Disney Interactive Studio general manager resignation suspect related to transformation

Graham Hopper, the general manager of the Disney Interactive Entertainment studio, has long been the/wendy of the company, due to the shift in the focus of the business from traditional host games to digital games. According to the Los Angeles Times, Hopper was announced November 22 in the United States to leave the internal mail, the mail said "I left the company time, I will be for the new goal." "Hopper joined Disney in 1991 and became the general manager of an interactive studio in 2002, slowly shifting the company from a family-focused franchise game to a" music Box 2 "," against the Clock "and the upcoming" Warren spector-helmed Epic. "　　Mickey "and other games. But Disney recently bought Tapulous, a social-game developer Playdom and a mobile-gaming developer, suggesting that the company seems to want to get more profit from the digital game issue. Playdom is the third largest social game developer in the world, with its products including "social City", "Friendship Life", "Market Street" and so on.　　Tapulous is a developer of ipod and ipad music games. "As you can see, we are allocating a lot of money from host games to all levels, such as social games, mobile games," said Disney President Bob Iger at a conference this August.　　"Last month, John Pleasants, the former chief operating officer of Playdom, was appointed co-president of the Disney Interactive Entertainment studio, Hopper after Steve Wadsworth, the CEO, left the company after he resigned in October. In addition, the Disney Interactive Entertainment Studio announced that it would cancel all development work of the action role-playing game "Caribbean island: Cursed Fleet". The move is to restructure the propaganda Games of Vancouver Game Studios in Canada. At present, propaganda Games will focus on the "Tron: the Speed of light war" development work, and is expected to launch the game December 7 this year. (Edit/Ming)