Posts Tagged ‘ceo’
Square Enix and Eidos working on something together
This was probably expected but is still news anyways — Back in April Square Enix announced that it had effectively taken over Eidos but ever since we haven’t heard much out of the two companies.
Well, Yoichi Wada, Square Enix’s CEO, was recently quoted to say in an interview with Gamasutra that while it was possible that they would be working on Eidos with an existing IP “but what’s more important is that the two companies, for example, are going to be creating a new IP together.”
So, the guys behind the Final Fantasy series will be collaborating with the guys behind the Tomb Raider series for an all new IP. No way of telling what’s in store for us but let’s hope its good, Mr. Wada.
Take Two exec joins Realtime Worlds as CEO
It was recently announced that Take Two executive Gary Dale has taken the seat as Realtime Worlds new CEO. If you’re not familiar with Realtime Worlds, you may be familiar with its debut title Crackdown; you know, the game that came with a Halo 3 multiplayer beta key? Yeah, that one.
Co-founder and creative director of Realtime Worlds, David Jones, had this to say about Mr. Dale:
“Having worked with Gary earlier in his career at BMG Interactive, I am deeply impressed with his management style and profound understanding of the entertainment business. As RTW transitions from being a traditional developer to an online publisher I could not be happier that Gary will lead us through this exciting phase of our growth.”
The real growth we will see from Realtime Worlds, however, is with their upcoming GTA-esque MMO All Points Bulletin.
Press release after the break. More »
Reeves Leaving SCEE, House New CEO
Sony today sent out word that SCEE president and CEO David Reeves is to retire from the company at the end of the month.
Reeves has been in SCEE since 1995, initially managing several regional offices and helping launch the first PlayStation console in Europe. He moved to the UK in 1999 and became senior vice president for sales and marketing before the launch of the PS2. Reeves was finally named president of SCEE in 2005 and then CEO two years later.
His role will be filled by Andrew House, former chief marketing officer of Sony Corporation. House has been with Sony since 1990 and led the marketing strategies for the PS1, PS2 and PSP in America.
THQ: "Hardware Cycle Not Applicable Anymore"
THQ president and CEO Brian Ferell believes that the game industry’s traditional “hardware cycle” no longer applies in the current market.
“We used to always think of this industry as “the cycle,’” he said. “I think the reality now is there are several sub-cycles.”
Ferell then goes on to state that the industry has at least three separate sub-cycles – the handheld market, the competition between the PS3 and Xbox 360, and then the Wii. He further noted that yet another sub-cycle may be coming up in the online games market.
“It’s hard now to talk about ‘the cycle’—I think we have to talk about all of the cycles,” Ferrell added. “The way we think about it at THQ is we plan our business around each of those platforms, not around ‘the cycle.’”