Shane Kim, Former VP of Microsoft Game Studios, Joins Zipline Games Board of Directors
Shane Kim, Former VP of Microsoft Game Studios, Joins Zipline Games Board of Directors
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) August 08, 2011
Zipline Games, creator of the Moai game development platform, today announced the addition of Shane Kim to its board of directors. Shane is the former corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, where he managed many top console franchises including Halo, Gears of War, Fable, and Forza Motorsport. Shane will help advise Zipline Games in expanding its game development platform and studio partnerships. Shane has recently taken roles with several gaming technology companies, including Jambool and GameStop (to help drive digital game distribution strategy).
“Shane has very deep experience working with AAA development studios and a world-class online gaming service,” said Todd Hooper, CEO of Zipline Games. “Shane’s knowledge, advice and help will be invaluable as we enhance the Moai platform and partner with more and more game studios.”
“With Moai, Zipline has a fresh and well-executed approach to helping studios build cross-platform mobile games and the cloud infrastructure those games need to be successful,” added Shane Kim. “I am looking forward to working with Zipline Games and helping shape its growth and success.
Billed as the mobile platform for pro game developers, the Moai platform differentiates itself through its cloud-based game services and rapid development of iOS and Android titles, all built in the industry standard Lua scripting language. Zipline has been targeting mobile development efforts at top studios and recently announced that Jordan Weisman’s Crimson, the first title published by Bungie Aerospace, is being built on the Moai platform.
About Zipline Games
Zipline Games is a Seattle-based mobile games company and the creator of the Moai game development platform. Zipline was founded by game industry veterans experienced with the challenges of mobile games development and with the vision of making development faster and easier so developers can focus on creating innovative games with great gameplay. Zipline’s investors include Founders Co-Op, Benaroya Capital and Groundspeak.
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