Shane Kim has been involved with Microsoft's games division for a long time including a stint as head of their Microsoft Games Studios publishing brand. Now Gamasutra is reporting that Kim plans to retire from his duties at Microsoft by the end of the year.
Kim currently is the corporate vice president, strategy and business development, for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business. Overall, he has been an employee of Microsoft for 19 years. With his departure, Microsoft plans to promote two of their other executives to fill Kim's roles. Phil Spencer will now become corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios and Dennis Durkin will be assigned to the newly created role of COO of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division.
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