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with big names from both the UK and international indie game dev scene like Glowmade, Lumi Interactive and Electric Saint.


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13 TANYA MACHINJIKE  at Gamesindustry.biz as an account manager. She comes to them from similar B2B accounts roles at SAACKE Combustion  Room Group. She’ll be working with George Corner, in what is  industry.


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9 ZA/UM has hired NICOLAS PIROT Artist for Unity. He spent  working on superhero  Kill the Justice League as a senior technical artist. He is presumably now working on whatever the studio is doing next after Disco Elysium. (Something similar, we hope.)


10 Xbox has made yet another acquisition this month, as BECKY ARMSTRONG Bethesda as its new UK community manager. She’ll work on all titles at Bethesda, including the  and long-running games like  Fallout 76. Becky previously worked at Assembly Media, where she led the UK social


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media strategy and day-to- day execution for Xbox UK.


11 Having realised her heart lies in indie games,


MELISSA CHAPLIN has left her previous role as growth director at Waste Creative to take on the exciting adventure of freelance consulting. She’s based in London and is now available for marketing, business development, and pitch deck support.


12 in the water down in London (other than all the chalk) as


CAIT GOODALE has also  at metaverse fashion game studio Drest to set up a new UX consulting business called Dilettante Design down in the capitol. She’s doing well and has already started to work


14 Speaking of GEORGE CORNER, Gamesindustry.biz has also promoted him to sales manager. He previously worked for ReedPop as a trade event account manager for nearly two years, developing a proven track record of negotiating and delivering partnerships with some of the biggest names in games from around the world.


15 Player Research has hired its  in AMÉLIANE F. CHIASSON, who has made accessibility in games her focus since 2020. After spending time working in QA and user research, she  accessibility department at Eidos Montreal, where she worked on games like Marvel's


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Guardians of the Galaxy, Life is 


16 Over at Dead Good PR, BONNIE ADAMS has been  manager. She’ll be leading on accounts like Fulqrum Publishing and Prismatika, as well as  Nordic, Maximum Games and Jackbox Games. When not doing  taking on the many factions over 


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13 Got an appointment you’d like to share? Email Vince Pavey at vince.pavey@biz-media.co.uk August 2023 MCV/DEVELOP | 55


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