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Breaking News: Will Wright Selected as a SIGGRAPH 2009 Keynote Speaker

SIGGRAPH keynote speakers represent a variety of prominent industry luminaries and technology experts, who present on different aspects of the multi-dimensional computer graphics and interactive techniques industries. SIGGRAPH 2009 is proud to announce the selection of two of this year's keynote presenters:

Will Wright. Photo courtesy of Electronic Arts.

Famed video game designer Will Wright, creator of the popular Spore™ and The Sims series, was selected as part of the SIGGRAPH 2009 expanded focus to integrate gaming as part of the conference program.

Wright rose to prominence when he invented SimCity, the widely acclaimed, non-violent, open-ended simulation video game. Since its release 20 years ago, Wright has expanded his simulation realm with the introduction of The Sims series, and several other follow-ups that include, SimEarth: The Living Planet, and SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony. In all, the franchise has sold more than 58 million games and was the best selling PC game for five consecutive years.

In 2008, Wright unveiled his latest achievement: Spore™, an internet-based game that allows users to create a species of creatures and share their evolutions with other players interactively worldwide. The game garnered immediate praise including being named by Time Magazine as one of the "50 Best Inventions of 2008."