Former 2K president Christoph Hartmann joins Amazon Game Studios as vice president

Last May, Christoph Hartmann stepped down from his role as president of Take-Two Interactive’s 2K Games — and he’s landed as vice president of Amazon Game Studios. In his new role, he’ll be leading Amazon’s internal game development teams in three cities, overseeing first-party titles New World and Crucible.

Amazon has found some successes in the gaming space — most notably with the livestreaming platform Twitch, which it acquired in 2014. This year, it has been pushing more into esports. It hosted its second annual Mobile Masters tournament this year, where players competed for a $100,000 prize pool in games like World of Tanks Blitz and Critical Ops. In March, it launched GameOn, a service geared toward helping developers integrate esports features in their PC, console, and mobile titles so long as they’re hosted on Amazon Web Services.