Developers Pay Tribute to Vince Zampella at DICE Summit

At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week, some of the industry's best-known developers paid tribute to the late Vince Zampella. Bethesda’s Todd Howard, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and others appeared in pre-recorded video segments. EA Entertainment president Laura Miele said, "His legacy isn’t just in the franchises or awards.

It lives in every studio that chooses trust over fear, craft over shortcuts, people over ego." Howard called Zampella "the real deal." "I would always seek his advice with every game that I did, or how to maneuver on all that is going on in the industry," he said.

Howard added that he had previously nominated Zampella for a lifetime achievement award, but Zampella refused to accept the honor. Kojima said Zampella had taken him on a tour of Respawn while Kojima was getting Kojima Productions off the ground, and that they had many discussions about creating a first-person Metal Gear Solid together after Metal Gear Solid 4.

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