Game Developers Choice Awards to honor Miyamoto, Tetris creator

miyamoto for ever

What does "the penquin award" mean? I love Tetris and never really thought of it as "Diving into unknown territory", I always thought of it as a evolution of psychology puzzel games.

Penguin award......Now that's the coolest name you could give an award. Congratulations Shiggy!

Yeah, Shigeru Miyamoto! In the lyrics/words of that old commercial advertising Nintendo Power back in the early ninties, "You've got the power, Nintendo Power!" And Yeah.. It IS GOOD to see game developers getting their due props, just like other-media artists. And to ALL the game developers reading this, "You Rock in Surround Sound Stereo!"!

It's good that game developers get recognized in similar manners to artists in other medias.

he deserves it. hes the greatest developer of last year and maybe even this year

sweet, people know talent when they see it and he created some master peices

Is this their first lifetime achievement award? If not then who got the award before Miyamoto? It doesnt make sense to give other people the award before Miyamoto who is probably the oldest developer that is still extremely busy to this day. I guess weirder things have happened. The Rock Hall of Fame inducts a lot of unfamous bands before mega bands like Pink Floyd.

Every one of those nominees deserves it. Well done.

They all deserve it :)

Congrats to Alexey Pajitnov, Shigeru Miyamoto and George Sanger. You guys are my heros.

All good.

Alexey hell yeah. Tetris is still the best game ever.

we can never forget the tetris creator

miyamoto....ur freaking awsome!!

i havn't been keeping up with this awards ceromony, (to be honest, this is the first i've hear of it) but wouldn't Miyamoto win this award every year? Who else has a name in the video game industry? I doubt the lifetime achievment has ever gone to anyone else

Congrats to Miyamoto! You deserve it!!

*bows to miyamoto*

Well deserved

well congratulations to both,Mr Miyamoto is the greatest video game designer alive,thanks Miyamoto for your creativeness and genius.

Alexey Pajitnov also made Hexic! That game is addicting!

Alexey Pajitnov definatly deserives an award for Tetris alone.... but what has he done since? "Hat-ris?"

Congrats to all the brains behind great games!

Pungaboy I think his latest game he made was Hexic HD for XBox Live Arcade.

Does anybody know what Pajitnov is doing these days? I heard he was a programmer at Microsoft, but I'm not sure if that's accurate. Is he still working in the games industry?

I wonder what Miyamoto's house looks like, is it all cluttered with game ideas and warp pipes or is it funky colours and full of barrels! (I bet he has a 109" plasma tv to play some zelda on)

I'd never heard of Manifesto Games before now. I'll have to bookmark this page and come back to check it out later... The recipients mentioned in the article are seem quite worthy of the awards being bestowed upon them.

yay miyamoto! yay pajitnov! tetris is so awesome

Nintendo and Miyamoto saved the videogame industry, all I have to say is thanks , also Pajitnov for Tetris, hope it gets to XBLA

uberjannie >>> you must have not been born before the NES was released

"Since he entered the industry in 1983, Sanger has helped create the sound effects and soundtracks to over 250 games, including music and sound designer for more than 250 games, including Wing Commander and ATF." Am I seeing double?

The headline is sort of misleading. It makes it seem as though Miyamoto is the creator of Tetris. I was like, "wha?" :)

uberjannie im sure there just giving awards to guys that have been around for many years. Cliffy im sure was at home playing mario bros in his pajama's when Miyamoto mania was running wild.

The GODS have been worshipped !

Congrats to all the winners, very well deserved. and to Miyamoto-sama: THX for all that gaming goodness !!! I can't even imagine nowadays' gaming industry without his genius.

Miyamoto is for sure the best of all but i think Kojima, Sakagutsi and even Mikaji should take an award too...

Miyamoto and Pajitnov deserve it.

Nice to hear... :)

Didn't this guy create Hexic HD?

Miyamoto is a Legend.

Cliffy b deserves it. But i think they are forgetting Sid Meier, he is a genius :) He should definately recieve something like that...

Miyamoto is the man.

Schafer ought to get something. If more people actually bought the stuff he's created, they'd realize that he's a rare creative genius too.

"Penguin Award." Interesting.

The Gears of War creator just got a but load of awards too

Congratulations i guess, well deserved.

Miyamoto deserves this honour.

woo! go Miyamoto! best game designer ever!

Nice work Miyamoto, he needs all the recognition he can get. If he wasn't there imagine what Nintendo would be like...wait dont!