Game Developers Choice Awards to Bestow 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award on
Computer Strategy Game Legend Sid Meier
Civilization and Pirates! Creator to be Celebrated by His Peers at the 2008
Game Developers Choice Awards Ceremony, February 20 at GDC
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP's 2008 Game Developers Choice
Awards, the highest honors in game development acknowledging excellence in
game creation, will honor computer strategy game luminary Sid Meier with a
Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's ceremony taking place at the Game
Developers Conference (GDC). The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the
career and achievements of developers such as Meier who have made an indelible
impact on the craft of game development, as he has with the creation of a
number of genre-defining titles including Civilization and Pirates! Presented
by GDC and Webby-award winning Gamasutra.com, the awards ceremony is held in
conjunction with the Independent Games Festival and will be hosted on
Wednesday, February 20, in the Esplanade Room in the South Hall of San
Francisco's Moscone Center. For complete details, please visit
http://www.gamechoiceawards.com.
"Sid Meier has served as one of our industry's greatest role models for
more than 25 years, creating fun and intelligent games for a diverse public
long before it was popular," said Jamil Moledina, executive director of the
Game Developers Conference. "Now that the rest of the industry is actively
targeting the broader audience, it's fitting to honor him with our highest
award and thank him for his continuing example of inspiration for the video
game community."
Meier began his career as a founding partner of MicroProse Software.
Recognized around the world as the "Father of Computer Gaming," Meier has been
honored with virtually every award in the industry. Sid's legacy IP such as
F-19, Sid Meier's Civilization, Railroad Tycoon and Sid Meier's Pirates! are
revered as some of the greatest games ever made. As Founding Partner and
Director of Creative Development at Firaxis, Meier continues to deliver
blockbuster hits like Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Sid Meier's Civilization
IV. Meier has also been honored with several awards including an induction
into the Computer Museum of America's Hall of Fame in 2002.
This year, the editors of Gamasutra.com, newly in charge of award
management, worked in association with a distinguished Advisory Committee that
included Clint Hocking (Ubisoft), Raph Koster (Areae), Ray Muzyka (BioWare),
Ryan Lesser (Harmonix) and Brian Reynolds (Big Huge Games) to pick the Special
Award winners following audience nominations. For further information about
the Choice Awards, please visit http://www.gamechoiceawards.com. For further
information about GDC and to register for attendance, please visit
http://www.gdconf.com.
About the Game Developers Conference (http://www.gdconf.com)
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the world's largest
professionals-only game industry event. Presented every spring in San
Francisco, it is the essential forum for learning, inspiration, and networking
for the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and online games.
The GDC attracts over 16,000 attendees, and is the primary forum where
programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business
decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games
gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is
produced by the CMP Game Group, a division of CMP.
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SOURCE CMP Game Group
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of fortyseven communications, +1-323-658-1200, for CMP Game Group; or Loria
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