The awards ceremony was arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and was a part of the 2025 D.I.C.E.

The ceremony took place on February 13, 2025, at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Greg Miller of Kinda Funny Games and Stella Chung of IGN returned as hosts for the ceremony.

Ted Price, President and Founder of Insomniac Games, who helped oversee the creation of popular games such as Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance: Fall of Man and Marvel's Spider-Man series, was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame.

[2] Don James, former Executive Vice-President of Nintendo of America, received the Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.