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Sessions Info

GAMES/ESPORTS: HOLLYWOOD & GAMES

February 06, 2020
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Promenade

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February 4, 2018
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venice/Peninsula

Dan Murray

President,
Skybound Interactive

As President of Skybound Interactive, Dan Murray oversees the company’s robust gaming business. He works closely with the industry’s leading publishers, developers and investors to extend Skybound’s IP into mobile and console games. Dan also manages the development of Skybound Stories, a joint venture with Sky that will use new and existing IP to create mobile narrative gaming experiences for users worldwide. Skybound’s game slate includes Telltale’s The Walking Dead series, Scopely’s The Walking Dead: Road to Survival, Night School’s Oxenfree, Free Range Games’ Labyrinth, and Rival Games’ Thief of Thieves. There are a handful of video game projects in the pipeline including Super Dinosaur for mobile devices with Big Blue Bubble. Prior to joining Skybound, Dan ran worldwide business development for Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent videogame developer in the world creating franchise- based video games on every major platform. During this tenure he helped close over 60 major video game deals including Killer Instinct and Strider. Dan graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Finance.