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Microsoft's division that contains its PC game publishing and online operations has a new leader today. The company announced that Don Mattrick will be the head of its Interactive Entertainment Business operations. Mattrick succeeds Robbie Bach who announced his retirement from Microsoft earlier this year.

Mattrick previous was president of Electronic Arts before joining Microsoft's Xbox division in 2007. He later moved up to senior vice president of the company's Interactive Entertainment Business division. In his new gig, he will be the head of basically all of Microsoft's entertainment operations. That includes the company's Games For Windows business, Games For Windows Live and Microsoft Games Studios. The latter division has gotten more interested in publishing PC games lately with Microsoft announcing that Fable 3, Age of Empires Online and Microsoft Flight are all in the works.