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A games programmer before joining Sony’s early PlayStation team in 1994, he then founded developer Pure Entertainment, which IPO’d and launched a free-to-play online gaming service way back in 1999.
He was also a director of pioneering motion gaming startup In2Games, which was sold to a US group in 2008.
Along the way, he’s been a corporate VP, troubleshooter, and non-exec to a variety of companies and investors in and around the games sector.
Harry was European CEO of Marvelous AQL, a Japanese developer and publisher of social, mobile and console games, known for console games like No More Heroes and Harvest Moon, but now highly successful in the free-to-play mobile and web space in Japan and Asia.
Harry is CEO of Magicave.
Articles featuring Harry Holmwood
Articles featuring Harry Holmwood
Burberry, Lamborghini, Hairdressers... It's the $10,000 Apple Watch question
What advice would you give a F2P developer without $500,000 for UA?
Our Mavens debate broken app stores, crippling UA costs and a misguided bar for success
2014 in Review: The Mavens choose their Game of the Year
From Hearthstone to Monument Valley, Flappy Bird and Kim K...
2014 in Review: Mavens on Flappy Bird, fetishisation of the underdog, regulation, end of the gold rush, and moving beyond mobile
It's not about ethics, it's about hate: The games industry closes the door on GamerGate
Top Stories
Auctus Capital Partners and Remote Control to invest in European games companies
Scopely is celebrating Monopoly GO!'s first birthday with in-game events and rewards
Monopoly GO! celebrates its first birthday and shares its behind-the-scenes story
46 top mobile games in soft launch: CSR 3, Plants vs. Zombies 3, LEGO Hill Climb Adventures, Candy Crush Blast, and more
Hot Five: XCOM Legends’ rumoured shutdown, Squad Busters verges on soft launch, and Royal Match reaches $3 billion
Events
HIT Games Conference Istanbul 2024 | Apr 18th | |
Game Job Fair – Spring Edition 2024 | Nordic | Apr 18th |
Arts DAO Fest 2.0 | Middle East | Apr 20th |
App Promotion Summit London | Europe | Apr 25th |
Esports Future Summit | Middle East | Apr 27th |
Dubai GameExpo Summit 2024 | Middle East | May 1st |
The MENA Games Industry Awards 2024 | Middle East | May 2nd |
GameDev Atlantic 2024 | May 4th |