Another high profile developer switches over to the social side of the industry today. BioWare Austin’s Vice President and Co-General Manager Gordon Walton will be leaving the studio to take a position at Playdom’s Austin branch. Walton will serve as an executive producer for Playdom Austin.
Walton is leaving BioWare Austin during the development of the high profile Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. No other personnel changes are expected at the studio, per a statement by Bioware to Gamasutra.
"It is business as usual at all BioWare studios, where we remain committed to creating, delivering and evolving the most emotionally engaging games in the world," said the statement.
Playdom, one of the top social game developers, was recently bought by Disney, with the House of the Mouse seemingly switching most of their game production over to the social game market.
