Microsoft’s Don Mattrick Reported to Be Leaving for Zynga Position

<p>Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s president of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick is said to be leaving the company for a spot at Zynga&comma; reports <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;allthingsd&period;com&sol;20130701&sol;exclusive-microsofts-entertainment-head-don-mattrick-leaving-to-take-top-role-possibly-ceo-at-zynga&sol;">AllThingsD<&sol;a> who cites multiple sources familiar with the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is unknown what role Mattrick will be taking at Zynga&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s heavily suspected to be the title of CEO&comma; as well as working with the company&&num;8217&semi;s current CEO&comma; Mark Pincus&period; Last month&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;zynga-laying-off-18-of-staff-undergoing-company-wide-changes&sol;">Zynga announced company wide changes<&sol;a>&comma; resulting in 18&percnt; of the staff being laid off and Pincus sending a note to all employees regarding the changes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As for Don Mattrick&comma; he <a title&equals;"Xbox One No Longer Needs to Be Online&comma; Can Trade-in and Loan Games" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;xbox-one-no-longer-needs-to-be-online-can-trade-and-loan-games&sol;">recently announced the DRM changes to the Xbox One<&sol;a> after claiming that they &&num;8216&semi;listened to feedback&&num;8217&semi; and wanted to stay on the good side of the Xbox Community&period; An official announcement detailing Mattrick&&num;8217&semi;s departure is said to occur as early as today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This now begs the question&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Who will be replacing Mattrick at Microsoft&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;