There really isn’t much more to say than that: John Riccitiello, formerly the CEO of Electronic Arts (and the COO thereof before that) has taken on the CEO role at Unity Technologies. For his part, Riccitiello had this to say: “…it’s my incredible fortune to have the opportunity to help guide Unity going forward. Unity is more than a great engine or packages of services, it’s an amazing and diverse community of developers, many of which are changing the way we think about game design and production. Unity’s mission – to democratize development – is an important one that I’m very happy to help drive forward.”

Naturally, in some places, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth.