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Google Executive Jeff Huber Joins EA Board
Written by Doug Coleman / May 7, 2009 4:30 PM / 0 Comments

Independent video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts announced today that it has appointed Google Executive Jeff Huber to be the newest member of its Board of Directors.

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GAME Names New Finance Director
Written by Doug Coleman / May 7, 2009 12:34 PM / 0 Comments

UK games retailer GAME announced today that it has appointed Ben White to be its new Group Finance Director, beginning in July.

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Realtime Worlds Names Gary Dale CEO
Written by Doug Coleman / April 27, 2009 4:02 PM / 0 Comments

Independent game developer and publisher Realtime Worlds announced that it has named former Take-Two CEO Gary Dale to be its new Chief Executive Officer.

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SEGA Names New US President and COO
Written by Doug Coleman / April 23, 2009 1:29 PM / 0 Comments

The North American amusement facilities arm of global video game publisher SEGA announced today that it has appointed Cory Haynes to be its new President and Chief Operating Officer for

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Ex Current Media and AOL Vet Joins Sparkplay Media as CTO
Written by Doug Coleman / April 14, 2009 9:14 AM / 0 Comments

The word on the street today is that former Current Media CTO and AOL VP of Technology Stephen Blumenfeld is joining game developer Sparkplay Media as its new Chief Technology

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The Sims Creator Leaves EA to Head Stupid Fun Club
Written by Doug Coleman / April 9, 2009 12:15 PM / 0 Comments

Media and information site paidContent reports that The Sims and Sim City creator Will Wright is leaving game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (EA) to lead a new entertainment think

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Former Yahoo! Now Guitar Hero Frontman
Written by Doug Coleman / March 23, 2009 8:53 AM / 0 Comments

Activision Blizzard announced today that it has appointed former Yahoo! COO Dan Rosensweig to be its new President and CEO of of RedOctane, the business unit which develops the mega-popular

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Emergent Hires Two Biz Dev Execs
Written by Doug Coleman / March 20, 2009 10:44 AM / 0 Comments

Video game development tools company Emergent Game Technologies announced that it has added two business development executives to its team. Amanda Cinfio will be its new Director of Business Development

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Ubisoft Appoints Former Microsoft Manager as UK Marketing Director
Written by Doug Coleman / March 19, 2009 11:51 AM / 0 Comments

Computer gaming company Ubisoft announced today that it has appointed Murray Pannell to be its new UK Marketing Director. Pannell will be responsible for PR, brand and digital marketing for

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Zynga Hires New VP of Marketing
Written by Doug Coleman / March 12, 2009 9:31 AM / 0 Comments

Social gaming company Zynga announced that it has hired former EA digital media executive Brandon Barber to fill its newly created position of Vice President of Marketing. Barber will report

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Activision Blizzard Appoints European Managing Director
Written by Doug Coleman / March 2, 2009 10:27 AM / 1 Comments

Video game developer and publishers Activision and Vivendi Games merged last summer to form Activision Blizzard. Today the gaming giant announced that it has appointed Thibaud de Saint-Quentin to be

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New Blogger at Project Lore
Written by Doug Coleman / February 16, 2009 11:45 AM / 0 Comments

Cincinnati, Ohio college student and blogger Joshua Harris announced that he has been hired to blog for multimedia MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) game guides website Project Lore.

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Michael Zenke Leaves Massively.com, Joins Sony Online Entertainment- Austin
Written by Doug Coleman / February 11, 2009 9:17 AM / 0 Comments

Managing editor and games journalist Michael Zenke announced on MMOG Nation this morning that he will be "stepping away from Massively and games journalism" to pursue a position as a

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Sonic Boom Announces Two Executive Appointments
Written by Doug Coleman / February 10, 2009 12:26 PM / 0 Comments

Mobile applications and games publisher Sonic Boom announced today that it has appointed Josh Grant as its new Chief Operating Officer and Lou Fasulo as Senior Vice President of Publishing.

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I'minlikewithyou Hires CEO
Written by Doug Coleman / February 4, 2009 1:54 PM / 0 Comments

According to Silicon Alley Insider, New York City-based online gaming startup I'minlikewithyou plans to announce today that it has hired Dan Porter as its new Chief Executive Officer. Porter will

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Jagex Appoints CEO
Written by Doug Coleman / January 30, 2009 9:57 AM / 0 Comments

Cambridge, UK independent game developer and producer Jagex Ltd. announced today that it has appointed Mark Gerhard to be its new Chief Executive Officer. Gerhard is currently Chief Technical Officer

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Microsoft Appoints Games for Windows GM
Written by Doug Coleman / January 27, 2009 2:52 PM / 0 Comments

The Games for Windows team at Microsoft announced that Ron Pessner will be taking over for recent layoff casualty Chris Early as its new General Manager.

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id Software Announces Writer for Doom 4
Written by Doug Coleman / January 16, 2009 8:21 AM / 0 Comments

The video game developer behind popular series Doom, id Software, announced that it has hired British fantasy author Graham Joyce to write Doom 4, the latest entry in the Doom

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G4TV.com Hires Billy Berghammer as Director of Gaming Editorial
Written by Doug Coleman / January 14, 2009 3:55 PM / 0 Comments

Online tech, web culture and video game television site G4TV.com announced today that Billy Berghammer has been named its new Director of Gaming Editorial. He will be responsible for gaming

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Community Manager at Warhammer Leaves, Joins Parabellum
Written by Doug Coleman / December 22, 2008 5:47 PM / 0 Comments

Irish community manager Iain Compton announced on his blog last week he is leaving his current job as Community Manager of Warhammer: Age of Reckoning at Goa Games Services Ltd

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Infogames Hires Head For Its New Distribution Business
Written by Doug Coleman / December 22, 2008 1:07 PM / 0 Comments

French owner of Atari Infogames announced today that Jackie Fromion has joined the company as the head of its newly formed distribution business. The new business has temporarily been labeled

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Betfair Hires Chief Technology Officer
Written by Doug Coleman / December 18, 2008 11:32 AM / 0 Comments

Online gambling products and services company Betfair announced today it has hired Tony McAlister to be its new Chief Technology Officer. He will assume his new role January 9th.

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Rank Hires Managing Director of Blue Square
Written by Doug Coleman / December 15, 2008 8:00 AM / 0 Comments

European gaming business Rank Group, Plc. announced it has hired Mark Jones as Managing Director of it's interactive gaming business Blue Square. Jones will also become a part of the

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Linden Lab Hires Former Pixar VP
Written by Doug Coleman / December 2, 2008 10:20 AM / 0 Comments

Creator of virtual world Second Life announced today that they have hired Howard Look as Senior Vice President of Customer Applications. Look will oversee the development and improvement of the

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Sam Whitmore on Kellie Parker: Sega's Gain is IDG's Loss
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 29, 2008 9:34 AM / 0 Comments

One of our first posts on the new RWW Jobwire site was about the hiring of Kellie Parker as the new community manager for gaming company Sega. Jobwire guest editor

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