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9 Just up the road at Sumo Leamington, MARCUS CLARKE is settling into his role of Senior Game Designer. This is his second stint at Sumo Digital, having previously to work on solo project Overmorrow - which we’re hoping will be nominated for next year’s MCV/DEVELOP Awards.
10 Cruelly overlooked last issue (it happens), MARC ALLERA has been the Chairman of Jagex since March. If the name rings a vague bell, that’s because Marc oversaw the UK launch of the Dreamcast during a four-year stint at Sega. Since then he’s held a number of executive roles at various telecommunications giants, such as Three, BT Group and EE.
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11 Creative marketeers Substance Global has taken on OTISHA SEALY as its Head of Gaming, who will be working with clients such as Xbox, Sega, 2K Games and Pokémon. Previously she led the interactive entertainment strategy for Universal Music and managed several high- PlayStation and Warner Bros. Games.
12 The Chinese Room has a new Dialogue Designer.QIN YU joins the studio (soon to release Still Wakes the Deep and working on Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2) with audio production credits on the likes of Dead Island 2, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin, League of Legends and Firewatch
13 After nearly four years at Splash Damage, SARAH DYER has joined Secret Mode as its Social Media Manager. While at Bromley’s Outcasters and The Expanse: A Telltale Series, and will no doubt be doing the same when Sumo’s DeathSprint 66 gets set to shoot out of the blocks.
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14 SEAN BRENNAN has joined the board of directors at Playstack. In his 35 years in the industry he was the managing director of Zenimax Europe and CEO of Focus Entertainment. Back in the dim and distant past, when computers ran on hamster wheels and witchcraft, he held senior positions at Virgin Interactive Entertainment and Mirrorsoft.
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15 Secret Mode’s new Lead Community Manager is VICKI STEELE, who previously worked for Raw Fury as a contractor within its community team on Kingdom Two Crowns and Kingdom games industry. Before that, she worked as a community and social media manager for for tabletop roleplaying games.
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STARLIGHT GAMES Liverpool has a new-ish studio led by industry veteran Gary Nichols, the one-time PR Manager of Britsoft powerhouse Psygnosis who more recently ran Atomicon as a boutique work for hire studio. Well now the studio has transformed like a majestic phoenix into Starlight Games and is working on its own IP, for which it has brought in the likes of NICK BURCOMBE (the co-creator of WipEout), ANDY SANTOS and BEN CRONIN. We look forward to hearing of new sustainable hires as development at the studio ramps up.
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