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Former Netflix VP of video games Mike Verdu has left the streaming agency after almost 4 years.
The corporate has confirmed the information to PocketGamer.biz, initially reported by Recreation File. Verdu first joined Netflix in 2021 to go up its foray into video games.
He left the function in June final 12 months and ultimately took up the place of VP of GenAI for video games. On the time the manager mentioned he was working to drive “a as soon as in a technology inflection level” for sport improvement and participant experiences utilizing generative AI.
Management adjustments
Verdu was changed within the prime job by ex-Epic Video games EVP of improvement Alain Tascan as president of the video games division in July 2024.
Netflix has gone by means of a shake up of its video games operations since Tascan’s appointment. Earlier this 12 months, we reported that VP of exterior video games Leanne Loombe had left the corporate. In the meantime, the streaming agency additionally closed its inside studio Crew Blue, reportedly engaged on a triple-A, multi-platform sport.
Key employees members on the studio reminiscent of Overwatch govt producer Chacko Sonny, Halo artistic lead Joesph Staten and God of Warfare artwork director Rafael Grassetti additionally left the corporate.
Final 12 months Netflix Co-CEO Gregory Peters mentioned it had calibrated the expansion in funding in video games with the expansion within the enterprise impression.
“We’re being disciplined about how we scale that,” he mentioned throughout an investor name.
“So now clearly, the job is to proceed to develop that engagement to the place the place it has a fabric impression on the enterprise.”
