FiringSquad has learned that Timothy Gerritsen, the long time CEO of Madison, Wis. game developer Human Head Studios, has left the company. In a brief phone confersation today, Gerritsen confirmed that he left Human Head just before Thanksgiving and said his departure was "amicable". Gerritsen joined Human Head as its CEO in early 1998, just a few months after the company itself was formed by several former members of Raven Software in late 1997. Gerritsen was also one of the developer's owners and helped to lead Human Head through a number of game releases, including the third person action game Rune in 2000, the Wild West themed shooter Dead Man's Hand in 2004 and most recently the 2006 sci-fi FPS Prey which was developed in cooperation with 3D Realms. Gerritsen said his decision to leave the company and sell his portion of Human Head's ownership was made in part because the other owners wanted to take Human Head in a different direction than Gerritsen wanted the company to go. Gerritsen told FiringSquad that Human Head co-founder and president Paul MacArthur is now the company's interim CEO. Since the release of Prey, Human Head has not announced what projects they will be developing next. Gerritsen told us that he still plans to stay in the game development industry but would not reveal his specific future plans. FiringSquad has contacted MacArthur for comment about Gerritsen's departure and to find out more about Human Head's plans for the future but as of the posting of this article we have not received a response.

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