John Linden is a video game developer and entrepreneur based out of Los Angeles, California. He is currently the CEO of Mythical Games. Linden was previously the President of Seismic Games which was acquired by Niantic Labs and a Studio Head at Activision Blizzard. ^{[1] [undefined]}

John Linden is originally from Kansas City. He graduated high school from Shawnee Mission West High School and studied computer engineering at The University of Kansas. ^[1]

John Linden is the CEO of Mythical Games, a video game platform company focused on building player-owned economies using blockchain technology with top game developers and publishers. Prior to Mythical Games, Linden was the President of Seismic Games which developed Marvel Strike Force, Blade Runner: Revelations, and an unannounced TCG game. Seismic Games was acquired by Niantic Labs in June 2018. Prior to Seismic Games, he was a Studio Head at Activision Blizzard leading the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises. ^{[undefined] [1]}

Before working in the video game industry, Linden was the Co-Founder / CTO at Adknowledge and at OpenX. He also built his own startups, Planet Alumni (acquired by Reunion.com) and Litmus Media (acquired by Think Partnership). ^{[1] [undefined]}