--- title: Crossy Road creator Matt Hall named Atari's EVP of Mobile description: Atari has named Matt Hall executive vice-president of Mobile expansion initiatives. The appointment follows Atari's acquisition of Hipster Whale and Early... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/crossy-road-creator-matt-hall-named-atari-s-evp-of-mobile-tcj3lexah twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Crossy Road creator Matt Hall named Atari's EVP of Mobile | daily.dev og:description: Atari has named Matt Hall executive vice-president of Mobile expansion initiatives. The appointment follows Atari's acquisition of Hipster Whale and Early... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/crossy-road-creator-matt-hall-named-atari-s-evp-of-mobile-tcj3lexah og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tcj3lExAH.png og:image:alt: Crossy Road creator Matt Hall named Atari's EVP of Mobile og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Crossy Road creator Matt Hall named Atari's EVP of Mobile **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Atari has named Matt Hall executive vice-president of Mobile expansion initiatives. The appointment follows Atari's acquisition of Hipster Whale and Early Morning Studios. Hall co-founded Hipster Whale and created Crossy Road, and he was one of the pioneers of the mobile game boom. He will oversee Atari's cross-platform compatibility across engines, work with mobile partners, and build infrastructure for Atari's mobile game expansions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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