CheatRZ

Explore CheatRZ

General · Active

Masahiro Sakurai Forced to Abandon Game Designers Award After 16 Years as He Can't Find a Successor

In brief

Masahiro Sakurai revealed that the Game Designers Award won’t return to the Japan Game Awards, as he has failed to find an adequate replacement to take up his mantle.

Publisher feed excerpt · IGN GamesRead original story
Image supplied in IGN Games’s RSS feedView at source ↗
First edition
Last update

Story Sources

3 articles

  1. IGN GamesLeadMasahiro Sakurai Forced to Abandon Game Designers Award After 16 Years as He Can't Find a SuccessorRead article on IGN Games (opens in a new tab)
  2. Nintendo LifeCoverageSakurai Believes Industry Will "Slowly Die" Without Innovation As He Discontinues Game Designers AwardRead article on Nintendo Life (opens in a new tab)
  3. AUTOMATON WestCoverageMasahiro Sakurai discontinues Game Designers Award after 16 years after failing to find successor, warns fellow devs that an industry without originality “will die a slow death”Read article on AUTOMATON West (opens in a new tab)

One conversation, distinct updates

Coverage timeline

1 development

  1. Initial ·

    Masahiro Sakurai Forced to Abandon Game Designers Award After 16 Years as He Can't Find a Successor