Gazillion Entertainment Names Former Microsoft Game Studios General Manager Stuart Moulder as Vice President of Studios

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Tue May 19, 2009 3:00pm EDT

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Gazillion Entertainment, a leading developer, publisher and operator of
massively multiplayer online (MMO) games for wide audiences, announced today
that former Microsoft Game Studios Executive Stuart Moulder has joined as Vice
President of Studios. Stuart will be responsible for the overall management of
Gazillion`s game development efforts across the company`s studios. 

A seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in the gaming space, Mr.
Moulder began his career with Sierra On-line and Sierra`s online gaming network
The ImagiNation Network. Following Sierra, Stuart was General Manager of
Microsoft Game Studios. During his eight years at Microsoft, Stuart managed
Microsoft`s game development business and was responsible for acquiring and
managing developers such as the iconic Bungie (Halo), Ensemble Studios (Age of
Empires) and FASA (MechWarrior) teams. 

Most recently, Stuart was Senior Vice President at Screenlife where he helped
the company bring their Scene It? franchise to the Xbox 360 and mobile phone
platforms, and where he helped lead the sale of Screenlife to Paramount Digital.


"Stuart is widely recognized as an industry leader with a wealth of experience
managing teams who have developed multiple blockbuster titles," said Rob Hutter,
CEO of Gazillion. "We`re pleased that Stuart has elected to contribute his deep
game industry expertise and proven game development leadership." 

"I`m thoroughly excited about the chance to join the team at Gazillion
Entertainment," said Stuart. "The mass market MMO space is adding new gamers at
a stunning pace and, with the team and titles already in place at Gazillion, the
company is well positioned to contend for leadership within the market space in
the years ahead." 

Stuart Moulder will be based out of Gazillion Headquarters in San Mateo, CA and
out of Amazing Society in Issaquah, WA. 

Gazillion Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and operator of
massively multiplayer online (MMO) games for wide audiences. Gazillion has
assembled talent from across the landscape of MMOs, videogames, animated feature
films and technology to address the mission of building breakthrough massively
multiplayer experiences featuring world class brands and original franchises,
superior production quality and unmatched gameplay. Headquartered in San Mateo,
California, Gazillion has four independent but wholly owned MMO development
studios located in California, Colorado, and Washington currently in production
on Casual and AAA MMO properties. The company also owns the award-winning
SmartyCard payment service for younger audiences which works with leading online
games and more. For more information on Gazillion, its products and services
please visit www.gazillion.com. 





Gazillion Entertainment, Inc.
Keith Mutzman, 650-532-1345
PR Manager
keith.mutzman@gazillion.com

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