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ALEX FULLARTON is a junior programmer at Sumo Warrington. He is also a graduate from the MComp Computer Science for Games at Sheffield Hallam


University. He’s from Darlington, which is the same place as MCV/DEVELOP’s staff writer Vince Pavey.


JOHN NEWBERRY is now a technical designer at The Chinese Room. He was previously at Bulkhead, where he worked to help bring The Turing Test to the


Nintendo Switch and Google Stadia. He also worked on the video game Wardogs.


MICHAEL GENESIS ASIS has also become a senior environment artist at The Chinese Room. He used to work at Ubisoft Philippines, on AAA video game releases


like Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.


JOE ROBINSON is the new communications director at Hooded Horse. Until walking into the the stable he was was the strategy editor for PCGamesN. With


thirteen(ish) years under his belt across games media and PR, he is sure to be valuable to his new team.


JON TIBBLE has joined CI Games as vice president of global sales. He has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years, and was part of the team that relaunched the F1


series at Codemasters as director of sales, as well as numerous Activision Blizzard titles.


EMMA O’REILLY has joined Snap Finger Click as a junior Unity engineer. She recently graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with first class


honours in Computer Games Development and has a passion for 3D computer graphics. The studio's upcoming Awkward 2 party game will be her main focus.


RUTH CARNEGIE has also joined Snap Finger Click as a junior Unity engineer. She graduated from the University of Abertay, specialising in Computer


Games Technologies. Prior to this she achieved a first class degree at the University of Dundee in Applied Computing. Ruth's passion for accessibility in games is a great fit for Snap Finger Click's focus on multiplayer party games.


KALAM NEALE is the new head of education at British Esports. You might know him as the winner of the prestigious Pearson National Teaching


Award, or as the key architect of the esports BTEC diploma. In his new role he intends to continue to help deliver a continued focus on esports as part of education.


ANDIE CHIVERS GOUDIE has joined Testronic as chief people officer. Andie has over 25 years of experience in HR, and joins the company following senior roles in


the financial services sector and at the guitar manufacturing giant Fender.


Also at Testronic, ANN HURLEY has been promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing. She has been at the studio for over seven years, and has played


an important role in growing the company’s games business. As a Women in Games ambassador, Hurley has also been integral to Testronic’s EDI policies and initiatives.


CATHERINE BYGRAVE has moved from Gfinity to Humble Games, where she’s taken on the job of director of publishing strategy and growth. She is also a


Women in Games Ambassador, and was on our shortlist for the MCV/DEVELOP Women in Games Awards in 2022


MATT HANDRAHAN is now senior portfolio manager at Kepler. Before that, he was a Game content analyst for global third-party relations at PlayStation. You may also


remember him as the former editor-in-chief of GamesIndustry.biz, a job he held for nearly ten years.


SEAN MURPHY is now the studio outsource manager for Firaxis Games. Before joining the company he worked as an outsource manager at places like Aspyr Media and


Armature Studio, so that makes sense. He’s been working in games in some form or other since 1985, so it’s safe to say that he likes them rather a lot.


CHRISTIAN WAIT has left his job as gaming guides and SEO writer at Social Chain, to become the newest gaming and tech SEO writer at GRV Media. He has a


long history of being in the media, having once appeared on a live stand up Michael Barrymore VHS as a five year old. Christian also 3D prints and paints miniatures at @SaberMiniatures.


Finally, ROGER COLLUM has joined Creative Assembly as vice president of the Total War franchise. He used to be head of studio development at EA Dice and has held


several other positions in the industry over more than 15 years, including a stint as lead producer on Epic Games' Fortnite.


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