Former EA Group Director Joins Playlogic Game Factory as Managing Director
22 October 2008 - 10:51PM
PR Newswire (US)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq OTC: PLGC) announced today
that Olivier Lhermite joins Playlogic as Managing Director of its
in-house development studio; the Playlogic Game Factory. Lhermite
is an industry veteran and previously worked as Group Technical
Director at Electronic Arts on popular franchises like the FIFA,
NBA and NHL series. In his position, Lhermite will head up the
development team in Breda and will report directly to Chief
Technical Officer Dominique Morel. Dominique Morel, Chief Technical
Officer at Playlogic, said: "Olivier's strong managerial background
and vast industry experience will help us to embark on new exciting
IPs and technological excellence." Olivier Lhermite, Managing
Director of the Playlogic Game Factory, added: "I am delighted to
join the Playlogic Game Factory, which houses so many talented
people. I especially look forward to working on the highly
anticipated Fairytale Fights as well as the First Party projects we
are developing for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe." ABOUT
PLAYLOGIC: Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. is an independent
worldwide publisher of entertainment software for consoles, PCs,
handhelds, mobile devices, and other digital media. Playlogic
distributes its products through all available channels, online and
offline. Playlogic, who currently has approximately 95 employees,
is listed on Nasdaq OTC under the symbol "PLGC.OB" and is
headquartered in New York, USA and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its
in-house game development studio "Playlogic Game Factory" is based
in Breda (the Netherlands). Playlogic's portfolio includes games
that are being developed by several teams at the Playlogic Game
Factory, as well as games developed by a number of studios
throughout the world with approximately 400 people of external
development staff. The Playlogic Game Factory also develops first
party titles for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE).
Playlogic publishes quality games, working with leading technology
to produce digital entertainment from concept to finished product.
Playlogic plans to publish 20 titles, on several platforms, during
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uncertainties, including without limitation, business and economic
conditions and trends; fluctuations in operating results; reduced
customer demand relative to expectations; competitive factors; and
other risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC
reports. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations
as the result of these and other important factors relating to
PLAYLOGIC'S business and product development efforts, which are
further described in filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These filings can be obtained from the SEC's website
located at http://www.sec.gov/. Any forward-looking statements are
based on information available to PLAYLOGIC on the date of this
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