Tag: vice-president
Interview: Blizzard’s Frank Pearce on Warcraft milestones
by Marrrgarritas on Dec.10, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
Blizzard ’s Frank Pearce has been with the company since co-founding it in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse, along with Michael Morhaime and Allen Adham. Today, he’s the senior vice president and serves as the executive producer of World of Warcraft , which probably includes the duty of swimming in pools filled with gold coins, a la Scrooge McDuck. We talked to Frank about the milestones that Warcraft recently hit: 15 years for Warcraft and five for World of Warcraft , and how those games have changed the company
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GameStop creates additional digital media executive position
by jicyncrishrar on Nov.05, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
GameStop is serious about digital distribution — and it’s proved that by hiring another person to be in charge of it. Shawn D. Freeman will be the company’s new senior vice president and general manager of digital business, taking a position that the company has just created. Freeman has previously worked as president of Ticketsnow.com and senior vice president of resale for Ticketmaster, in addition to positions with Hotels.com and Handango. He’ll be “responsible for overseeing and cultivating the company’s digital business strategy,” according to GameStop’s statement.
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Nintendo patents football controller, looks a lot like a football
by dreatmediepup on Aug.25, 2009, under Gadgets, How To, Media, Video Games
At some point, it really behooves a gamer to ask the question, “How many peripherals is enough peripherals?” The Wii remote is a pretty sweet piece of technology. We get that. The nunchuk adds some much-needed flexibility, sure. MotionPlus adds some extra sensitivity for 1:1 play. Okay, we all want that, right
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GameStop pre-orders new CFO
by Aseessinasas on Aug.25, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
GameStop practices what it preaches — even when it comes to appointing new company executives. The video game retailer known for asking consumers to “guarantee” a copy of their games ahead of time has itself pre-ordered a new executive vice president slash chief financial officer. Catherine R.
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Epic Games Korea opens to work closely with local devs
by Totsdyday on Jun.29, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Rumors, Video Games
Epic Games has opened a new subsidiary in Seoul, Korea, with plans to provide licensing services and support resources to development teams using its Unreal Engine. Epic Games Korea will be led by Ray Park, formerly the business and strategy development manager for Microsoft’s in-game advertising company, Massive, Inc . While Epic Games has provided its Unreal Engine to teams in the territory for over five years, Park states the opening of a Korean subsidiary signifies Epic’s “desire to collaborate more closely with the [local] game development community.” Jay Wilbur, Epic Games’ vice president of business development, noted Epic Games Korea would serve as “a hub for Unreal Engine access, knowledge and support in the Korean marketplace.” Rumors of developer Silicon Knights moving to Korea in search of the support it claims to have never received from Epic Games could not be confirmed … because we made it up for the sake of a bad joke. [Image Credit: Nanopaprika ] Epic Games Korea opens to work closely with local devs originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:30:00 EST.
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EA exec: 360 has already been ‘maxed out’
by gigRowlclinge on Jun.10, 2009, under Gadgets, Media, Video Games
It’s hard for us to admit, but we don’t really understand technology. Yeah, crazy, right? For all we know, David the Gnome lives inside our 360 and has trained Swift to help him put the pictures on our TVs. Seriously, no clue how it all works
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EA exec: 360 has already been ‘maxed out’
