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Phil Harrison has at last spoken of his high-profile move to Microsoft Game Studios Europe. I am excited to be joining the senior team at Microsoft at a pivotal time for our industry,” he stated. I am really impressed with the company’s long-term vision for growing the market for interactive …
Read More »Phil Harrison’s appointment and what it means for Microsoft
It’s easy to see Phil Harrison’s appointment as the boss of Microsoft Studios Europe as a vanity signing. After all, Peter Molyneux is one of the greatest and most respected figures in global games development. They are big boots to fill. Literally – Peter Molyneux is a tall man. But …
Read More »Harrison predicts total Apple dominance
Apple could be in complete control of the video games market in a decade’s time, according to a new prediction from former Sony Studios boss and PlayStation guru Phil Harrison. "At this trajectory, if you extrapolate the market-share gains that they are making, forward for ten years – if they …
Read More »Harrison joins Gaikai board
Phil Harrison has joined the advisory board of cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai. According to the company, his involvement in Gaikai’s operation will help ‘disrupt the way games are discovered and enjoyed’ by consumers. Harrison, general partner at London Venture Partners and former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios …
Read More »Harrison: Iwata is wrong
Former Sony Studios boss and general partner at London Venture Partners Phil Harrison has dismissed Saturo Iwata’s recent criticism of the App Store revolution at GDC. "Iwata-san has done an incredible job rebuilding Nintendo over the last few years," Harrison told Industry Gamers. "He is a great leader of that …
Read More »Harrison foresees console-quality browser games
Phil Harrison has predicted that console quality gaming in web browsers will emerge as the next-gen gaming platform. Speaking at his keynote session at the Italian Videogame Developers Conference in Rome, the London Venture Partners co-founder asked the crowd if they believed they would ever see a game of the …
Read More »The PS3 can sell more than PS2
As the most successful home console the world has ever known, Sony’s PS2, celebrates its tenth birthday in Europe, former SCEE president Chris Deering has said that the PS3 could yet go on to eclipse its accomplishments. Now entering its 11th year, the PS2 has sold a total of 147.6m …
Read More »IVDC 2010 speaker program confirmed
Italian conference's organisers detail expanded sessions list
Read More »Harrison, Molyneux and Yerli set to speak at IVDC
English language Italian Videogame Developers Conference welcomes big names to stage
Read More »Phil Harrison â?? A legend speaks
The former Sony stalwart talks to Develop about two decades at the heart of the games industry
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