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.
About CMP (http://www.cmp.com)
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