2000: Will Wright (Sim games) 威尔·莱特 2001: Yuji Naka (Sonic the Hedgehog) 中裕司 2002: Gunpei Yokoi (1941–1997) (Game Boy, Super Mario Land series, Metroid series) 横井军平 2003: Mark Cerny (Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon) 2004: Eugene Jarvis (Defender and Robotron: 2084) 2005: Richard Garriott (Ultima) 理查德·加里奥特 2006: Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of Mario, Donkey Kong and The Legend of Zelda) 宫本茂 2007: Sid Meier (Civilization series and many different simulators) 席德·梅尔 2008: Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear series) 小岛秀夫 2009: John Carmack (Doom series) 约翰·卡马克 2010: Peter Molyneux (God games) 彼得·莫利纽克斯 2011: Warren Spector (Deus Ex, System Shock, Thief: The Dark Project) 沃伦·斯佩克特 2012: Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk (BioWare) 2013: Ken Kutaragi 久夛良木健 2014: Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy series) 坂口博信 2015: Todd Howard (Elder Scrolls, Fallout) 陶德·霍华德 2016: Tim Sweeney (Epic Games founder) 2017: Tim Schafer (developer for LucasArts adventure games, founder of Double Fine)