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Updated: With CSR Racing 2 still in soft launch, studio boss Jason Avent leaves

Boss Alien loses boss

Updated: With CSR Racing 2 still in soft launch, studio boss Jason Avent leaves

Zynga has since clarified its position with respect to leadership at Boss Alien and CSR Racing 2.

Jason Avent, the out-spoken studio head of CSR Racing studio Boss Alien has left the company.

The reasons for his departure haven't been disclosed.

Fresh tyres

Boss Alien was set up following Disney's shuttering of its Brighton-based racing specialist team Black Rock Studios.

CSR Racing was published by UK outfit NaturalMotion, and following the game's successful launch - the F2P game generated $12 million in its first month - it acquired Boss Alien.

It has since released CSR Classics, but the much anticipated CSR 2 has been in soft launch for six months as NaturalMotion's owner Zynga polishes the game.

Presumably, the delays to the game plus increasingly levels of management will all have paid some part in Avent's departure.

Although, after five years as CEO, it's probably a natural time to move on.

Certainly, if he's looking to start new projects, he won't have problems raising cash.

[source: GI.biz]


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