Microsoft Gaming Exec to Retire after 19 Years
Associated Press
Sep 15, 2009
Microsoft gaming executive
Shane Kim is retiring after 19 years with the software maker.
He has 14 of those years with Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment business. There, he oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" and "Gears of War."
Before leaving at the end of the year, Kim will transfer his duties to Dennis Durkin, the new chief operating officer of the company's video game unit.
The company says Kim wants to spend more time with family and friends.
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft has so far sold more of the Xbox 360 machines globally than rival Sony Corp. did of the PlayStation 3, though both have lagged behind Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
Kim is 47.
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