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Read More »Phil Harrison named Development Legend
Former Sony Studios head takes home key accolade at Develop Awards
Read More »Phil Harrison leaves Atari post
Shock move sees development stalwart take on non-exec role
Read More »Harrison: We’ll prove Activision wrong
Atari president Phil Harrison has told MCV that he wants to leave Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick red-faced for dumping the Ghostbusters game. The title, which Atari announced it had picked up this month, was originally on Vivendi’s release schedule before the ‘merger’ between the company and Activision in December …
Read More »Atari Live: Video of Atari’s "retail vision" online now
A video of the keynote presentation from this week’s Atari Live event is now available to view online on the publisher’s official website. The footage focuses on the speech given by Atari’s CEO David Gardner and president Phil Harrison on Atari’s retail vision and the plans for the company’s future. …
Read More »Harrison headlining Unity conference
Atari president to keynote event dedicated to game engine
Read More »Phil Harrison gets behind iPod
Atari president Phil Harrison has said that Apple’s handheld devices and distribution service are changing the way we consumer and interact with media”. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Atari to back away from boxed product
Atari has revealed that 90 per cent of its output will be online-only in a few years as it increasingly favours online titles over traditional retail. The publisher’s recent deal with Namco Bandai includes a clause which gives the Japanese developer and publisher the option to buy Infogrames’ distribution business …
Read More »Sony working with Phil Harrison
Sony has filed two patent applications related to a new touchscreen gaming interface – and the company has codenamed one ‘Phil Harrison’. According to the EETimes: ‘One application shows a handheld touch device that would allow both direct and gesture-based input and which would also provide force feedback across the …
Read More »Apple Europe boss joins Infogrames Board
Infogrames has hired another big-name exec to help see through the ‘Atari transformation’, with former Apple general manager and vice president of EMEA Pascal Cagni becoming an independent director on the firm’s Board. The company, currently in the midst of a transformative revamp around its Atari brand, earlier this year …
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