This isn't something that happens everyday, but todays the day where it seems to have happened.
Peter Moore, a big name in the gaming industry, and the Corporate Vice President of IEB (Interactive Entertainment Business) is resigning from Microsoft for personal reasons.
Peter Moore, who currently serves as corporate vice president of IEB, has decided to move his family back to the Bay Area for personal reasons and has secured another opportunity in the video games industry.
Replacing him will be
Don Mattrick, who was the former president of
Electronic Arts Inc., whose job will now include overseeing the XBOX and Games for Windows businesses.
Mattick will be taking over the position of senior vice president of IEB at Microsoft, effective from July 30th. Previously in senior positions at EA (as mentioned above), he resigned from Worldwide Studios in Feb 2006 and joined Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft as an external advisor in Feb 2007.
Oh and there's also a twist... he's new employer is none other than Electronic Arts, the former employer of Mattrick.
“Peter has contributed enormously to the games business since joining Microsoft in 2003 and we are sad to see him go,” said Robbie Bach, president of Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. “Since that time, he presided over the global launch of the Xbox 360™, spearheaded a revitalized and rebranded Games for Windows business, and helped steer the console’s ascent.”
Moore has decided to return with his family to Northern California, where they lived until he took the position at Microsoft. Moore will remain at Microsoft to assist in the transition through August and will then return to the San Francisco Bay area.
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Disclaimer: I did not come up with the above joke
So yeah, it's completely your joke :@
Kru Edit: Disclaimer: I did not edit your post
>_> lovely