DMr. John Linden is a veteran game industry executive and entrepreneur with deep expertise in interactive entertainment, blockchain gaming, and digital economies. Since 2018, Mr. Linden is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mythical Games, a next-generation game technology studio focused on building player-owned economies through blockchain-based gaming experiences. Under his leadership, Mythical Games launched Blankos Block Party, one of the first mainstream games to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3 technology.
He also serves on the advisory board of Oobit, a Web3 payments platform, where he supports efforts to bridge gaming and everyday crypto transactions.

Prior to founding Mythical Games, Mr. Linden was President of Seismic Games, a developer of games like Marvel Strike Force and Magic: The Gathering — Valor’s Reach. Seismic Games was acquired by Niantic Labs in July 2018.

Prior to that he was the CEO of Grue Games, a mixed reality video company, until it was acquired by Seismic Games. He previously served as Studio Head at Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) from 2013 to 2016, where he led initiatives for the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises, including the launch of Call of Duty: Elite and mobile expansion efforts. Earlier in his career, he co-founded multiple startups including Planet Alumni and Litmus Media,
both of which were successfully acquired.

Mr. Linden holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Kansas.