Category Archives: Ex-Microsoft

Seamus Blackley launches iOS games company with a boatload of Atari veterans

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ron

I was wondering where Seamus would end up after leaving Creative Artists after eight years, but I was pretty sure it’d be game related. I was right. Apparently he’s been planning this a while because he’s popped up as head … Continue reading →

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Seamus Blackley to leave Creative Artists Agency

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Ron

Seamus Blackley is leaving Creative Artists Agency after eight years. He’s reported to be planning to launch his own production company to develop games. Seamus was one of the original creators of the Xbox. While he was at CAA they … Continue reading →

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Otto Berkes – the last Xbox founder – leaves Microsoft

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ron

Way back when I was writing my OpenGL Book, I had the good fortune to run across some stupendous folks at Microsoft who were forthright and open and very very helpful to me, answering questions, implementation details, and generally reviewing … Continue reading →

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Kevin Bachus joins Bebo

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Ron

Social networking site Bebo (Blog Early, Blog Often.) has hired Kevin Bachus as their “Chief Product Officer”.  Bebo is similar (but smaller) than other social networking sites, like Facebook and MySpace. The most interesting thing about Bebo is that it … Continue reading →

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Nival closes LA office, Kevin Bachus not seen…

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Ron

I’ve always been fascinated by some of the folks who used to work in the DirectX/Xbox groups at Microsoft and how they manage pursue (seemingly) lucrative, somewhat high-profile careers with nothing but string of empty promises behind them. Kevin is … Continue reading →

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Sun shines on Infinium? oh, and Phantom delayed, yet again…

Posted on October 28, 2004 by Ron

Infinium Labs and Sun Microsystems announced today that the companies have signed a collaboration deal to create a network and infrastructure that streams content for Infinium’s Phantom Game Service, direct to the living room. “The Game Technologies Group’s understanding of … Continue reading →

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Phantom to go live Nov. 18

Posted on June 29, 2004 by Ron

Kevin Bachus shared the stage with Sun’s Scott McNealy at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco to announce the; “Phantom Gaming Service is slated to go live Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004. The Phantom Game Receiver will ship with the full … Continue reading →

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Yet more ex-MS employees form game company

Posted on March 20, 2004 by Ron

In what was probably one of the most successful spamming campaigns yet (judging by the sheer number of “announcements” that hit the web) two ex-Microsoft employees – Herb Marselas & Chas (Charles) Boyd formed Redmond game studio Emogence LLC. If … Continue reading →

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