Phil Spencer to receive lifetime achievement award at DICE Awards
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Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, is getting into gaming’s hall of fame.
Spencer will be the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual DICE Awards on February 24. The awards come from industry peers who are part of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS).
Todd Howard, game director at Microsoft’s Bethesda Game Studios, will present Spencer with the award at the live event in Las Vegas during the DICE Summit.
As Microsoft announced its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Spencer received his latest promotion as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Previously, he was head of Xbox and executive vice president of gaming at Microsoft.
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Spencer has worked in technology and entertainment for more than 30 years, leading global business, creative and engineering teams.
He joined Microsoft in 1988 as an intern, and he climbed through the ranks. He served technical roles in the development of CD-ROM software such as Microsoft Encarta, and online/offline products such as Microsoft Works and Microsoft Money. He helped run Rare and Lionhead, the studios that Microsoft acquired in the United Kingdom, and he became the head of Microsoft Game Studios in 2008.
Spencer helped get the company through the launch of the Xbox One S game console, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tapped him to be head of Xbox in March 2014. That was after disastrous messaging around the launch of the Xbox One game console left gamers wondering if Microsoft cared about them.
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