Phil Harrison Becomes Infogrames President
By Chris on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 3:33 PM PST In Atari, Game Companies, Games Industry, Sony
Following his unexpected departure from Sony as head of worldwide studios, Infogrames has named Phil Harrison president of the company. He’ll work alongside the company’s new CEO, David Gardner.
“This is the perfect time to join Infogrames and help shape the future of Atari – one of the industry’s legendary brands. As the game business moves rapidly online I believe we have an outstanding opportunity to create amazing network game and community experiences for players the world over.
“I am especially excited to be working on this challenge together with David, one of the most respected leaders and successful executives in our industry,” said Harrison.
This was rumored to be the case, following Harrison’s apparent disenchantment with his former employer. A few weeks ago, we reported on how he was frustrated with his colleagues in Japan who believed there to be no market for social games in Japan – a market Nintendo is now thriving upon.
All Infogrames has really been known for is Unreal Tournament and now they’ve lost publishing of that to Midway and they haven’t developed a good really yet.