12 Feb

The 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards recently took place as part of the D.I.C.E. summit in Las Vegas. Hosted by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, both Read Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2 walked away big with major victories. Rockstar’s wild west opus gained 5 total wins (including Action Game of the Year, […]

24 Jan

The 2011 Game Choice Awards have chosen to honor Lionhead Studios founder Peter Molyneux with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The ceremony, to be broadcast on Gamespot live at 6:30pm this March 2nd as part of the larger Game Developers Conference, will be emceed by returning host Tim Schafer. The award, according to the organizers […]

21 Jan

Bing Gordon may not be a name as hip to know as Tim Schafer or as popular to hate as Bobby Kotick, but the former Chief Creative Officer at Electronic Arts is important enough to be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Gordon is considered to have laid […]

14 Jan

The finalists for the Game Developers Choice Awards have been announced by organizers at this year’s conference. Both indie hits (Limbo, Minecraft) and the expected blockbusters (Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2) are represented with multiple nominations, with the winners decided by an invitation-only panel of experts – the International Choice Awards Network (or ICAN) […]