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ZACHRAY CUNDALL is the newest lead producer at Auroch Digital. He was previously studio lead at Ocean Spark Studios, which worked as outsourcers on several projects alongside doing its own in-house work. At Ocean Spark Zachray helped to build an academy to teach kids how to make their own games using Unreal Engine.
ROSE RUSSELL now works as lead gameplay programmer at Auroch Digital. They have come to Auroch after seven years at Rebellion, where they worked on games like Sniper Elite 5, Strange Brigade, and the Battlezone VR.
GRANT BOLTON has returned to nDreams as its new VP of technology, after spending a year at Meta. In the past he has worked at big studios like Lionhead, Electronic Arts, Supermassive Games, and of course, nDreams, where he used to be its technical director. Home sweet home.
WILL TARRATT has joined TT Odyssey down in Brighton as a design director. He used to work in the same role as Boss Alien, which is also in Brighton, so he hasn’t had to move very far. He has also spent time as a designer at Big Bit, Relentless Software and Sumo Digital.
ROSEY ASQUITH joins Airship Interactive as its new talent acquisition partner, having previously worked at Firesprite, Playground, and Aardvark Swift. Rosey has been in games for over industry and helping people excel in their roles.
DAN BROWNE is joining Airship Interactive’s team as Producer from REALTIME. Dan has an extensive background in production and TV and started his career in games at Team 17 where he was creative services manager before moving on to Frontier as a creative services producer.
MICHAEL RUSHTON is Airship Interactive’s new Head of Production. Mike has over 20 years of experience in production and managing projects across Europe, the US, and Asia. He joins Airship from American Meetings, Inc.
ERIC MAWEJA is Airship Interactive’s new Senior Groom Artist, having joined from Share Creators and before that AniMate. Eric comes from a family of exceptional industry artists and has over seven years of experience in game art and animation.
CHRIS CHALLINOR is Airship’s new Head of IT. Chris will be leading the design and implementation of infrastructure, networking, and security to support Airship’s expansion. With nearly a decade of he is passionate about leading the way for the future of technology.
BRITT DYE has been promoted at Whitethorn Games, and is now publisher back in 2021 and has been making sure their titles meet and often exceed industry accessibility standards so that as many players can enjoy them as possible ever since.
STEWART CLARK has left Alfred PR, and has joined Hope & Glory PR, where he’ll now be a senior account executive. He started his career in QA at Rockstar Games, working remotely on both ‘current and future’ Rockstar games. How mysterious!
EUGENIO VITALE has joined
MY.GAMES in Amsterdam as the director of their premium games division. He’s worked in the industry for over 25 years with teams developing AAA games. Most recently he was at PLAION as its director of product and technology working on IPs like Dead Island, Metro, Saints Row, TimeSplitters and Painkiller.
TOM PHILLIPS is now the editor-in-chief at Eurogamer. He has said that he intends to keep a large amount of his focus on the news side of the site, uncovering cool stories and continuing their quality, accurate and authoritative games coverage along with his team.
RICHARD DARLINGTON will join international investment bank DC Advisory as their executive director in Manchester. He has over 15 years of investment banking and accounting experience, primarily in the technology, media and gaming sectors. He used to work at Zeus Capital, where he was director of their Investment Banking division.
BEN ATKINS CHAFER has joined Corsair. Previously, he was at By Gamers, For Gamers, where he worked as a product specialist for WePC, and a commercial copywriter for AgencyGMR.
OLIVIER PERBET has joined IO Interactive as its new chief Brothers Games for 15 years, and worked on marketing for game series like HITMAN 2, Mortal Kombat and Batman Arkham.
IMOGEN CALYPSO MELLOR has left The Telegraph, and is currently freelancing while looking for her next big job. She has also worked at other well-known media outlets like PC Gamer, GamingBIBLE and PCGamesN, and is a two-time BAFTA judge.
SHAKIRA DAY is now an account manager at Bastion, and joins them from 160over90, where she worked on EA titles including the FIFA series. She has also worked with other major brands like NFL, PUMA and Calvin Klein.
EMILY DIXON is an account executive at Bastion, and comes to them in a transition from a career in online journalism. In the past you might’ve seen her bylines on popular websites like RealSport101 and DualShockers.
Finally, AMY CARMICHAEL BRAKESPEAR executive at Pinpoint, Bastion’s team of specialists that work with marketing campaigns. Before joining Pinpoint, Amy used to work at Picnic Ventures as a marketing executive.
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