Earthworm Jim, Acclaim and Gaikai visionary to be honoured with accolade at July’s Develop Industry Excellence Awards
DAVID PERRY IS to take to the stage at this year’s Develop Industry Excellence Awards to be honoured with the Development Legend lifetime achievement accolade. Having been specially selected by the
Develop team, Perry, who brought us Earthworm Jim and The Matrix video games, will receive the award for the impact he has made on the games industry during his three decades in the business. Having previously developed over 100 titles on 29 platforms, sold his studio Shiny Entertainment to Atari, and co-founded Acclaim, and more recently cloud game streaming service Gaikai, Perry is consistently positioned as one of the most influential forces in the industry. “A truly progressive games developer
starting in the UK, David’s career has touched
every topic and theme of the business that matters: coding, design, publishing, distribution, licensing, creating original content, working with brands, free-to-play, online gaming, writing, cloud gaming and supporting students,” said Develop and MCV editor-in-chief Michael French. “Over the last 30 years he’s had multiple number one hits in his career, and the games and services he has devised or worked on have set the bar for many that followed. We look forward to welcoming him on stage this July to collect his much-deserved honour.” “I’m incredibly flattered by this award,” said
Perry in response. “I’m from Great Britain and have incredible respect for the people that have been recognised in previous years. My mother is going to be blown away; she
thought she was buying me that first Sinclair ZX81 to do homework on.” Perry, who began developing commercial games as a teenager, is one of the longest serving members of the Game Developer’s Conference Advisory Board, and is a popular speaker at events and universities across the globe including TED and MIT. Now in their tenth year, the Develop
Industry Excellence Awards will once again take place in Brighton at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, on the evening of July 11th. 20 awards are up for grabs for studios