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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced finalists for its 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, and Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3 leads the field with a total of 12 nominations across 11 categories.

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The AIAS has announced that Bethesda’s Todd Howard will be providing the opening keynote during the D.I.C.E. Summit. Howard’s talk will focus on game development and player experience and is titled “Why We Create, Why We Play.” “The 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit will kick off with one of the most distinguished creative minds of our time with Todd Howard as our Opening Keynote speaker,” said Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences president Martin Rae in the press release. “Todd’s many contributions to the industry have greatly advanced our understanding of player interaction and engagement. His games take players on journeys through distant fantasy worlds and post apocalyptical universes that are driving a new generation of entertainment.” D.I.C.E. will take place February 7-9 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Red Rock Resort.

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced it’ll induct Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney into its Hall of Fame at DICE next year. Sweeney, who will also give a talk at the event for the first time, is the 16th person to go into the Hall of Fame, joining Will Wright, Shigeru Miyamoto and last year’s inductees the BioWare doctors, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. AIAS president Martin Rae said the group was “honored to add Tim Sweeney to our Hall of Fame. His unrelenting and innovative work on behalf of developers and gamers has created the imaginative games that help to drive the success of our industry.”

Thanks, Gamasutra.

Blizzard has announced that its co-founder and EVP of product development, Frank Pearce, has joined the Board of Directors for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Pearce joins 15 other industry leaders representing Blizzard, Capcom, EA, Google, Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony,as well as independent representatives from Epic Games, Day 1 Studios, and Insomniac Games.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences will honour Gauntlet designer Ed Logg with a Pioneer award.

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The winners of 2011′s Into the Pixel have been announced and 17 works of videogame art have been selected.

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Into The Pixel is now accepting digital game art submissions until April 15 for the 2011 exhibit to be held at E3 in June.

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Martin Rae, the new president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, has said that the DICE is a great summit for those in the industry to come to due to its “exclusive yet inclusive,” feel.

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Greg Zeschuk said during a talk at DICE this week that he and BioWare’s other co-founder, Ray Muzyka, had to make large business bets in order for the company to grow.

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The fourteenth annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony wrapped up moments ago, with Mass Effect 2 taking home game of the year and two other wins, and Red Dead Redemption pocketing four five.

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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced Bill Budge as the second recipient of the AIAS Pioneer Award, which recognizes contributions made by those who helped to “create the interactive entertainment industry.”

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The 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, taking place from the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week, will be not only be streamed live online from the official website, but G4TV as well. Options, are a good thing indeed.

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Joseph Olin, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, has reminded us that while Apple sells a gazillion Apps and games for iPod and iPhone, Nintendo DS is still number one when it comes to portable gaming.

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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has become increasingly relevant in recent years, with its DICE-based “gaming Oscars” now easily the industry’s most prestigious annual awards ceremony. While the core is always well-rewarded at the event, the AIAS is a over-arching affair, meaning games that don’t involve shooting people in the face are considered “important” as well. Bizarre.

AIAS president Joseph Olin took time out of his busy schedule to chat on social gaming trends, mobile gaming, the emerging 3D market, and how independent developers can differentiate themselves from established studios in the current economic climate.

He also talks a bit about whether games are art or not, which we’ll cover in Part 2. Part 1′s after the break.

[Interview by Stephany Nunneley]

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Earlier in the month when January’s NPD’s were revealed, SCEA’s Jack Tretton mentioned that Uncharted 2 had almost reached the 3 million units sold mark.

Well, now it has surpassed that grand figure, having moved over 3.5 million units worldwide.

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It’s been announced the 13th Interactive Achievement Awards, taking place from the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week, will be streamed live online from its website.

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It has been announced that Mark Cerny will be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

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