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    Donald Allan Mattrick OBC (born February 13, 1964) is a Canadian businessman who co-founded Distinctive Software (DSI) in 1982 in Vancouver at age 17,...
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    CEO of the company from 2007 to 2013. On July 1, 2013, Zynga recruited Don Mattrick, the former president of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft...
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    July 2013, Zynga hired Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment President Don Mattrick as its new CEO. Pincus remained as Zynga's chairman and chief product...
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  • in Burnaby, British Columbia, by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember after their success with the game Evolution. Mattrick (age 17) and Jeff Sember approached...
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    San Francisco Bay area with his family and to rejoin Electronic Arts. Don Mattrick was named as his replacement as the new vice-president of the Xbox and...
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    chain Putt-Putt issued a cease and desist letter against Mojang and Don Mattrick (who was previously affiliated with Minecraft's Xbox 360 version but...
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  • execute a 3D game where the player was primarily driving in reverse. Don Mattrick of Distinctive Software acknowledged the influence of Hard Drivin', saying...
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    on the video game functionality of the Xbox One first and foremost; Don Mattrick, then Microsoft's president of Interactive Entertainment Business, described...
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  • Evolution by Don Mattrick and Jeff Sembers, after Williams's 10-year-old son enjoyed a demo of the game. Evolution sold over 400,000 copies, and Mattrick and Sembers...
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  • After a chance meeting with then-President of Electronic Arts in 2000, Don Mattrick, Bilson—an avid tabletop and video gamer his entire life—was brought...
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    taking over for Don Mattrick as the head of the Xbox brand at Microsoft following the troubled launch of the Xbox One in 2013. Mattrick had positioned...
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    vice-president of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft was filled by Don Mattrick (who later also left Microsoft to join Zynga as CEO). Moore was parodied...
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    conference at E3 2009; film director Steven Spielberg joined Microsoft's Don Mattrick to introduce the technology and its potential. Three demos were presented...
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    Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-11. "Zynga CEO Don Mattrick to Depart; Founder and Chairman Mark Pincus to Return to Chief Executive...
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  • Designer(s) Mike Benna Don Mattrick Kevin Pickell Brad Gour Bruce Dawson Amory Wong Rick Friessen Programmer(s) Mike Benna Don Mattrick Kevin Pickell Brad...
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  • respective characters. In July 2008, Microsoft head of Xbox business Don Mattrick told MTV that Bungie was working on a new Halo game for Microsoft, independent...
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    Howard Grant Lily Lee Don Mattrick William P.J. McCarthy Colin James Imant Raminsh, CM Elana Rosenfeld Gary Segal, CM Catherine Ulrich Don Begg Will Ferguson...
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    Distinctive Software Publisher(s) Accolade Producer(s) Shelley Day Designer(s) Don Mattrick Amory Wong Programmer(s) Kris Hatlelid Kevin Pickell Hanno Lemke Artist(s)...
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  • Green Ralph Guggenheim Amy Hennig Andy Hollis Robin Hunicke Greg Kasavin Don Mattrick Peter Moore Jade Raymond John Riccitiello Mark Skaggs Patrick Söderlund...
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    simulation game, the game was streamlined into what Microsoft executive Don Mattrick hoped would be the Kinect equivalent of Wii Sports. According to a former...
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    Green Ralph Guggenheim Amy Hennig Andy Hollis Robin Hunicke Greg Kasavin Don Mattrick Peter Moore Jade Raymond John Riccitiello Mark Skaggs Patrick Söderlund...
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  • developed by the co-founders of the Canadian firm Distinctive Software, Don Mattrick and Jeff Sember. The game intersperses action games into the plot. The...
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    brainchild of Mark Skaggs. It was started by the former chief executive Don Mattrick and carried on by his replacement Mark Pincus, the original founder of...
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  • and Chronology The Digital Antiquarian". Retrieved 2024-09-20. Lancaster, Don. "Enhancing Your Apple II and IIe: Volume 2" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the...
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    2015). "Don Mattrick Leaves Zynga". Narcisse, Evan (July 2013). "Report: The Man in Charge of Xbox Is Leaving Microsoft". "Reference to Don Mattrick's time...
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  • Developer(s) Distinctive Software Publisher(s) Konami Designer(s) Bill Elliott Don Mattrick Stanley Chow Amory Wong Programmer(s) Penny Lee Alan Stewart Ted Sylka...
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  • Publisher(s) Accolade Producer(s) Shelley Day Designer(s) Brad Gour Don Mattrick Programmer(s) Frank Barchard Rick Friesen Brad Gour Amory Wong Artist(s)...
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  • Developer(s) Distinctive Software Publisher(s) Accolade Designer(s) Don Mattrick Rick Friesen Chris Taylor Programmer(s) Chris Taylor Rick Friesen Artist(s)...
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    as president. Williams was instrumental in growing Distinctive with Don Mattrick and Paul Lee, before it was bought by Electronic Arts for $11 million...
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  • Publisher(s) Accolade Producer(s) Pam Levins Designer(s) Brad Gour, Don Mattrick Artist(s) John Boechler, Michael Smith Composer(s) Krisjan Hatlelid Platform(s)...
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