GlobeNewswire
2011-08-30
Several Flash Engineers Hired for Boston Studio
LANGHORNE, Pa., Aug. 30, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Casual games
developer and publisher Entertainment Games, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EGAM)
today announced it has hired three new social game professionals,
Douglas Turcotte, Sean Beck and Michelle Wrighton, to join its growing
software development team at Entertainment Games' studio in Boston.
Turcotte and Beck earned their B.S. in Interactive Media and Game
Development at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts
and will work as Lead Client Engineer and Flash Animator/Scripter
respectively. Wrighton recently earned a B.S. in Computer Science from
Central Michigan University and will work as a Client User Experience
Engineer.
WPI's founding motto of Theory and Practice underlies its academic
programs, providing graduates of its Interactive Media and Game
Development program with hands-on experience that enables them to
contribute important skills to development teams upon graduation. "We
are thrilled to hire two top WPI Graduates, Turcotte and Beck, who will
bring critical skills to our team at the forefront of innovative social
game design and development," said Jeff Kesselman, CTO at Entertainment
Games. "Their talent earned them the 2011 WPI Provost Award for Best
Major Qualifying Project in Interactive Media and Game Development,
further indicating to us that they are the level of talent we seek for
our Boston Studio as we prepare to launch our ground-breaking
nostalgia-based social game."
Wrighton graduated from Central Michigan Industry with a Summa Cum
Laude accolade and joins the Boston studio team with a background in
both Art and Computer Science. "The talent and skill sets we have
assembled for this project are outstanding, said Gene Mauro, COO and
President at Entertainment Games. "We are pleased to hire young, bright
recent college graduates, like Wrighton, Beck and Turcotte, and we are
confident they will achieve their personal and professional goals while
launching and expanding their careers at our innovative, fast-paced
social games company."
About Entertainment Games (formerly eGames, Inc.):
Entertainment Games, Inc., headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania,
develops and publishes casual games for leading social networks, the
PC, Nintendo DS and Wii, iPhone, and the Internet. Additional
information regarding eGames, Inc. can be found at
http://www.egames.com.
The Entertainment Games, Inc. logo is available at
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CONTACT: Cindy Yeagle, Sales & Marketing Manager
(215) 750 6606
cyeagle@egames.com