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Bad Robot Games, the video game development division of J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath's Bad Robot production company, has tapped game industry veteran Anna Sweet as CEO.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorBad Robot Games, the entity founded by J.J. Abrams, Katie McGrath and Bad Robot, has appointed industry veteran Anna Sweet as CEO.Sweet will join Bad Robot Games’ President Dave Baronoff in leading the outfit, which was formed in 2018 with initial financing from Tencent and Warner Brothers Interactive.In a 15-year career in the video game industry, Sweet has had stints at Facebook’s Oculus VR unit and the game developer Valve.“I first met Bad Robot 10 years ago during our collaborations while at Valve and have been huge fans of JJ, Katie and the team since then – as they represent one of the most forward looking creative talents across all mediums,” Sweet said in a press release.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwo-year-old Bad Robot Games is getting its first CEO: Anna Sweet, a games industry veteran who formerly worked at PC games platform Valve and Facebook’s Oculus.Sweet will join president Dave Baronoff, the longtime Bad Robot exec who has led the division since it was created in 2018 by co-CEOs J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, in a venture with China’s Tencent and Warner Bros.