SOLA KASALI Football Partnerships Manager, FIFA Brand at Electronic Arts
SOLA puts in a lot of work to make sure that football is accurately represented in EA’s FIFA video game series, making sure that deals are in place to properly portray footballers and their partner brands, as well as producing a wealth of content to keep football fans around the world invested and interested in the game each year. With Sola’s help, the FIFA
SOPHIE is known for developing narratively- driven indie games with subject matters often avoided by the games industry, some of which may even be considered taboo. Her latest game Hook Up deals with the subject of sex-positive 20-something who is app- dating, and handles its interactive storytelling in a mature, responsible way rarely seen in visual novels. She has of course been met with some push back, and with calls for censorship from the usual sorts, but has persevered in the face of this adversity to create truly interesting and unique works of art that are likely to stand the test of time. We hope she makes lots more.
TARA NAZ
Producer at Electric Noir Studios
SOPHIE ARTEMIGI Indie Game Developer
brand is doing better than ever, not just in sales but in its creativity and scope. She has also taken on the important task of championing new role models from underrepresented backgrounds in the world’s favourite sport, and won the Channel 4 Diversity in Advertising award for her work with Hamza Choudhury and the Midnight Ramadan League.
STUART PENTELOW Associate Programmer at d3t
TARA is a quick learner, a diligent worker, and has fought for diversity, equality and mental health awareness during her years within the video games industry. She regularly visits schools to encourage their students into the industry, and offers mentorship to anyone that would like it. Since joining Electric Noir, she has made moves to increase team morale with a free lunchtime social, and often encourages her fellow employees to set personal goals and attend team bonding activities like Show and Tell. Tara was also nominated for Rising Star at the Women In Games Awards 2022, and is a Safe In Our World ambassador.
STUART is a programmer at d3t, and is a positive voice of encouragement and advancement, regularly talking to school students to help grow their interest in the games industry. He grew up in a small town and as such feels a strong need to let children that might find themselves in the same situation as he was know that working in games is an achievable career despite where they may live. He also donates his free time to Abertay University and their Professional Project module each year, having constructed an open-ended game brief for students to work on and making sure that at the end of his mentorship that they own their own IP rights.
TOM is a unique figure in the games industry, with Media Molecule’s fandom thinking of him more like a ‘friend’ than a community manager thanks to his approachable tone, his sense of humour and his passion for the studio’s releases. When not working in the fast-paced world of communications and audience engagement, he spends his time as an ambassador for
Safe in our World, raising mental health awareness in games and encouraging a good work-life balance within his studio. Oh, and he’s also the guy behind “DreamsCom”, which is regularly one of the best (and criminally underrated) games industry experiences each year, despite being entirely digital and remote. If you have a PlayStation, make sure you go to the next one!
TOM DENT
Senior Community Manager at Media Molecule
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