Phil Harrison, formerly of Microsoft and Sony, is now part of Google.
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Why would game industry veteran Phil Harrison join Google?

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Phil Harrison, a veteran of Sony’s and Microsoft’s game console businesses, tweeted today that he has taken a job at Google. That’s a big development in the game industry, and it raises questions about why Google would hire Harrison as the vice president and general manager of a mysterious new business.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.