Soz Philip (Filipp Soz)

Soz Philip (Filipp Soz)

Biography

15 years worked at Electronic Arts

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2021: Head of the European division of My.Games in Amsterdam

Former vice president of Activision Blizzard will take the post of head of the European division of My.Games in Amsterdam. This was announced on October 11, 2021 by Mail.ru Group.

Philippe is responsible for the strategy to promote the brand in European markets, as well as to strengthen international positions in order to enter the top 25 largest gaming companies in the world.

The experience of Philip Soz will help build an international brand strategy, which includes the formation of an international image, the development of franchises, as well as building ties with the international gameday community.

I am happy to join the MY.GAMES team as the head of the European direction. MY.GAMES invited me to join the company, primarily to develop the European direction and strengthen the international position of the brand. The company's office, which is located in Amsterdam, is already closing a number of tasks related to publishing, localizing and operating games - and it will be a great honor for me to strengthen these areas. I am sure that my knowledge and experience will be useful to the company, and together we will be able to make the MY.GAMES brand even more recognizable in the international arena, "commented Philip Pop, head of the European direction of MY.GAMES.

The appointment of Philip Soz is part of MY.GAMES's strategy to build a European business, which also includes recent investments Barcelonian in game developers, The Breach Studios active development of the WW3 game by Farm 51 of partner studios, Poland MGVC's work Google with a joint Game Drive 2.0 project aimed at helping young mobile development teams in the regions EMEA succeed and much more.

MY.GAMES is, first of all, a people-oriented company with big plans to build an international brand presence, so we are very glad that a professional like Philip Pop joins our team. Philippe is close to our culture of cooperation between partner studios, flexibility and mobility, so I am sure that it will quickly become an integral part of our international MY.GAMES team and help us on the way to achieving our goal - to enter the top 25 gaming companies in the world in terms of revenue, "commented Vasily Maguryan, CEO MY.GAMES.

MY.GAMES revenue in the first half of 2021 year grew by 18%, amounting to 22.1 billion rubles. MY.GAMES received 78.6% of revenue outside Russia and the CIS - the key foreign markets were the USA, Germany and the UK. At the moment, the company has about 20 games in development.