QB’s interview with Glu Part 1

October 16th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Our friends at QB have put Glu in the spotlight as they held an interview with Glu’s CEO Greg Ballard. They discuss licensing strategies (why choose Glu over EA) and what is even more interesting, who’s right

Interview with David Gosen part 2 online

October 6th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

MobileIndustry.biz just posted their part 2 of the interview with I-Play’s CEO David Gosen.

Interview with I-Play’s David Gosen part 1

October 6th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

MobileIndustry.biz sat down with I-Play’s CEO David Gosen. Following the recent press releases and gossip in the industry, MI focuses on the business side of things.

Vodafone content guru steps down

October 5th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Graeme Ferguson, global head of content development At Vodafone UK, resigned from his job. Vodafone will replace him with Dirk Wierzbitzki. It’s unclear if this is because of the major reorganization.

Keith McCurdy makes a quick jump to COO

September 22nd, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

Having joined Hands-On only recently as president of studios and products at Hands-On, Keith already made the jump to COO within the company. Keith will now be responsible for North-American operator sales, marketing and business development.

Interview with Midori Yuassa

September 11th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

MobileIndustry.biz posted their interview with Midori Yuasa, EVP at Capcom regarding their experience in the mobile market. In the interview, Midori discusses the problems in the US market handsets vs the Asian models, their competition toward companies like EA and if mobile gaming will indeed take over from console and PC titles.

Player X polishes US team with new VP

September 5th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Player X is boosting it’s US salesforce by adding Scott Meyer to the team. Scot, who has previously worked at companies like In-Fusio and Real Networks, will operate in the team as the new VP.

"I look forward to being part of the team that expands Player X’s success into this market place." Said Scott Meyer.

Jamdat’s main 3 to leave

September 4th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Moconews reports that all three co-founders of Jamdat (now EA Mobile) are leaving the company. Scott Lahman, Zack Norman and Austin Murray already left. Mitch Lasky, former CEO of Jamdat, now CEO of EA Mobile will stay however. The news is not official yet, but knowing MoCoNews, it will soon.

Ed Lang from SE to Playboy Mobile

August 2nd, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

MoCoNews today announced the move of Ed Lang from Sony Mobile to Playboy Mobile. Ed’s task will be to improve business as Playboy has a hard time getting well positioned into the US market. MoCoNews suggests a possible D2C move.

From Blaze to Hands-On: Keith McCurdy

July 26th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Industry veteran Keith McCurdy has signed for a new position at Hands-On. Keith already worked in the entertainment industry for 20 years where his most recent position was as CEO for Blaze (Kayak interactive). Before that Keith fulfilled several positions in EA. Keith started July 17th. Till date, Blaze hasn’t announced a replacement.