Former Halo boss is now in charge of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games

Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games have a new boss, and it's kind of the old boss. Dan Ayoub, who spent the past couple years as senior vice president of digital games at Wizards, has been promoted to the big chair, where he'll head up Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons and Dragons, Duel Masters, and Hasbro Digital Games.

Ayoub will take the place of John Hight, who left the position in July after just two years on the job. On the videogame-specific side of things, Ayoub will now oversee two major projects in development: The Mass Effect-like sci-fi RPG Exodus being developed by Archetype Entertainment, and the third-person action-adventure Warlock: Dungeons and Dragons, being made by Invoke Studios.

"[Ayoub] was selected after a rigorous search that evaluated dozens of internal and external candidates," Hasbro said. "He is the first internal candidate promoted into the role."

Ayoub has real experience in the biz: Prior to joining Wizards of the Coast, …