Video game industry visionaries and popular franchises will be honored with stars on the Walk of Game at San Francisco’s Metreon on Thursday, March 16.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement inductees are Sid Meier, creator of Civilization, Railroad Tycoon and Pirates, and John Carmack, technical director for DOOM and QUAKE developer id Software. Also getting stars are Tomb Raider lead character Lara Croft and the StarCraft, Final Fantasy and EverQuest game series.
Atari co-founder and Pong creator Nolan Bushnell, the 2005 Lifetime Achievement honoree, will headline the induction ceremony, a press and industry-only reception at the Metreon. The newest additions to the attraction will then be open to the public on Friday, March 17, in time for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Jose, Calif.
Each of the 2006 inductees will receive a permanent, 24’x24′ star on the Walk of Game, the interactive entertainment industry’s answer to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The gaming stars can be found inside the Metreon, a mecca for the gaming community in downtown San Francisco.
The Walk of Game was established in 2005 with inaugural inductees that included The Legend of Zelda developer Link and the Halo, Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises. Joining Bushnell as a first Lifetime Achievement Award recipient was Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong.
Every October, gamers worldwide cast their votes for the top four games/characters and the top two lifetime achievers through paper ballots and online submissions at www.WalkOfGame.com during a one-month voting period. Nominations for 2007 will be announced later this year. Additional information is available at www.WalkOfGame.com.
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