Hidden City Games has announced the hiring of Joshua Howard for the newly created position of senior vice president of Bella Sara Online.  Howard comes after a 15-year stint at Microsoft, where he was group manager of Carbonated Games, and previously lead program manager for MSN Games/Zone.com. 

Howard steps in to run the Bella Sara Website, which ties to the Bella Sara CCG.  The Bella Sara Website has experienced rapid growth, with over 1.6 million registered users.