METAL GEAR’S KOJIMA GETTING LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT GDC
After announcing that Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima would be keynoting the 2009 Game Developer’s Conference, organizers have sent word that the developer will also be the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony.
The award has previously gone to strategy game maker Sid Meier, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto, Ultima creator Richard Garriott, Defender/Robotron creator Eugene Jarvis, Marble Madness designer and now wide-ranging consultant Mark Cerny, Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, Sonic designer Yuji Naka and Sim-everything creator Will Wright.
Organizers say Kojima was chosen because his “contributions to game development have broken new ground and inspired the community to think about creating games in never-before-imagined ways… from giving birth to the stealth action game genre to showing game makers how to interact with their players by breaking the ‘fourth wall.'”
The Tim Schafer-hosted ceremony will take place March 25th during the Game Developers Conference, and will also include the main Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival awards.
Previously:
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Game Dev Choice Awards topped by LittleBigPlanet, Braid, Left 4 …
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