Warren Spector, designer of Disney’s Epic Mickey and the brainchild behind merging the elements of role-playing games and first-person shooters back when he directed and produced the first Deus Ex game, is up for a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The event is to take place at the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCAs) held in San Francisco on the 7th of March 2012.

It will be a tribute to the innovations and achievements of a renowned developer who started his career back in 1983, working on such classics as Marvel Super Heroes, the Ultima series, System Shock and Deus Ex.

Spector now works at Junction Point Studios, responsible for the development of Disney’s Epic Mickey, which he founded in 2005 after leaving Ion Storm to pursue personal interests.

He is probably remembered fondly by fans for the Stephen King-like appearances he had in many of his earlier games such as a face in Deus Ex, a cheat-code in System Shock or the name of a scientist in Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2.

Spector will now stand alongside other visionaries credited with Lifetime Achievement Awards such as Peter Molyneux, John Carmack, Hideo Kojima and Will Wright.

Well done, good sir.