Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda gets lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards
Genyo Takeda, 68, received the Lifetime Achievement award at the prestigious DICE Awards tonight during the DICE Summit elite gaming event in Las Vegas....
Ubisoft researcher takes a bird’s-eye view of tech, games, and entertainment
Lidwine Sauer is paid to be one of Ubisoft’s big thinkers. She’s the director of insights and trends for Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab, a...
Under Meggan Scavio, DICE Summit refocuses on game developer creativity
Changes are afoot for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Meggan Scavio, former head of the Game Developers Conference, became president of the...
AIAS Foundation awards five scholarships for video game students
The AIAS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), has awarded five scholarships to students who are dedicating themselves...
Former GDC boss Meggan Scavio will run an elite game academy
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has named Meggan Scavio as its new president and CEO. Scavio was formerly “GDC Bosslady,” or...
Game academy opens submissions for video game scholarships
The AIAS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), has opened submissions for all three of its annual...
How Magic Leap’s gaming wizard sees the future of mixed reality games
Graeme Devine is one of the wizards of gaming, having started at age 14 in the heyday of Atari in the 1970s. He brought...
How GameStop is faring as a video game publisher
GameStop has more than 7,000 retail stores for selling games, but it’s also diversified into publishing games under its GameTrust label. Instead of competing...
The DeanBeat: Should you bring up Trump’s travel ban politics at a video game award event?
Video games are a great form of escapism. And the game industry celebrated them last night at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the...
DICE Awards: Blizzard’s Overwatch takes Game of the Year
Blizzard’s Overwatch won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the Oscars for video games. The action shooter walked away...