Industry Vet Appointed Global Marketing Manager

Jagex Studios has announced that Simon Etchells has been appointed the Global Marketing Manager. Etchells brings over twenty years of experience to the Runescape developer with ties to Microsoft Xbox, Vivendi Universal, LucasArts, Square Enix, Electronic Arts and Nokia.

Speaking of his new post, Etchells said: "RuneScape's success is second to none so it's a great honour to be working on such a hugely popular and well-established IP. RuneScape gold. This is the one of the most exciting Marketing roles in the industry and I am looking forward to using the knowledge and experiences from my previous roles to help create the strategies which will further grow RuneScape's popularity around the world."