21st D.I.C.E. AWARDS PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED

Tune In to All D.I.C.E. Summit Sessions, 21st Awards Show and FACEIT Quake Tournament via IGN


The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences today announced the complete list of presenters for the 21st D.I.C.E. Awards (#DICEAwards). The D.I.C.E. Awards, co-hosted by Greg Miller of Kinda Funny and Jessica Chobot of Nerdist News, will be live streamed this Thursday, Feb. 22, 8:00-9:30 PM PST. The full list of presenters:

• Jade Raymond, PopCap Vancouver and Motive Studios Senior Vice President and Group GM/EA
• Tim Schafer, Double Fine Productions President and CEO
• Kiki Wolfkill, Halo Transmedia and 343 Industries Studio Head
• Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios Game Director
• Seth Killian, Riot Games Lead Designer
• Don James, Nintendo of America Executive Vice President of Operations
• Abbie Heppe, Media Molecule Community Manager
• Nathan Vella, Capy Games President
• Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment CEO
• Robin Hunicke, Funomena Co-Founder
• Ashraf Ismail, Ubisoft Creative Director
• Alex Schwartz, Owlchemy Labs CEO
• Ed Boon, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Mike Morhaime, Blizzard Entertainment President and CEO

Also honored at the 21st D.I.C.E. Awards will be Lifetime Achievement Awards recipient: Genyo Takeda, Special Corporate Advisor at Nintendo.
For a full list of the #DICE2018 Summit speaker sessions and schedule, please check here.
The 3nd annual FACEIT Quake Tournament will be streamed on the evening of Wednesday, February 21st. 16 of the game industry’s biggest names will go head-to-head in epic 1v1 battles as they fight for the ultimate bragging rights and the title of FACEIT Quake Tournament Champion.

Where: The summit and awards ceremony will once again be live streamed in its entirety by media partner IGN Entertainment. http://www.interactive.org/

When: #DICE18 Summit Day 1 speaker sessions begins February 21st at 9:45AM PST until 4:45PM PST.
3rd Annual FACEIT Quake tournament begins February 21st at 7:00 until 10:00PM PST.
The 21st DICE Awards begins February 22nd from 8:00PM PST until 9:30PM PST.

What: The annual D.I.C.E. Summit is an exclusive, high-level gathering of the brightest and most creative minds across many industries to discuss the trends and the future of the interactive entertainment industry. The 21stD.I.C.E. Awards is the video game industry’s most renowned peer-based Awards show.

Contact: Zebra Partners, DICE2018@zebrapartners.net