Former WB Games Seattle General Manager to Head up Epic Seattle

<p>According to a recent report by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;18&sol;3518460&sol;wb-games-gm-behind-guardians-of-middle-earth-gotham-city-imposters-to">Polygon<&sol;a>&comma; Laura Fryer&comma; the former chief of WB Games Seattle and executive producer at Microsoft Games Studios will now be the general manager of Epic Games’ Seattle studio&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fryer&comma; who’s history includes the conception of Microsoft’s Zone&period;com and executive producer of <em>Gears of War<&sol;em> and <em>Gears of War 2 while employed at Microsoft Games Studios&period; <&sol;em>Most recently Fryer was the general manager of WB Games Seattle where she oversaw work on<em> Guardians of Middle Earth<&sol;em> and <em>Gotham City Impostors<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;She couldn&&num;8217&semi;t come to us&comma; so we went to her &&num;8212&semi; between Laura and the great coffee&comma; Seattle was clearly the logical location for our newest studio&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Epic Games president Michael Capps said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In 2009 Fryer was named general manager of WB Games Seattle&comma; including Monolith Productions&comma; Snowblind Studios and Surreal Software&period; She was one of the first members of Microsoft Game Studios and was the director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group as well as a founding member of the original Xbox project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Laura Fryer is one of the brightest leaders of the game industry today&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re thrilled to have her guide our new Seattle studio&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Capps said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Laura was a key member of the &OpenCurlyQuote;Gears of War&&num;8217&semi; team&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;ve long hoped to work with her again&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fryer is the latest member to join the studio&comma; but Epic continues to recruit new talent&period; According to their careers page they are looking for programmers and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;senior-level talent” that specialize in online game services and infrastructure supporting them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fryer’s departure from WB Games Seattle follows a series of cuts&comma; most recently this summer&period; A representative told <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;wb-games-seattle-cuts-staff-6388675">Gamespot <&sol;a>that the cuts were due to &&num;8220&semi;shifting business imperatives&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;gaming&sol;2012&sol;10&sol;18&sol;3518460&sol;wb-games-gm-behind-guardians-of-middle-earth-gotham-city-imposters-to">Polygon<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;