Former Xbox Executive Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard as Executive Vice President and General Manager

Published at 24/10/2019 at 06:42 By MGG

Mike Ybarra has just announced his arrival at Blizzard Entertainment. After 19 years at Microsoft in charge of the Xbox Live part, he is now Vice President of the Californian publisher, as well as General Manager.

Former Xbox Executive Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard as Executive Vice President and General Manager

After 19 years at Microsoft in charge of the Xbox Live game, Mike Ybarra announced on October 24 his arrival at Blizzard Entertainment. If he has finished his career with the American giant as Corporate Vice President of the Xbox Live, Xbox Game Pass and Mixer game, he will also have a prime position at Blizzard. He is now its Executive Vice President and General Manager, and will be present at BlizzCon. He will take up his duties on November 4, the day after the end of the event.

He will be in charge of future projects that we should discover in a few days, in Anaheim.

I'm very happy to announce I'm joining @Blizzard_Ent as Exec. Vice President and GM starting 11/4 (will be at #blizzcon!). We will work with all our energy to serve gamers with incredible content and experiences. I can't wait to be part of this team. #lucky #humble #gamers #serve pic.twitter.com/kZ8dRuF3pe
— Mike Ybarra (@Qwik) October 24, 2019

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