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The entertainment industry’s leading full-service creative agency, Fluid, welcomes Stacey Bates-McCue to its Board of Directors. Stacey joins the Board after a decade at the agency, where she oversaw the creation and exponential success of the Licensing division. 

Good Game Club has released a new episode featuring Games for Change Research Director Dr. Rachel Kowert who discusses why parents, policymakers and the games industry need a more balanced conversation around children’s digital lives.

Develop:Brighton marked its 20 year anniversary last week, drawing  5,804 game developers, publishers, and industry professionals from around the world, to sunny Brighton. This figure represents around 5% increase from 2025 and set yet another new attendance record for the conference. In addition, around  3,000 meetings were scheduled through the event’s professional matchmaking platform, Meet@Develop, highlighting the unique networking …

Eight years ago, The Story Mob was founded as a communications consultancy specialising in esports. Born out of the competitive gaming scene, the agency built its reputation helping teams, tournament organisers, players and publishers tell their stories, as esports navigated its space within the mainstream and esports fandoms. 

After nine years of public relations service at Bethesda Softworks, Jonnie Bryant today moves to team17 to join the independent publisher's expanding marketing team as Communications Director.

Saber Interactive, the global video game studio behind acclaimed, best-selling titles such as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, SnowRunner, and World War Z, is thrilled to announce the addition of Steve Allison as its new Chief Business Officer. Allison joins Saber with over 30 years of executive experience in the games industry.

Screen Burn Interactive has been announced as the sponsor of the Development Impact Award at the forthcoming Women in Games Awards.

Atari has announced that Andreas Deptolla has been appointed President, Atari Europe, a new position reporting to Wade Rosen, Atari chairman and CEO. In this role, Deptolla will oversee Atari’s growing European presence, including development studios in the UK and Sweden, and business operations in Germany.

Fenris Creations has been announced as the sponsor of the Rising Star category at this year’s Women in Games Awards event. George Kelion, Fenris Creations’ Communications Director, said: “Fenris Creations is delighted to support the Women in Games Awards again this year as sponsor of the Rising Star category. Events …

The annual Women in Games Awards are back again this Autumn, and you can now nominate friends, co-workers, and those that you admire in this great industry. You can even nominate yourselves (we won’t tell anyone!). There are 11 categories to choose from this year, so please take the time to understand them …