Fox gets its second videogame exec in two years

Last summer, I reported on Fox hiring former Ubisoft exec Adam Kline to be its head of videogame licensing. Apparently he didn't last too long, since earlier this year I heard he no longer had the job.

Now comes word that Fox is giving it another try. The studio has hired Gary Rosenfield, formerly head of licensing and acquisitions at THQ, for the same post (technically "senior vp of new media licensing").

According to this Hollywood Reporter story, he's working on a number of Fox properties already in the works as videogames, including Avatar (which Ubisoft is making as a 3-D videogame), "Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian" (which I hear has been set up at Brash, though that's not yet confirmed), "Ice Age 3" (being made at Activision Blizzard, formerly at Sierra), "The Simpsons" (it's a safe bet EA is working on a sequel to last year's successful adaptation) and "Family Guy" (no word on what's up with that since Take-Two did its poorly received version in 2006).

Like pretty much every Hollywood studio, Rosenfield is also apparently looking at spending money on its own videogame development. Assuming that happens, it would be joining Disney (through a sibling unit), Warner Bros, Paramount and Universal, leaving only Sony Pictures as a pure licensor.

He's also looking at working with fellow News Corp. unit IGN, which of course makes perfect sense.