Stormfront Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California . In 2007, the company had over 50 developers working on two teams, and owned all its proprietary engines, tools, and technology. As of the end of 2007, over fourteen million copies of Stormfront-developed games had been sold. Stormfront closed on March 31, 2008, due to the closure of their publisher at the time, Sierra Entertainment .
15-539: The company received major awards and award nominations from The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences , G4 Television, BAFTA , The IGDA Game Developers Choice Awards , The EMMA Awards , SCEA , the Software Publishers Association and many magazines and websites. In 2008, Neverwinter Nights was honored (along with EverQuest and World of Warcraft ) at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for advancing
30-518: A convention centered around the presentation of the awards to providing funding for the organization. The Summit was aimed at industry executives and lead as a means to provide networking between various companies. The D.I.C.E. Summit launched in 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada and has been run on an annual basis since. In addition to video games, AIAS saw these summits as a way to connect video games to other entertainment industries. Joseph Olin served as
45-501: A non-profit organization for the video game industry. The effort was backed by Peter Main of Nintendo, Tom Kalinske of Sega, and Doug Lowenstein , founder of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and with funding support from ESA. The AIAS was formally reestablished on November 19, 1996, with Marc Teren as president, soon replaced by game developer Glenn Entis. Initially, in 1998, AIAS' role
60-443: A wide range of games and game designers . Hilleman joined Electronic Arts in 1982, and was employee number 39. After several years working with producers and teams in a variety of roles (including Ray Tobey and Stewart Bonn on the early combat flight simulator Skyfox ), he began producing his own titles in the late 1980s. His first credited title as producer was Indianapolis 500: The Simulation on PC in 1989. In 1990, he
75-557: Is a non-profit organization of video game industry professionals. It organizes the annual Design Innovate Communicate Entertain Summit, better known as D.I.C.E., which includes the presentations of the D.I.C.E. Awards . Andrew S. Zucker, an attorney in the entertainment industry, founded the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences in 1991 and served as its first president . AIAS co-promoted numerous events with organizations such as
90-501: The AIAS president from 2004 to 2010; following his departure, Martin Rae was named president in 2012. Rae opted to implement a number of changes to the Summit, shorting talk times to give more attention to the speakers, and rebranding the awards as the D.I.C.E. Awards for the 2013 summit. Mike Fischer replaced Rae as president in 2016. As of 2017, AIAS's mission is "to promote and advance
105-629: The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, and Women in Film. Their first awards show program, Cybermania '94 , which was hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Jonathan Taylor Thomas , was broadcast on TBS in 1994. While a second show was run in 1995 and was the first awards program to be streamed over the Web, it drew far fewer audiences than the first. Video game industry leaders decided that they wanted to reform AIAS as
120-437: The D.I.C.E. Awards. The conference differs from other conferences in the industry in its emphasis on the business and production end of the industry, with a focus on trends and innovations in video game design. The conference specializes in providing a more intimate, orderly venue for select industry leaders to network. In 2007, a keynote speaker was added to open the event, which had traditionally begun with recreation before
135-671: The art form of MMORPG games. Don Daglow accepted the award for project partners Stormfront Studios, AOL and Wizards of the Coast . Stormfront was founded in 1988 by Don Daglow , who had worked as a game programmer and then as Director of Game Development at Mattel Intellivision , as a producer at Electronic Arts , and as a production executive at Broderbund . Stormfront's management includes veterans of Disney , Electronic Arts , Ensemble Studios , LucasArts , Origin Systems , THX , Vivendi Universal and Warner Bros. Stormfront
150-508: The following few years. Hilleman was later named Vice President in charge of Production for the company. An avid hockey player during his youth in Minnesota , Hilleman was Executive Producer or Producer for other successful EA Sports titles in the 1990s as well, including NHL Hockey , NHLPA Hockey , PGA Tour Golf and Tiger Woods Golf . Rich Hilleman worked for Electronic Arts as Chief Creative Officer until May, 2016. He also serves on
165-525: The introduction of presentations and panels. Current list of corporate members (as of April 4, 2023): Richard Hilleman Richard Hilleman is an American computer game and video game producer best known for his work creating the original Madden Football game for video game consoles for Electronic Arts . Apart from Madden , Hilleman was a key figure in building the massive EA Sports brand and has spent over 20 years working in product development at EA. He has directly or indirectly influenced
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#1732801912765180-529: The worldwide interactive entertainment community, recognize outstanding achievements in the interactive arts and sciences, and host an annual awards show, the DICE Awards, to enhance awareness of games as an interactive art form". The D.I.C.E. Summit is an annual multi-day gathering of video game executives held in Las Vegas . Established in 2002 by AIAS, the conference is host to the annual Interactive Achievement Awards , which has since been rebranded as
195-451: Was founded as Beyond Software , but changed its name in 1993 when the trademark for Beyond proved difficult to enforce. Stormfront had an ongoing involvement in the development of games for Interactive television since its first experiments on Florida cable systems in 1990, and produced demos for companies including OpenTV. The Academy of Interactive Arts %26 Sciences The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences ( AIAS )
210-675: Was the producer of John Madden Football for the fast-growing Sega Genesis , a game developed by Troy Lyndon and Michael Knox of Park Place Productions , and co-designed by Scott Orr , the game that we still recognize today as Madden Football, the best-selling title in the history of games in North America. A team member of the Madden team, Scott Orr joined Hilleman later at EA full-time in 1991 where both Hilleman and Orr were promoted to senior management roles in EA product development over
225-667: Was to handle the awards, originally known as the Interactive Achievement Awards. These awards were nominated and selected by game developers that are members of the organization themselves, mimicking how the Academy Awards are voted for by its members. Around 2000, the ESA pulled out of funding AIAS, leading AIAS members Richard Hilleman and Lorne Lanning to suggest that AIAS create the D.I.C.E. Summit (short for "Design Innovate Communicate Entertain"),
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