Last week Cammie Dunaway left the gaming industry after three years as Nintendo’s executive vice president of sales and marketing. Where is Cammie going? She’s taken on a role that will generate countless jobs for children 13 and under.
The man with one of the most impressive houses in the gaming industry now has a title to match, as Microsoft officially makes Don Mattrick the president of its Interactive Entertainment Business.
A potential gaming push by Amazon.com gets a big boost, as Microsoft’s director of game platform strategy Andre Vrignaud takes on a new role with the online retailer, and he’s “very intrigued about what Amazon is looking to do”.
After a two-year stint as chief executive officer of GameStop, Dan DeMatteo slides over into the executive chairman position, with new CEO J. Paul Raines stepping in to guide the company to new heights of marketplace dominance.
Say. It. Ain’t. So. Reports indicate that J Allard, a driving force behind the design of the Xbox (and the Zune) is leaving Microsoft, after his latest dream project was binned by the company.
No, it’s not what you think. Robert Kotick, CEO and president of Activision Blizzard, is still head of the world’s biggest third-party publisher. But one of his closest colleagues, Mike Griffith – CEO & president of Activision – has resigned.
I half imagine Atari’s board of directors has a sticker on its windshield reminding it to change CEOs every 5,000 miles. Sure enough, it’s happened again. Former chief operating officer Jeff Lapin is now in the top job.
Another man overboard. Joining former Grokster exec Wayne Rosso, Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde is abandoning the BitTorrent site he co-founded.