John Carmack, co-founder of id Software, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards. Carmack will recieve the award at the Game Developers Conference on March 11 in San Francisco.
Carmack, who co-founded id in 1991, was a pioneer of 3-D graphics and first-person shooters, instrumental in the creation of beloved gaming franchises Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. He was selected for the award by a panel of game industry veterans.
Previous recipients of the award include Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto and Will Wright. Wright will be on hand at GDC to present the award to Carmack.
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