Archive for the ‘People’ Category

Namco Hires Jonathan Kromrey

August 4th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

More news surfaces on Namco's new Apple Games unit as they hired Jonathan Kromrey (fa ormer Apple games producer) to head up the division as general manager.

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Stuart Dredge Joins ME

August 3rd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Stuart Dredge, the well known journalist from the Pocket Gamer sites is officially leaving PocketGamer.biz for competitor Mobile Entertainment Magazine.

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Glu Hires James Scalpello

July 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

According to Mobile Entertainment Magazine, Glu has hired former THQ Wireless executive James Scalpello. James Scalpello will function as their new EMEA marketing director..

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Luca Pagano Joins EA Mobile

July 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Coming from the well known mobile games and content aggregator Buongiorno, Luca Pagano has been announced to have taken a new position at EA Mobile as head of publishing for Europe.

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Glu CEO Greg Ballard Stepping Down

July 8th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

Glu (GLUU) has announced that the company's CEO and President Greg Ballard has indicated his intention to end his career as the CEO of the well known publisher.

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Bertrand Louveau Leaves Mobile Distillery

June 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 1 Comment »

Mobile Distillery's VP of International Business Development, Bertrand Louveau, has announced that he will be leaving the company after 3 years of service.

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ngmoco Hires Simon Jeffery and Starts Plus+

June 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

ngmoco has announced that the company hired former Sega of America president and COO Simon Jeffery as Chief Publishing Officer for their new Plus+ Publishing services.

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Baby News – Stu

May 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 6 Comments »

The mobile games industry is one big family. As that family is expending, we will start featuring something new called Baby News. As so, we congratulate Stu from Pocket Gamer today. We don’t know if the little one has stuck it’s head out already, but we know it’s about to happen. Congratulations! (leave your messages after the jump).

GlobalFun Hires Mikael Nerde

March 31st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | No Comments »

Mobile game developer and publisher GlobalFun has announced that it will be adding Mikael Nerde to its board of directors. Mikael used to be head of applications acquisitions and content planning at SonyEricsson.

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Glu Shows 2009 Management Bonuses

March 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in People | 3 Comments »

Glu's management is working hard to get the company back in a healthy position. One of the steps taken was by Greg Ballard himself as he reduced his salary to give the company more room to breathe.