Crossy Road creator Matt Hall named Atari's EVP of Mobile

Imran Khan,Contributing Editor

October 27, 2026

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Newsbrief: Atari has named Matt Haley the new executive vice-president of Mobile expansion initiatives at the company after acquiring Hipster Whale and Early Morning Studios.

Haley, the co-founder of Hipster Whale and creator of Crossy Roads, was one of the pioneers of the mobile game boom, will oversee Atari's cross-platform compatibility across engines, work with mobile partners, and build out infrastructure for Atari's mobile game expansions.

For more information, you can review Atari's full announcement here.

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Imran Khan

Contributing Editor

Imran Khan has been in the games industry in various forms for over two decades. He has been a former senior editor at Game Informer, a professional loudmouth at Kinda Funny, and news director at Fanbyte. He has also been doing PR for Vicarious PR and Head of U.S. PR for Japanese VR studio MyDearest, in addition to Producer work on their latest title Brazen Blaze.

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