Bonnie Ross of Microsoft is getting the Hall of Fame award for AIAS.
Bonnie Ross of Microsoft is getting the Hall of Fame award for AIAS.
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Halo steward Bonnie Ross accepts the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards

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Bonnie Ross, the corporate vice president at Microsoft and head of 343 Industries, received the Hall of Fame award at the DICE Awards.

Ross didn’t create Halo. That was Bungie. But she believed in the universe of Halo. When Bungie left Microsoft and went off to make Destiny, Ross stayed with Halo at Microsoft, and she formed 343 Industries.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.