Now former Unity CEO, John Riccitiello, has retired effectively immediately according to a press release from the company. Sent out late in the afternoon on a US holiday it states he will stay on in an advisory role to help the company transition, with former Red Hat exec James M. Whitehurst stepping in as interim CEO. I can't help but think of this as if a page lifted directly from the Alan Joyce playbook. With the company on fire after introducing new "per-install" charges to devs that were sort of back-pedalled, Riccitiello is quietly ducking out the back door with a few extra dollars in his pocket. He did a similar thing whilst the CEO of EA, leaving after a disastrous launch of Sim City back in the day and pointing the blame elsewhere. Classic.
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