Gearbox Software: Randy Pitchford is no longer the president

Gearbox Software, LLC es una compañía desarrolladora de videojuegos de Estados Unidos con sede en Plano, Texas.

Randy Pitchford is no longer president of Gearbox Software. Which was initially just a rumor, he has now confirmed in a personal Tweet. But unlike previously speculated, he does not leave the company, but is retained. Thus, managing director of the parent company Gearbox Entertainment is still. His successor for the office of the President has already been found: it is Steve Jones, who previously worked as a Chief Technology Officer at Gearbox Software.

In the future, Pitchford wants to focus on the Movies and Series segment, which is located under the roof of the recently established Gearbox Studios. Among other things, the Borderlands movie has been announced for some time is likely to be included in the actor like Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curties and Jack Black. However, there is no concrete start date for this.

Randy Pitchford belongs to the founders of Gearbox Software. Together with some colleagues he raised the developer studio in February 1999 from baptism. However, his career in the gaming business he began at 3D Realms, where he has participated in games like Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem 3D. In May 1997, he moved to the Studio Rebel Boat Rocker, which was founded shortly before by some former 3D Realms employees. There he looked at the ego shooter Prax was with that actually appeared under the banner of Electronic Arts, but it never happened to the release.

From André left author 07.10.2021 at 12:47