Mike Verdu, former head of Netflix’s video games division who stepped down in November to head up the streamer’s generative AI gaming initiative, has exited the complany complete, TheWrap has learned.
Verdu was hired to lead games division in 2021; in November, he was replaced in that role by former Epic Games executive vice president Alain Tascan.
Prior to joining Netflix, Verdu worked as vice president of content for Facebook’s Reality Labs, where he was in charge of working with developers to create games for Oculus, and senior vice president of mobile for Electronic Arts, responsible for mobile game studios that operated “SimCity BuildIt”, “Plants vs.