Nintendo icon Howard Phillips joins Epic-owned Chair Entertainment
Undertow developer
Chair Entertainment has hired
Howard Phillips as its new Studio Director. Phillips is best known for his time at Nintendo, during which he became a spokesman for the company
and the star of
Nintendo Power's "Howard & Nester" comic strip. Since then, he has worked at LucasArts, THQ, and Microsoft.
"Howard has a remarkable history in the video game industry, and we expect the talent at Chair Entertainment to thrive under his leadership," said Michael Capps, president of Chair owner Epic. Chair is currently working on
games based on Orson Scott Card's
Ender's Game and
Empire: Alpha Complex.
