Kabam's worldwide studios chief quits to join Japan's Gree

Andrew Sheppard, head of worldwide studios at mobile game publisher Kabam, has resigned to join Japan’s Gree.

Re/Code reported that Sheppard left to join free-to-play mobile game maker. That’s a big deal since Sheppard has been at Kabam since 2009, first as chief product officer, and helped pioneer Kabam’s approach of blending art and science in metrics-based game development.

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