Jason Rubin Named President of THQ

<p>THQ&comma; the struggling publisher behind upcoming title <em>Darsiders 2<&sol;em> announced that Jason Rubin&comma; co-founder of Naughty Dog&comma; has been appointed the president of the company&comma; effectively immediately&period; Rubin will be responsible for the worldwide product development&comma; marketing&comma; and publishing operations and will report to THQ Chairman and CEO Brian Farrell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rubin helped co-found Naughty Dog in 1984 with Andy Gavin&period; When the studio created the <em>Crash Bandicoot<&sol;em> and <em>Jak &amp&semi; Daxter<&sol;em> series for the PlayStation platforms&comma; the studio gained notoriety&period; Rubin served as co-creator and game director&period; He left Naughty Dog in 2004&comma; three years after the studio was purchased by Sony Computer Entertainment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>THQ announced that Danny Bilson&comma; the company’s previous executive vice president of core games will be leaving the company to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;pursue other interests&period;” Dave Davis&comma; senior VP of core games will also be leaving&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2012&sol;5&sol;29&sol;3051047&sol;thq-names-naughty-dog-co-founder-as-new-president-danny-bilson-out">The Verge<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;