New staff at Mediatonic

London-based online games studio and digital platform specialist Mediatonic has hired Pete Hickman (pictured) to serve as its new head of production.

Hickman boasts over 20 years of production and publishing experience for companies like Virgin and Eidos, and will be overseeing development on all Mediatonic projects from now on.

“Mediatonic is the UK’s most exciting and creative video game developer, so it’s great to have joined the team and get stuck into some of its most demanding projects,” Hickman said.

“In my role as Head of Production, I’ll be helping to really cement our reputation as creators of world-class games for digital download on all current and future gaming platforms.”

Mediatonic director of games Paul Croft welcomed Hickman to the fold, saying: “Mediatonic is growing rapidly with working on more games than ever before across a large range of platforms.”

“Pete has a huge wealth of knowledge and wisdom about our business and we’re very excited to have him joining the team, where his expertise will be invaluable.”