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One of the most celebrated creative minds in the world of gaming, Peter Molyneux, has announced that he is to quit both developer Lionhead and its owner Microsoft. Molyneux will continue to work as a consultant on Xbox 360 Kinect title Fable: The Journey until its release later this year. …

Disney’s senior vice president and general manager of core games Alex Seropian has left the company after a year in charge of its Interactive division. Gamasutra reports that Seropian, who was a co-founder of Bungie, is a victim of Disney’s increasing distancing from the core games market. Former Blizzard executive …

God of War co-creator David Jaffe is expected to quit the studio he co-founded in 2007, reports claim. Independent studio Eat Sleep Play, based in Utah, is thought to be issuing redundancies as it finishes wor on the PS3 project Twisted Metal. Regional newspaperSalt Lake Tribuneclaims that eight employees have …

Microsoft’s Xbox Live policy and enforcement director Stephen Toulouse is to quit the firm after 18 years. He resigns on February 15th to explore other opportunities”. Known as StepTo to many Xbox gamers, Toulouse has for many years been the face of Xbox to much of its social networking community …

John Earner, the Playfish executive who spearheaded breakthrough games Pet Society and Restaurant City, is believed to have left parent company EA. The young games exec will join investment group Accel Partners, according to aTech Crunch report.EA has yet to comment on the matter. If true, Earner’s departure would follow …

The boss of PlayStation Network at Sony America has left the company. VentureBeat reports that Susan Panico left after a successful spell that saw the service increase its user base significantly and strike a number of important content deals with partners. We can confirm Susan has left SCEA. We thank …

Sony Computer Entertainment America has been rocked by the departure of two more key executives. IndustryGamers reports that both VP of marketing Scott Steinberg and senior VP of publisher relations Rob Dyer have quit the publisher. Steinberg was rumoured to have been escorted out of the building by security, though …

The creative figurehead behind Ico and Shadow of the Colossus has quit Sony Japan with his third project unfinished, a new report suggests. Eurogamersources claim that Fumito Ueda has departed as Team Ico creative director at Sony’s Tokyo development hub. It is speculated that the 41-year-old will finish his third …

One of the leading executives at games streaming service OnLive has quit the firm for a role at Disney Interactive Media. John Spinale, who was until recently OnLive vice president of for games and media, has accepted the role of senior VP of social games at Disney. He’ll have a …

Owen Van Natta, the former CEO of MySpace, is to quit his position as chief business officer at casual games giant Zynga. He will, however, remain on the company’s board and is still employed as a strategic advisor. The decision will cost Van Natta millions of shares in the business, …