Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat and Injustice, is getting a Hall of Fame Award from AIAS.
Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat and Injustice, is getting a Hall of Fame Award from AIAS.
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Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon to be inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame

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Ed Boon, the co-creator Mortal Kombat, will be inducted into video game’s hall of fame.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), the industry group that puts on the annual DICE Summit, said Boon will be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame at the 25th annual DICE Awards ceremony during the summit on February 22 to February 24 in Las Vegas.

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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.