Will Harbin Archives - Page 2 of 3

Kixeye CEO says his company is aggressive, but not racist (exclusive interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 7, 2012
6 min

Will Harbin says he extinguished a "micro culture" that had exhibited embarrassing and offensive conduct in the wake of a contractor's claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination.

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6 min

Kixeye fires four after investigation into allegations of racism

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 4, 2012
3 min

Three employees and a manager are out after an investigation into racism charges, Kixeye CEO says.

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3 min

Kixeye takes ‘substantial corrective action’ after black contractor calls out alleged racist behavior at social gaming firm

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 3, 2012
11 min

Kixeye CEO Will Harbin says the company has taken substantial corrective action and has no tolerance for racism in the workplace

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11 min

Kixeye steals a general manager from Zynga, rescuing him from the ‘dark side’

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 23, 2012
3 min

Kixeye recruits a general manager away from Zynga so he can make "real" games.

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3 min

Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 6, 2012
17 min

Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back.

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17 min

Kixeye’s recruiting video lobs serious F bombs at rivals

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 31, 2012
2 min

Kixeye, a fast-growing maker of hardcore social games, has launched a hilarious recruiting video aimed at showing it is the best place to work...

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2 min

The DeanBeat: What GamesBeat 2012 tells us about the road ahead in gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 20, 2012
6 min

We had a great time at our well-attended GamesBeat 2012 conference last week talking about the road ahead in games and the Crossover Era. Here’s...

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6 min

Kixeye promises console disruption with free-to-play, browser-based hardcore games (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 16, 2012
8 min

Facebook's been good to Kixeye. In our fireside chat with chief executive Will Harbin, he explains how the social hardcore gamemaker is branching out.

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8 min

Browser developer Kixeye: We will absolutely rival hardcore games

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 11, 2012
2 min

Kixeye branching away from Facebook to browsers and continuing its pursuit of hardcore gamers.

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2 min

The road ahead in gaming: Welcome to the Crossover Era

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 6, 2012
10 min

Crossing over from an existing market to an emerging one is what our GameBeat 2012 conference is all about. We're seeing this trend play out in every segment of games.

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10 min