UK eSports Company Gfinity Hires New Creative Director - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 March 2015 / 2,496 Views
The former CEO of DreamHack Robert Ohlen has been hired by the UK eSports company Gfinity, according to GamesIndustry. He will serve as the new creative director.
"This is tremendous news for Gfinity and Robert's extensive knowledge and experience of eSports speaks for itself," said Gfinity CEO Neville Upton. "When he took over DreamHack in 2006 it was a fledgling, sub cultural Swedish event and over the next seven years he transformed it into a mainstream eSports event that was and is still the envy of the eSports world."
"Robert is a grandee of eSports and is one of the industry's most recognised personalities and we are delighted he has joined us at Gfinity."
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