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Read More »Former Nintendo lead Howard Phillips joins casual game studio Gameduell
Industry veteran Howard Phillips has joined casual game company Gameduell as its head of game design and user experience. Phillips is expected to help oversee Gameduell’s social and mobile game development projects. The industry veeteran is best known for his time leading Nintendo’s North American operations during the 1980’s – …
Read More »Former EA executive Doug Bowser joins Nintendo
Nintendo has announced the hire of ex-EA exec Doug Bowser, which at least superficially appears to be a match made in heaven. Bowser joins Nintendo of America as the company’s new vice president of sales, and he’ll be reporting to executive vice president of sales and marketing Scott Moffit. "Doug …
Read More »Mass Effect producer Casey Hudson joins Microsoft’s HoloLens team
Ex-BioWare executive producer Casey Hudson has joined Microsoft Studios in the role of creative director. Hudson has begun work at Microsoft’s offices in Redmond, Washington, where he’ll focus on development of games and experience for the firm’s HoloLens headset. The industry vet spent over a decade and half overseeing the …
Read More »Unity hires Elizabeth Brown as chief people officer
Unity has hired former Microsoft executive Elizabeth Brown as its chief people officer. Brown will oversee the full life cycle of Unity Talent,” according to Unity – which includes recruitment, hires, personal development and retention. I’m super excited to be joining Unity at such an exciting time,” Brown said. I …
Read More »Boss Fight hires former Amazon gaming director
Dave Luehmann joins Dallas studio as VP of production
Read More »Valve’s Anna Sweet joins Oculus VR
Former Steam employee new head of developer strategy at virtual reality firm
Read More »Former Blizzard CCO Rob Pardo joins Unity
World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo has joined Unity in a creative advisor role for the game engine’s community of developers. The ex-Blizzard CCO states that the new part-time gig will include Pardo traveling the globe – visiting devs and studios across Asia, Europe and North America to discuss …
Read More »Destiny designer joins Bethesda
Destiny and Halo: Reach senior gameplay designer Josh Hamrick has announced his departure from Bungie to join Bethesda in an unspecified role. Hamrick – who joined Bungie in 2009 – revealed the news in a series of posts on Twitter earlier today. "Next Friday, after nearly 6 amazing years and …
Read More »Robert Bowling joins Humble Bundle as creative director
Fomer Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling has joined Humble Bundle as the company’s new VP and creative director. Speaking with IGN, Bowling confirmed his new appointment with the PC, Mac and Linux digital distributor. "Humble Bundle has been an inspiration for a while with the freedom they bring to …
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