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26 years ago, Kirsty Payne entered the games industry with Codemasters, working alongside Richard and David Darling in the days of Spectrucm, C64 and Atari ST. In amongst a plethora of what appeared to the younger me, serious companies and business suits, the early days of the games industry were …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Petra Cattanach
Cattanach started in the games industry as the project manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in the creative services group back in 2008. Her background includes a Master’s in business and publishing and experience in the children’s book and toy industry at companies such as Penguin, BBC and Hasbro. My …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Kathrin Strangfeld
Kathrin Strangfeld has been a major part in Sony’s recent console developments, working as senior business development manager and launching over 80 different video services in over 30 SCEE terriotires. We don’t let just everyone come on board; we only want the best or most interesting content for our users …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Emily Britt
Emily Britt,PR manager at The PokmonCompany and GamesAid chair, tells MCV about her career working with some of the most iconic titles in video game history Tell us about your career in games. I started as a localisation tester in QA at GT Interactive, testing Abe’s Odyssey and Abe’s Exodus. …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Joanna Orland
Orland has had a passion for audio, music, film, television, radio, video games and all forms of media and pop culture from before she could even remember. Having initial studied Radio and TV arts in Toronto, she moved to London to take a Masters degree in Audio Production at the …
Read More »New games pitching and showcase event set for May
The teams behind MCV and Develop are hosting a brand new event in May for developers to showcase their games, find investors and pitch ideas. Interface takes place on May 14th in central London and will bring together developers, publishers, platform holders, investors and funding experts. Interface will connect indies, …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Jo Bartlett
Before joining the games sector, Jo Bartlett worked in PR for galleries, film festivals and DVD releases. She moved to Jackie Cooper PR working on PlayStation’s sponsorship and cultural projects, which saw her ‘hooked’ on the games industry. She continued across various agencies working on PlayStation’s PR activities, as well …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Hollie Bennett
Hollie Bennett was still at university when she got involved with the community at gaming blog Destructoid. She was named EU Community Manager for the website, creating European-specific content. This hobby became a career in 2012 when she approached Bandai Namco about being involved in its business and by April …
Read More »Find out how much UK consumers spent on games in 2014 at MCV event next week
Our widely-read annual market valuation returns next week, and will be launched at a special breakfast briefing in central London. For the last three years, MCV has drawn together a variety of data sources to present a comprehensive overview of where consumer spending on games in the UK goes – …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Gina Jackson
Gina Jackson, MD of Next Gen Skill Academy, recalls her work at the forefront of the games industry’s many transformations Tell us about your career in games. How did you get started? My career has been very varied and I started by working in development on console and handheld titles, …
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