Time Runs Out
Unity CEO John Riccitiello exits after runtime fee backlash
Former IBM president James M. Whitehurst has been appointed as interim CEO, president, and board member
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Homa appoints Emma Egan-Lawless as head of user acquisition
Egan-Lawless previously held the role of growth director at AppLovin
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Kwalee appoints John Wright as vice president of mobile publishing
Wright brings almost twenty years of leadership experience to his role
Promoted Position
My.Games appoints Elena Grigorian as CEO as Vladimir Nikolsky steps down
Grigorian has helped optimise 70+ games’ potential
Leadership Changes
Activision Blizzard brings back Warcraft & Diablo old-hand Chris Metzen in creative leadership shake-up
The former contributor worked with Blizzard during some of its most successful years as a SVP of story and franchise development
Next Steps
East Side Games co-founder Joshua Nilson leaves after 14 years
A mutual parting of ways comes with optimism for the future
Chairman Comes
miHoYo co-founder Cai Haoyu steps down as chairman… Liu Wei steps up
Cai Haoyu will focus on research and development to push the company forward
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Gameloft Brisbane appoints Manea Castet as studio manager
The hire sees Gameloft expand its focus to encompass PC and mobile
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Lisa Bridgett steps down from role as DREST CEO
Former CEO Lucy Yeomans will reassume her role during the transition period
Blumhouse Games
Blumhouse Games appoints horror expert Louise Blain as creative lead
Blain joins the leadership team alongside president Zach Wood and CFO Don Sechler
Football Forms
Formation brings aboard Mediatonic, Channel 4 and Sport England veterans to make the "first football team ownership" game
New roles of senior producer, head of finance, IT consultant and senior graphics designer are filled
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Innogames appoints Christiane Gäb as director of people and culture
In her new role, Gäb will head the company’s HR department
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Homa appoints Henry Lowenfels as president and CBO
Lowenfels’ brings leadership experience from the likes of mobile giant Scopely to his new role
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Sandsoft appoints Ahmed Sharif as CTO
Sharif previously held the role of head of VR, AR, metaverse automation and platform engineering at Meta
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FunPlus appoints industry veteran Alexandre Amancio to leadership role
Amancio joins the team as SVP and head of world building and IP Strategy
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WAGMI appoints EA veterans to leadership roles
Esteban Gil and Brent Pease will assist the company in its web3 goals
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July's Mobile Movers and Shakers: Gameloft appoints a new lead game designer while MYSTiC gets a new CMO
July has seen some significant moves by some of the industry's biggest company's - here's just a few
Promotion In Partnerships
Roblox appoints Christina Wootton as chief partnerships officer
Wootton has been with Roblox for close to a decade
Coming To Kwalee
Kwalee hires Adrian Garton as VP of HR in mission to find the industry’s "best talent"
Garton has more than 25 years’ experience in HR
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Keywords Studios appoints Robert Kingston as CFO
Kingston brings more than 25 years of experience to the role
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Kris Davis and Olivier Courtemanche appointed co-heads of PlayStation mobile
The new appointments follow Nicola Sebastiani’s decision to leave the company
Webedia Gaming Europe
Webedia expands gaming interests with Webedia Gaming Europe
Catalina Lou has been appointed to the role of senior vice president of global gaming
Moving On
Nicola Sebastiani has left head of mobile position at PlayStation
Pursuing a new opportunity
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Playdigious appoints Abrial Da Costa as CEO
Da Costa brings more than two decades of experience to the role
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Exient appoints Christa Agius to role of COO
Agius takes the role following her stint as product director for the company
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Steve Bell named as new Team17 CEO
Current CEO Debbie Bestwick will continue in the role until the end of 2023
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Fingersoft appoints new CFO
Suni is an experienced CFO, but a newcomer to the games industry
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Massive Entertainment founder Martin Walfisz appointed CEO of Thunderful Group
Walfisz will assume his new role later this year
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Former GameAnalytics CEO Ioana Hreninciuc joins AI image creation startup PicFinder
PicFinder is one of the fastest growing generative AI startups with more than 100 million images created
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My.Games appoints Eugenio Vitale as director of Premium Games Division
Dmitriy Byshonkov has also been promoted to the role of senior business development manager
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Zynga appoints Akshay Bharadwaj as head of Socialpoint studio
Bharadwaj previously held the role of vice president of general manager of Zynga India
Netflix Games
Netflix Games Studios looking to expand with new hires
The company wants to continue its growth in the games space
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Aristocrat Leisure appoints Jennifer Aument as non-executive director
Aument brings more than 25 years of infrastructure and leadership experience to the role
Next News
Next Games, A Netflix Game Studio announces changes in leadership team
Saara Bergström will assume the role of studio lead, while Teemu Huuhtanen will be leaving the company
New Hires
Softonic appoints BBC veteran Andy Webb as VP of Product
Webb will spearhead the company’s mobile strategy
Executive With Experience
Debbie Bestwick to step down as Team 17 CEO after more than a decade
She will continue working with the company in a new role
Playstation Mobile
PlayStation Mobile continues its hiring spree
The company has been making a concerted effort to break into the mobile space
Matsuda’s Final Fantasy?
Square Enix board calls for their president to step aside
A proposal suggests that boss Yosuke Matsuda will be replaced by company director Takashi Kiryu
Ukie Resignation
Dr Jo Twist OBE moves on from role as UKIE CEO
Sam Collins and Dan Wood will manage the trade body until a permanent replacement CEO is appointed
New Hires
International Game Developers Association Foundation board appoints three new directors
Lisy Kane, James Lewis, and Sarah Spiers bring decades of experience to their roles
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AdInMo appoints Scopely and Animoca Brands veterans
Multiple new hires bring experience from Google, EA, and Paramount Pictures
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Activision Blizzard veteran Eric Wood appointed as Senior Vice President of Publishing at Scopely
Wood brings over 20 years of experience to the role
Hiring Hand
Dubit hires new head of studio Regine Weiner, formerly of Epic Games
Regine Weiner was previously a part of Fastlane, Rival Kingdoms, Samurai Siege and more
Tilting Point Layoffs
Tilting Point lays of 14% of its workforce
Over 60 people have been laid off at the company
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Google veteran Tian Lim appointed Roblox’s vice president of product for the Creator Group
New hires abound as Tian Pei, Ashley McCollum, and Justine Higueras also join the team
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Matthew Zoern appointed Head of Studio at Solid Bash
Promotion for Zoern as he brings more than 20 years of experience to the role
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Josh Yguado appointed CEO of Jam City
SeungWon Lee has been appointed to the role of executive chairman among multiple moves at the company
Unity Layoffs
Unity axes 284 staff and shelves projects post ironSource merger
John Riccitiello announces the firm's second round of layoffs in under a year as their merger settles in
Drest To Impress
DREST appoints Web3 expert Henri Holm as part of global expansion
Holm brings twenty years of experience to the role of CFO
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PlayStation and Space Ape Veterans join the formation team
The new hires will help lead the company's engineering, creative, and narrative development