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Sakurai Believes Industry Will "Slowly Die" Without Innovation As He Discontinues Game Designers Award
Game developer Masahiro Sakurai has announced that The Game Designer award for the Japan Game Awards has been discontinued, as he has been unable to find a successor to carry it on into the future.
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Masahiro Sakurai announced at this year’s Japan Game Awards ceremony that the Game Designer award, which he founded in 2010 to recognize creativity and originality, will be discontinued because no successor could be found to continue it. The decision reflects his view that the industry risks “slowly dying” without ongoing innovation.
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