* 2007 - Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Arts from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto
* 2007 - Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
* 2010 - Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011 "Most Influential Person in the World of Video Games"
* 2012 - BAFTA Fellowship Award
* 2015 - IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
* 2015 - TIME 100