Phil Harrison is new president of Infogrames ... wow
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Mar 3rd 2008 11:00PM
The
rumors of a "Phil eye for the Atari guy" are true.
Former Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison has joined Atari's parent company Infogrames with the title of
Directeur Général Délégué (President). Harrison will report directly to Infogrames CEO David Gardner, who
plans to announce tomorrow how he's going to
turn the beleaguered company around -- and we're guessing Harrison will have a huge role in doing that.
Harrison's fancy French title (which we're sure to use every chance we can) isn't going to protect him from the hard road ahead. The plan is apparently for Harrison and Gardner to turn Atari into "a leading online game company." Despite Gardner's belief that Infogrames has a "strong financial foundation," its going to take a lot of "show us" over the next few years before
Atari gets off the D-list. But
damn, is getting Harrison on the team a good start.
[Via
PS3 Fanboy]
