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The winners of the GamesBeat Summit 2025 Visionary and Up-and-Comer Awards
GamesBeat unveiled the winners of its eight annual Visionary Awards during the 2025 GamesBeat Summit event in Los Angeles. The Visionary Award winner is Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) president Patricia Vance, and the Up-and-Comer winner is Strange Scaffold studio head Xalavier Nelson Jr. GamesBeat editorial director Dean Takahashi started the Visionary Awards in 2018 to recognize industry leaders […]
The winners were chosen by a panel of judges from all across the industry, including Xbox president Sarah Bond, Women-Led Games founder Charmaine Duff, and veteran developer John Smedley. Unlike a lot of award winners who tend to be in the public eye, Kaplan noted that Vance’s work is largely behind the scenes, advocating for games and “protecting our industry’s right to govern itself.” Because our work helps reduce risk for publishers, protects the industry from unnecessary regulation, and most importantly, by informing consumers upfront, it safeguards your freedom to create the games you want to make,” said Vance.
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