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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Spector will now stand alongside other visionaries credited with Lifetime Achievement Awards such as Peter Molyneux, John Carmack, Hideo Kojima and Will Wright.<\/p>\n
Well done, good sir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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