US divison is problematic, says Gardner

While setting out his vision for a new Atari, CEO David Gardner admitted that the firm’s US-based operation has lost Infogrames money – but insists that there will be no sell-off within the loss-making division. It’s true it has lost plenty of money,” he told MCV. We don’t directly control …

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Take-Two hires new executives

GTA publisher, Take-Two, has unveiled three new appointments to its management team. The Board of directors has named Strauss Zelnick, currently non-executive chairman, as the new executive chairman. Ben Feder has been employed as CEO of Take-Two until October 31st 2012. And Karl Slatoff was named executive vice president, with …

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INTERVIEW – Ubisoft

What do you think was the secret behind such a successful 2007 for the company? The key to the performance was a combination of elements. The most important was innovation. We were able to be successful with new products on the casual business, with a lot of new products for …

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Never a dull moment in Gardner’s world

Gardner’s CV is not to be sniffed at – most would be pleased enough with setting up and running EA Europe in the mid-eighties, but he subsequently climbed the ranks of the industry’s largest third party publisher to become VP of international publishing and then EVP of EA’s worldwide studios, …

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Gardner: Were rebooting Atari

One killer title per quarter, a revolutionary online portal, more open dialogue with Atari’s US operation and a ramping up of its distribution business were just some of the targets Gardner outlined in an exclusive interview with MCV earlier this week. But first and foremost, Gardner plans to push the …

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