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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The executive who had been overseeing the Xbox video game division for Microsoft Corp. is defecting to Electronic Arts Inc., where he will oversee EA's lucrative sports division.
Peter Moore, 52, had been vice president of interactive entertainment for Microsoft, responsible for Xbox and the software company's Games for Windows businesses. Moore will switch to EA in September and report to EA CEO John Riccitiello.
"He's the exact right guy to do the job," Riccitiello said in a phone interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Riccitiello, formerly an executive at Wilson Sporting Goods Co. who knew Moore when he was at Reebok International Ltd., said he's wanted to recruit Moore for a decade.
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