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European chief resigns after six years

European chief resigns after six years

The current Nintendo of Europe boss Stephan Bole is stepping down after six years in office and will be replaced by Luciano Pereña. Stephan Bole, President of Nintendo of Europe, is leaving his employer after more than 35 years of service. Bole was Marketing Director when he joined Nintendo’s French branch in 1993. In 2018, ...

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Blizzard Entertainment: WarCraft General Manager resigns

Blizzard Entertainment: WarCraft General Manager resigns

At Blizzard Entertainment, a particularly well-known employee is once again leaving: the General Manager of the WarCraft franchise. Cult developer Blizzard Entertainment has to cope with and accept another prominent departure. John Hight, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the WarCraft franchise, announced via social media that he is leaving Blizzard. He previously worked ...

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Helldivers 2: Arrowhead CEO resigns, but has a plan

Helldivers 2: Arrowhead CEO resigns, but has a plan

Something different every now and then. Despite the immense success of Helldivers 2, Arrowhead boss Johan Pilestedt has announced his resignation, but there is a very good reason for this. Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has resigned and left his position to Shams Jorjani, who has years of experience in management positions at Hooded Horse and ...

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“I hope I don’t see him in the industry anymore,” the head of Activision Blizzard resigns.  A departure that heralds many changes for the video game industry

“I hope I don’t see him in the industry anymore,” the head of Activision Blizzard resigns. A departure that heralds many changes for the video game industry

Gaming News “I hope I don’t see him in the industry anymore,” the head of Activision Blizzard resigns. A departure that heralds many changes for the video game industry Published on December 22nd, 2023 at 5:20 p.m Share: Two months after the completion of Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, CEO of the American publisher, ...

Linus Sebastian resigns as CEO of the Linus Media Group

Linus Sebastian resigns as CEO of the Linus Media Group

screenshot: youtube Canadian YouTuber Linus Sebastian is best known to most as the man behind the wildly popular video Technical tips from Linus Channel has announced that he is stepping down as CEO of the companies he co-founded and has led for the past decade. An anime that might make you want to put your ...

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Controversial executive resigns from Call of Duty publisher

Controversial executive resigns from Call of Duty publisher

screenshot: CBS Viacom/Kotaku In a past life, Frances Townsend defended the legal basis for the torture method known as waterboarding George W. Bush’s War on Terror. In a more recent one, she has helped direct Activision Blizzard’s initially unmusical response a major sexual harassment lawsuit from the state of California. Now she resigns as that ...

Vince McMahon resigns as WWE CEO over affair allegations

Vince McMahon resigns as WWE CEO over affair allegations

photo: George Napolitano (Getty Images) Today, WWE CEO Vince McMahon “voluntarily” resigned from his roles within the company amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged affair and payoff with a WWE employee. according to that Wall Street Journal. His daughter Stephanie McMahon will serve as interim CEO and Chair of Wrestling Promotion. yesterday that Wall ...

Kinect Creator Resigns After Watching “VR Porn” At Work

Kinect Creator Resigns After Watching “VR Porn” At Work

photo: Gabriel Bouys (Getty Images) Alex Kipman, a longtime Microsoft executive, is leaving the company after 21 years amid numerous misconduct allegations. insider reports. Allegations include inappropriately touching female employees and watching what a witness described as “VR porn” at work. Many in the gaming world may recognize Kipman for the Xbox motion sensor accessory ...

Will Smith resigns from academy after Chris Rock’s Oscar blow

Will Smith resigns from academy after Chris Rock’s Oscar blow

Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences after beating Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards earlier this week. While presenting the Oscar for best documentary, Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s hair loss. Smith then took the stage and punched the comedian, yelling at him to “stay.” ...