Microsoft Returns Fire, Steals An EA Executive

Microsoft has gotten a little revenge on Electronic Arts for stealing Peter Moore. They have hired an EA executive as their corporate vice president of Live. He'll work on the Xbox Live service.

Microsoft Corp. has hired another Electronic Arts Inc. executive in an effort to help support a surprisingly successful part of the Xbox group.

John Schappert, who was executive vice president at EA, will fill a new position at Microsoft as corporate vice president of Live, software and services in the Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business. He'll oversee activities related to Xbox Live, the service that lets subscribers play games against each other online and buy content such as TV shows and arcade games.

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