Don Mattrick quits Microsoft!

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Don Mattrick, Microsoft’s head of Interactive Entertainment Business and Xbox’s frontman, is reportedly set to leave the company.

Mattrick may be in line for a top job at Zynga, according to AllThingsD, and the news could be confirmed at the close of market today.

The move is being described as a coup for Zynga, the Facebook game firm which has experienced significant difficulties in recent years.

Mattrick is best known as the public face of the Xbox business. He is a regular in Microsoft press conferences and was the announcer of Xbox One.

The exec has recently suffered considerable pressure at Microsoft over the handling Xbox One’s DRM policies, and oversaw the dropping of the console’s always-on functionality in the wake of a disastrous PR effort at E3.

That said, the ATD report claims discussions have been ongoing between Mattrick and Zynga for “some time.”

The 49 year-old Mattrick joined Microsoft in 2007.

Source: VG247

The same guy who spear headed Kinect.

Yeah, not much of a loss for gaming here. :fuckthat:

good riddance.

Lol, Don Mattrick is a hot potato.

lol

Who?

Now he needs to find a third sinking ship.