Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Activision UK managing director Peter Hepworth leaves company]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/03/activision-uk-managing-director-peter-hepworth-leaves-company/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/03/activision-uk-managing-director-peter-hepworth-leaves-company/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/03/activision-uk-managing-director-peter-hepworth-leaves-company/#commentsUK head Peter Hepworth leaves ActivisionPeter Hepworth has been with Activision in the UK for years now, first answering the call of duty (sorry!) back in 2005. Hepworth would assume various roles during his tenure, starting as CFO of Europe and eventually taking over as UK managing director in August of 2011, the current position he has left vacant today.

Hepworth decided to step down amidst the ongoing layoffs initiated by Activision back in October, layoffs which have only affected the publishing side of its Minneapolis branch so far. Taking over for Hepworth is his predecessor and current VP of sales, Andrew Brown - the individual whom preceded Hepworth. Brown will now oversee the UK territory on an interim basis, until a new managing director is selected.

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If it weren't for the fact that the recent "Andrew Brown asks" is a featured piece on UK-based MCV, the answers to his questions repeatedly starting with "Whilst" would have likely tipped us off to the Britishness of the feature and all involved. Both Sony's Ray Maguire and Nintendo's David Yarnton employ the subordinating conjunction whilst responding to questions about everything from the future of digital distribution to what the industry will look like in 2019. Though the Sony and Nintendo execs were a bit more reserved in their predictions, Microsoft's Neil Thompson believes digital distribution will "explode in the next three years." All three gentlemen admitted that retail will still play a major role for (at very least) a few more years.

As for cloud computing, only Microsoft's Thompson seems to be on board. "I'm convinced cloud will play a central role in the games industry of the future ... our strategy is certainly to enable people to connect to their key entertainment content through innovative services that span across multiple devices." Our only worry is that, by the time all this future stuff arrives, we'll be too busy cruising around in our flying cars to care.

JoystiqActivision UK head polls execs from 'The Big Three' on digital distribution, cloud gaming originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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