RuneScape developer Jagex gets a new chief executive officer

The guy that ran European publisher Codemasters for the last decade has moved on to take over as the big boss at one of the United Kingdom’s most successful publishers of massively multiplayer online games.

Rod Cousens has stepped away from his position as Codemasters chief executive officer to take over the CEO role at Jagex, the developer of popular free-to-play MMO RuneScape. Jagex brought in Cousens to oversee a “period of expansion.” While RuneScape will continue to serve its dedicated audience with more content, the new executive will guide Jagex as it launches a new collectible card battler and an online shooting game for the PC. The current roster of officers that have run Jagex since 2001 will now report to Cousens. The publisher made $69 million in 2014.