Howard Phillips, former āPresidentā of the Nintendo Fun Club and Nintendo figurehead, has a new gig. Heās the new studio director at Chair Entertainment, the development house snatched up by Epic Games last year.
Phillips other gigs include a stint as one half of the comic duo Howard and Nester, a long-running feature in Nintendo Power, and product development roles at Microsoft, THQ and LucasArts. Heās sitting down at Chair to help the studio grow as it moves from smaller Xbox Live Arcade games like Undertow to the studioās Enderās Game project(s) and Empire.
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Chair owner Epic Games says it plans to show off new Unreal Engine 3 features next week at GDC.
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Nintendo Veteran Howard Philips To Direct Epicās Chair Entertainment [Gamasutra]
