Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences ( AIAS ), headquartered in Inglewood is a Founded in 1996, non-profit organization that supports computer and video games and the annual symposium DICE Summit organized. Since 1998, she also gives the DICE Awards ( formerly Interactive Achievement Awards) and appoints the members of the AIAS Hall of Fame. The members of the AIAS are experts in the gaming industry, which must meet certain criteria in order to choose the best entertainment software one year may. Stand in October 2012 represented the AIAS over 22,000 members from the environment of the computer games industry.
History
The NAIAS was originally founded in 1992 by a small group of Los Angeles-based experts whose desire was to support the game developers of Silicon Valley the customers to use Hollywood actors and other creative professionals in their activities. The NAIAS was finally established in November 1996. The founding managing director was Marc Teren and Denise Kristie. After Andrew sugar, a lawyer from Beverly Hills, third managing director, was the AIAS was an organization with approximately 500 members and 50 Board consultants due to his efforts.
1994 produced the AIAS successfully the first televised award show for computer games, the Cyber Mania '94. This was licensed to TBS for transmission. Cyber Mania was recorded at Universal Studios and hosted by Leslie Nielsen and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. The second ceremony in 1995 were transferred to a then burgeoning new medium, the Internet.
Having established that the probability of the emergence of similar ceremonies on television in the near future was low, at least, the name of the organization has been licensed to a company that now operates as AIAS. Today's NAIAS is operated by a company other than those established by the sugar in 1992, but it has the same intentions and the licensing of 1996, she used the same logo and the same award statue of the founders of the original AIAS were devised. The aim of the AIAS is to promote the computer game industry and its representatives. She is since 2002 the host of the annual conference DICE Summit, which has also included the D.I.C.E. Awards will be presented ( by 2012 Interactive Achievement Awards) and the youngest member of the AIAS Hall of Fame will be formally honored. In addition, the organization also awards scholarships for students.
Board
The following persons represented certain developer and publisher of the Supervisory Board of the AIAS:
Interactive Achievement Awards
The D.I.C.E. Awards ( by 2012: Interactive Achievement Awards) are presented annually since 1998 in the spring for the best game releases of the year. The winners will be determined similarly at the Oscars with a vote by the members. The following games won in the category of game of the year, which applies to the annual statement for the year event: