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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced that Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of Xbox, will receive the AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual DICE Awards.
The annual awards ceremony will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 24, and Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios director of gaming, will present Spencer with 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Credit: AIAS
Spencer has been involved in the video games industry for over thirty years. As an intern, Spencer joined Microsoft in 1988 and has been with them ever since. Spencer was first assigned to Xbox’s management, starting with the launch the Xbox One S. He has since overseen the growth and development of many key products such as the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Game Pass.
Spencer was responsible for key acquisitions such as Mojang and ZeniMax Media. Most recently, Spencer announced that Xbox intends to acquire Activision Blizzard.
“Phil Spencer has demonstrated both passion and leadership throughout his entire career at Microsoft. He’s responsible for countless impactful and pivotal initiatives that have reverberated throughout the entire gaming industry,” says AIAS president Meggan Scavio. “On behalf of the Academy’s Board of Directors, we are looking forward to celebrating Spencer’s important impact on video game history by presenting him with our Lifetime Achievement Award.”
The AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded to Howard Lincoln and Minoru Arakawa, former Nintendo of America chiefs, Ken Kutaragi, PlayStation creator, Doug Lowenstein, ESA founder Doug Lowenstein and Bing Gordon, former EA CCO, as well as Genyo Takeda, Nintendo corporate advisor.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN News Editor. Kim can be reached at @lawoftd.
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