TechGame Designers Award ends after 16 years
IGN reports that Masahiro Sakurai couldn't find a suitable successor, so the award won't return to the Japan Game Awards.
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IGN reports that Masahiro Sakurai is closing the Game Designers Award after 16 years because he couldn't find a suitable successor. He also urged game developers to push past limitations, warning that the industry "will slowly die" if it loses creativity and innovation.
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Game Designers Award ends after 16 years
IGN reports that Masahiro Sakurai couldn't find a suitable successor, so the award won't return to the Japan Game Awards.
TLDR
IGN reports that Masahiro Sakurai is closing the Game Designers Award after 16 years because he couldn't find a suitable successor. He also urged game developers to push past limitations, warning that the industry "will slowly die" if it loses creativity and innovation.