Phil Spencer is head of gaming at Microsoft.
Phil Spencer is head of gaming at Microsoft.
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Phil Spencer to receive lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, is getting into gaming’s hall of fame.

Spencer will be the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual DICE Awards on February 24. The awards come from industry peers who are part of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS).

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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.