The Development Legend prize is awarded by the Develop team to an individual who has made a sizeable impact on games development in their lifetime. This year we will present the
award to David Perry. David is currently the CEO
and co-founder of Gaikai.com, a company that’s developed a cutting-edge video game streaming technology allowing the highest quality
games to run in a browser with just one mouse click. Previously, he was chief
creative officer of Acclaim.com, directing free-to-play games. David has worked in games
for almost three decades and developed over 100 games including the hits Earthworm Jim and The Matrix series. He formed Shiny
Entertainment, later sold to Atari, worked on major console
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games, before directing his attentions to the online space. He began developing games as
a teenager, and is one of the longest serving members of the Game Developer’s Conference Advisory Board. He is also a popular speaker at events and universities across the globe including TED and MIT. David joins an elite list of
esteemed recipients of the accolade which includes Peter
Molyneux (Lionhead), David Braben (Frontier Developments), Charles Cecil (creator of Broken Sword), the Gower brothers (creators of Runescape), Phil Harrison (former SCE studios president), and last year’s legend Ian Livingstone (Eidos life president). Develop looks forward to