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Monumental Games appoints studio heads to drive growth

~ creates three focused studios to capitalise on new business opportunities and technological developments ~

March 03, 2010

Monumental Games has made three key appointments as it structures its business for the future to take advantage of business growth opportunities and technology advances.

The online games developer has created three divisions to focus on building its offerings and skills across the core areas of its business.

Monumental Conversion and Emerging Technologies (CET) will work on future technology developments within gaming such as augmented reality and motion controllers as well as technical conversion. It will be headed up by Michael Delves who has over 23 years in the gaming industry working with the likes of Hasbro, Software Creations, Acclaim and
Silverback Studios.

Monumental Online has been created to develop the Monumental Technology Suite and existing Massively-Multiplayer Online (MMO) games, Football Superstars, published by Cyber Sports, and the newer Hunters World. Gylan Hunter has been chosen to head up this area of the business and is also the chief art director. He was employee number three at Monumental Games, joining back in 2005. He has over 12 years’ industry experience and has worked on games such as Need for Speed, Alone In The Dark and Moto GP 2 and 3.

Monumental Racing will continue its work on Moto GP, which is published by Capcom, and will further develop Monumental Games’ racing technology capabilities. This division will be headed by Andy Norman who started his professional life at the BBC. He entered the gaming industry in 2000 and has worked with leading players such as Eidos, EA and SEGA before joining Monumental Games towards the end of 2009.

Executive quote

“Basing our business around our three core competencies reinforces our commitment to these key areas,” explained Rik Alexander, CEO of Monumental Games. “This approach puts us in a strong position to capitalise on growth opportunities in each area, improving internal focus and providing a clearer representation of our business to our present and future partners.”

About the company

Headquartered in Nottingham (UK), Monumental Games owns and operates proprietary technology for the creation of Massively-Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs). Monumental was founded in 2005 by industry veterans Rik Alexander and Rocco Loscalzo, and is the developer behind MotoGP 09/10 (Capcom), Football Superstars (Cybersports) and Hunter’s World (Monumental’s own IP). Monumental has over 100 staff employed across three studios worldwide.

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Alex Clough at LEWIS, the PR agency
Tel: +44 (0) 161 457 2055
Email: monumentalgames@lewispr.com
Website: www.lewispr.com

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