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| Gaming Will Dominate the Future of Storytelling, Avengers: Endgame Director Says Posted: 23 Feb 2022 04:14 PM PST Leaders in the games industry have spoken at length about how video games are the original metaverse, which is quite convenient for the games industry. But now Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo agrees that if the metaverse comes to fruition, gaming will be the leader. "I think the revolution comes from the gaming side because that's where the technology is," Russo says in a conversation with Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard at the annual DICE Summit. In a talk titled, 'The Future of Media: World Building and Universe Expansion' the two spoke at length about the future of technology, especially in media and storytelling. Russo in particular is convinced "The future is going to be virtual." Russo says that the technology for the future of storytelling is in the games industry, not film saying "traditional film studios do not understand [the technology] nor is it part of their business plan to curate technology, house it, pay for it, pay for its development, hang on to it." Later in the talk, Russo doubles down and says, "It's a gaming company in my opinion that is going to be the most potent entertainment company in the world." Russo also took some jabs at tech companies like Meta, formerly Facebook, saying gaming will "pull the world forward in a way Facebook can't. They destroyed the world and now they're going to create a Metaverse we can all escape to." The metaverse has been a popular topic at this year's DICE summit. The keynote speaker EA COO Laura Miele also spoke about metaverse and how it needs "some world order and no industry can do it better than ours." In an interview with the Sway podcast, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that tech's metaverse is "an extension of what gaming has been doing" and that a whole generation of people has grown up through social connections created in video games. While this has been a popular talking point among gaming execs, to hear a filmmaker as Joe Russo agree is certainly a boon for the game industry's claim that they are leading the field towards the metaverse. Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd. |
| DICE Awards 2022: How to Watch, All the Nominees, and What to Expect Posted: 23 Feb 2022 02:50 PM PST The 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards are nearly here and, in 2022, the game awards show from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) will be back in person at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas after going completely virtual last year. This year, the peer-juried D.I.C.E. Awards will feature 59 nominated games competing in 23 categories, and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart leads the way with nine nominations. IGN is the official media partner of the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards and that means you'll be able to stream the entire event live right here with us. As usual, this watch guide will provide you with everything you need to know to watch the show, including when it starts, a list of places you can watch it with us, the full list of nominees, and what you can expect to see at the show. The 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Start TimeThe 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards will take place on Thursday, February 24, and will start at 8pm PT/11pm ET. If you're tuning in from Australia or from the GMT timezone, that translates to Friday, February 25 at 4am GMT/2pm AEST. Where to Watch the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. AwardsIf you're interested in watching the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, we'll be hosting the stream as the show's official media partner here and across our many channels on platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Here's the full list of places you can watch the show:
What to Expect at the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. AwardsThe 25th Anniversary D.I.C.E. Awards will take place in-person at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas and follows the week-long industry gathering at the 2022 D.I.C.E. Summit. The show will be co-hosted for the sixth year by IGN alum Jessica Chobot (Discovery's ExpeditionX) and Greg Miller (Kinda Funny) and IGN serves as the official media partner. 59 games released in 2021 have been nominated for the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart earned the most with nine nominations. Deathloop earned eight nominations, Inscryption and It Takes Two earned six, Returnal earned five, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Resident Evil Village earned four. Deathloop, Inscryption, It Takes Two, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Returnal are all up for the Game of the Year award. In addition to games being honored, CEO of Microsoft Gaming will be this year's recipient of the AIAS Lifetime Achievement Award and Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard will present him with the award. NetherRealm Studios' CCO Ed Boon will also be honored as he was selected as the 25th member of the AIAS Hall of Fame. Xbox Game Studios' Matt Booty will present the 2022 Hall of Fame award to Boon. The 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Categories and NomineesGame of the Year
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Outstanding Achievement in Character
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Outstanding Technical Achievement
Action Game of the Year
Adventure Game of the Year
Family Game of the Year
Fighting Game of the Year
Racing Game of the Year
Role-Playing Game of the Year
Sports Game of the Year
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
Immersive Reality Game of the Year
Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
Mobile Game of the Year
Online Game of the Year
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch. |
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