by the ticket holder.

For bookings, contact (410) 342.0100 or (800) 945-7462 or thecruiselady@navgtr.org