Iwata è l'uomo dell'anno di Next-Gen
La rivista Next-Gen ha pubblicato un'altra delle sue classifiche dei best of 2007, stavolta relativa ai personaggi dell'industria videoludica. Al primo posto viene incoronato Satoru Iwata, presidente e CEO di Nintendo, la lista completa a seguire:
- Satoru Iwata - President and CEO Nintendo
- Robert Kotick - President and CEO Activision Blizzard
- Ken Levine - Lead Designer, BioShock 2K Boston
- Alex Rigopoulos - CEO Harmonix
- Harold Ryan - Studio Head Bungie
- Yoshiaki Koizumi - Director, Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo EAD
- Kim Swift - Project Lead, Portal Valve Software
- Jason West - Co-Studio Head/Project Lead, Call of Duty 4 Infinity Ward
- Ted Price - President and CEO Insomniac
- Casey Hudson - Project Director, Mass Effect BioWare
- Samantha Ryan - Senior Vice President, Development and Production Warner Bros Interactive
- Cevat Yerli CEO/Creative Director, Crysis Crytek
- Jamil Moledina - Executive Director Game Developers Conference
- Scott Pease Studio - Director Neversoft
- John Riccitiello - CEO Electronic Arts
- Ron Simpson - CEO Play N Trade
- Sukhbir Sidhu - Studio Director, Peggle PopCap Games
- George Harrison - Senior VP of Marketing and Corporate Communications Nintendo
- Kaz Hirai - President SCE
- Mary Dolaher - CEO IFG World Expo E For All
- Rod Cousens - CEO Codemasters
- Jeff Bell - VP of Global Marketing Microsoft
- Kathy Vrabeck - President, EA Casual Entertainment Division EA
- Jade Raymond - Producer, Assassin's Creed Ubisoft Montreal
- Peter Raad - Founder/Executive Director The Guildhall at SMU