Naughty Dog Co-Founder is New President of THQ
EVP of Core games, Danny Bilson, exits.
Surprise! THQ has appointed a new president to run the publisher's worldwide product development - and it's Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin. As he enters, charismatic Core games EVP Danny Bilson exits - he will be leaving the company to reportedly pursue other interests.
Rubin joins THQ after helping to establish the PlayStation-allied studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter and Uncharted. His day-to-day will involve marketing and publishing operations of THQ's projects, answering directly to chairman and CEO Brian Farrell. Joining him will be a new Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Kay, who has previously served as an executive at Activision, Columbia and HBO.
It seems that Bilson's work in pushing THQ forward as a core games publisher is being continued with Rubin at the helm, with the company stating that the personnel shuffle "comes as THQ realigns its focus from a maker of licensed games for broad audiences to a developer of triple-A core games for multiple platforms."
SVP of Core Studios, Dave Davis, will be leaving with Bilson. No reason was given for the departure.
Rubin joins THQ after helping to establish the PlayStation-allied studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter and Uncharted. His day-to-day will involve marketing and publishing operations of THQ's projects, answering directly to chairman and CEO Brian Farrell. Joining him will be a new Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Kay, who has previously served as an executive at Activision, Columbia and HBO.
It seems that Bilson's work in pushing THQ forward as a core games publisher is being continued with Rubin at the helm, with the company stating that the personnel shuffle "comes as THQ realigns its focus from a maker of licensed games for broad audiences to a developer of triple-A core games for multiple platforms."
SVP of Core Studios, Dave Davis, will be leaving with Bilson. No reason was given for the departure.
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