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Darren Houghton has stepped down as UK general manager of Exertis Gem after spending 13 years at the distributor. He told PCR he is leaving the businessdue to a combination of different factors, and has not yet decided whether he will be staying within the computing games industry or not. …
Read More »EA hires former Starbucks digital boss Chris Bruzzo
Chris Bruzzo has been named as EA’s new chief marketing officer. Bruzzo has formerly been involved with branding both at Starbucks, where he headed the digital and loyalty programs, and Amazon. EA says the exec will lead an integrated marketing, communications, web and digital service organization designed to advance our …
Read More »PR veteran Bryant joins Jagex
Jonnie Bryant has moved to Jagex as head of PR. For the past six years Bryant worked at Blizzard as a PR manager. Prior to that he held PR roles at Vivendi and Take-Two. In his new job as Jagex’s head of PR, Bryant will be overseeing the firm’s global …
Read More »Future reveals new management team
Media company Future has announced its new executive management team. Nial Ferguson has been appointed as content and marketing director, having previously served at Future for six years. Prior to this he was managing director of Future UK. Media veteran Jeff Turner has joined the media firm as commercial director …
Read More »Lucy James joins GameSpot
GameSpot has announced that Lucy James has joined the site as a video producer. James has worked in the games media for two and a half years and in that time has worked for Ginx TV – hosting flagship show The Blurb – as well as Sky and The Guardian. …
Read More »Ex-CCP design director joins Bigpoint
Eve Online and Dust 514 designer Craig Scott has joined free-to-play studio Bigpoint to take the reigns on a new unannounced MMO. The studio announced the appointment on its site, with Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui stating that Scott will work on a new breed of MMO.” Scott’s CCP days saw …
Read More »MLG adds NBA executive to board of directors
Major League Gaming has announced the appointment of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey to the organization’s board of directors. Morey has worked in the NBA for a decade, with seven years overseeing the Rockets and three years as SVP Operations for the Boston Celtics. On MLG’s board, Morey will …
Read More »EA confirms restructuring job losses; Hundreds feared to have been cut
Publisher EA has confirmed an an organisational restructure” that is feared to have led to hundreds of job losses. In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile,” an official statement read. This has led to some difficult decisions to …
Read More »Stackhouse takes charge of Activision UK as Brown heads to US
Activision has named Roy Stackhouse as the new general manager of its UK & Ireland arm. He replaces outgoing boss Andrew Brown, who MCV understands has accepted a role in the US. Stackhouse has been at Activision for over six years, and had most recently been the company’s commercial director …
Read More »David Reeves steps down as Capcom Europe’s COO
Industry stalwart and former PlayStation Europe boss David Reeves is stepping down as Capcom COO in January, MCV can reveal. He will return to the consultancy and advisory role he held before he was appointed COO in March 2010. Over the past three years I have been very fortunate to …
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