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Midway Boss Resigns, Board Makes Booty Call

Midway is in some serious trouble. First their VP, CFO, and Treasurer Thomas Powell resigns along with Senior Marketing VP Steve Allison back in January, and now their CEO David F. Zucker is jumping ship, leaving the board scrambling to find a new leader to help guide them out of the hole they've been digging. In the meantime, Senior Vice President of Midway Worldwide Studies David Booty will step in as interim CEO.
"I am excited to have the opportunity to lead our game teams and talented associates as we roll out our 2008 releases," said Matt Booty. "Our plans include significant front-line releases, ambitious new intellectual properties, reinvigorated franchises with well-established fan bases, and new offerings in the casual games space."
An important employee in the organization since 1991, don't be surprised if Midway decides to tap that Booty for the full time position when the time comes. More »

9:40 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Mike Fahey
2,640 views, 28 comments

Latest by Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.: David F Zucker? Matt Booty? How do they find these people? more »

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Former Nintendo Exec Joins Xbox Europe

David Gosen left his position as managing director of Nintendo of Europe back in August of 2004 to pursue opportunities in the mobile gaming market, but now he's back and ready to kick some Nintendo ass as the vice president of Strategic Marketing for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business in Europe. He'll be in charge of expanding the Xbox 360 into the mass-market in Europe, as well as being responsible for the European Xbox Live Business. If the recent Xbox 360 price drop was a nail poised over a larger share of the European market, Gosen is meant to be the hammer, ready to drive the nail home.
"I'm very excited to be part of Microsoft IEB at this key stage in the gaming industry," said Gosen. "Xbox 360 is now a mass-market gaming console, and with the recent ERP reduction we're poised to open the market for Xbox 360 even wider.
It should be interesting to see how the former Nintendo exec handles going up against a business he was instrumental in building. More »

8:40 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Mike Fahey
1,384 views, 52 comments

Latest by n/a: @candlejackThat does suck....you should think about an Elite. With the new motherboard in the Elite, you don't get that RROD. I understand the urge to mod....my original xbox has a 400 gig drive and I have saved 120+ games to more »