Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social Senior Director and Video Game Industry Advisor at Circana. Formerly of Activision and Warner Bros Games. Kaboom! Bucket Brigade member since 1982.
Harry Stainer @hwstainer.bsky.social Socials for Empire Magazine
Beth Webb @bethwebb.bsky.social News Editor for Empire Magazine
Michael Pachter @michaelpachter.bsky.social Proud to be woke because I care about social justice. Paying taxes is a high class problem. Vote because you care about others and recognize that other people can do well and make society better
Wesley Yin-Poole @wyp.bsky.social Husband, father, IGN UK News Editor. wesley_yinpoole@ign.com for tips, DM for Signal
Ryan T. Brown ๐ฎ๐ฉท @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk Curated game news for game workers & gamers
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ryan@lostincult.co.uk
Ghost Town Games @ghosttowngames.bsky.social Bafta Award winning indie games studio based in Manchester, England.
Makers of Overcooked!
Busy at work on our new game Stage Fright - a cooperative two player adventure
www.ghosttowngames.com
Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
Dan Thomas @heydanthomas.bsky.social I help games businesses navigate growth... or something.
๐Co-director @ Limit Break Mentorship
๐ฟ COO @ Apparance
๐ปGrowth @ IMPRESS
๐ฎ #GamesIndustry
๐ #Vanlife ๐๏ธ #BarnLife
๐ต #MTB
๐Wales, UK
https://heydanthomas.com
Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social Video games / music / creative industries kinda guy.
Former Head of Games at BAFTA, prev. Insight Manger at Ukie
Runs UK Games Composers: https://gamescomposers.co.uk/
Here to fight the good fight for games.
Rip 'n tear until it is done.
Mike Barrett ๐ฆฆ @bookslap.bsky.social Game dev/streamer/sort of ok artist/Player Support Lead for Innersloth/๐ณ๏ธโ๐
A helpful widdle guy just doing his best.
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bookslap
Loading Bar(s) @loading.bar Offering up gaming bars since 2010?! 14 years of independent existence, along with 100+ game themed cocktails for publishers & developers like Elderflower Scrolls Skyrum
Find us in Hackney (N160PH) & Brighton (Seafront)
www.loading.bar
MJ Widomska @crabdogduck.bsky.social founder and director at YRS TRULY. medieval history enjoyer. my views are the views of my employer.
yrstruly.uk // mjwidomska.com
The Cozy Gaming Club @cozygamingclub.bsky.social Welcome to the The Cozy Gaming Club โ
I'm Ellie (she/her) and I'm beyond obsessed with cozy games!
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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social Indie Developer/Director @ Polygon Treehouse (Mythwrecked & Rรถki) โข BAFTA Breakthrough 2021 โข BAFTA Games & The Game Awards nominee โข 2 x BAFTA Juror โข Industry speaker & mentor โข He/him
Dundee (Scotland)
https://www.polygon-treehouse.com/
Seb Downie-Blackwell @downieseb.bsky.social Games Industry Veteran of 27.2 years & 100+ games
Partner/Head of Production at Remote Control Productions
Managing Director at It Matters Games
Owner of NOTHING MATTERS
"Mr Gamescom" - Linkedin
Star of "Seb Simulator 25"
Your new dad.
Alex Godfrey @mrgodfrey.bsky.social Features Editor at Empire magazine.
BSME Best Feature Writer 2023 and 2026. Shortlisted for PPA Best Writer 2025.
Previously: words for Guardian / GQ / Esquire / Telegraph / Sunday Times Culture / Wired
https://linktr.ee/MrGodfrey
Chris Hewitt @chrishewitt.bsky.social Host of the Empire Film Podcast, wrangler of words for Empire magazine, LFC fan, utterly inept golfer.
Amon Warmann @amonwarmann.bsky.social Contributing Editor @EmpireMagazine. PayMelance @ everywhere else. Q&A host/moderator. @TalkSport's film guy. amonwarmann@gmail.com
John Nugent @thenuge.bsky.social Reviews editor at Empire magazine (@empiremagazine.bsky.social)
thenuge.co.uk
Ben Travis @benstravis.bsky.social Deputy Online Editor at Empire Magazine. One half of the Disniversity Podcast. Clean and rad and powerful.
Helen O'Hara @helenlohara.bsky.social Film journalist, author, podcaster, broadcaster, etc. Empire's Editor-at-Large. If you would like to give me work, have a look at helenohara.com
Nick de Semlyen @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social Editor of Empire. Author of The Last Action Heroes & Wild And Crazy Guys. Devourer of Twiglets.
@boydhilton.bsky.social @boydhilton.bsky.social 
Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social The latest film news, reviews and interviews from Empire, the world's most trusted movie destination.
https://www.empireonline.com
Kay Ribeiro @kayrib23.bsky.social Watches TV and stuff
Pilot TV @pilottvpod.bsky.social Your essential guide to every TV show that matters. New podcast ep every Monday, with Pilot TV+ bonus episode every Thursday. From the creators of Empire magazine.
https://hellorayo.co.uk/podcasts/pilot-tv-podcast/
James Dyer @jamescdyer.bsky.social Writer of wrongs at @EmpireMagazine; @PilotTVPod host; habitual West Wing rewatcher (https://bit.ly/2SqpSGe).
Gemma Cooper @xgemgem.bsky.social Gaming Director @ DDA PR ๐ฎ
Ex Media Molecule, Bandai Namco, Creative Assembly, Warner Bros.
SCP 100 | MCV 30u30 | GIBiz 100 |
Travel, Disney, F1 and LFC fangirl โฅ๏ธโจ
Callum Uwunderwood @callum.uwu.biz Co-founder @ IndieBI & Uwu Advisory, advisor @ Kepler Interactive๐
Biz @ PVKK/Gang Beasts/The Baby in Yellow
Board @ Radical Forge -------------Past: Robot Teddy, Among Us, SUPERHOT VR, Oculus, Kowloon, Raw Fury
Will Lowther @willlowther.bsky.social VP of Business Development @splashdamage ยป He/Him
Cinzia Musio ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ ๐ต๐ธ @geekybaking.bsky.social Pronouns: They/She
Programme Manager @ Ukie
Director @code_coven
๐TGA Future Class 21; GiGaming 20;
@MCV_Develop
WiG & IRL Diversity Champion
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Hollie Emery ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฟ @slinkyfishy.bsky.social CEO Kwalee Labs (formerly Bonsai Collective), creators of @lunaabyssgame.bsky.social!
Prev Producer credits; Horizon: Call of the Mountain VR, Yoku's Island Express, Overcooked
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ | manchester UK ๐
Kat Welsford @popelady.bsky.social Digital Marketing Manager at Megabit Publishing
UKGI & LG Admin!
PR @DissidentRPG & @TeamFolon
@specialeffect Ambassador
#BAFTACrew
@thegameawards Future Class โ21
@forbes 30u30 โ22
KrisWB ๐ฑ @kriswbennett.co.uk โ๐ก Indie game publishing & Self-publishing support
๐ผ Director & Head of XR @futurefriendsgames.com
๐ BAFTA Games memberโ & UKGI Admin
โจ 'these guys are not assholes'
๐คท we are making a game now?
kris @futurefriendsgames.com
โhttps://linktr.ee/KrisWBโ
he/him
Leon Hijazi-Killin ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎโจ @leonkillin.bsky.social People Practice, Strategy & Safeguarding in games | balancepatch.co.uk founder | #BAFTAConnect | UK Games Industry Slack Admin | ex Strategic Inclusion Director @ Sumo Digital | aspiring ghost | views = mine | he/him
Mj L ๐ @ocarina0fslime.bsky.social Producer 3๏ธโฃ3๏ธโฃ
MCV x WiG Rising Star 2025 ๐ฃ
MPhil in Japanese videogames as cultural artefacts ๐ฟ
ๆฅๆฌ่ชOK ๐ฎ UKGI Slack admin, SIOW Ambassador ๐ณโ๐ she/her ๐๐๐
Views my own and often dumb af
Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social Made Mythmatch, an anti-capitalist merge game. Previously worked on Knights and Bikes, LittleBigPlanet, and Ratchet & Clank.
Mythmatch on Steam: s.team/a/1778050
Jonny Hughes @jonnyidk.bsky.social ?????
Previously Splash Damage, Unity, Multiplay.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ He/Him
Katie Goode @mrsgame.dev Creative Director @triangularpixels.com
#VR #AR #BAFTA #breakthroughbrits. Made UnseenDiplomacy, SmashHitPlunder. Help run @cornwall.games
#gamedev #indiedev
Opinions my own
http://mrsgame.dev
Adam Pearce @admanic.bsky.social Creative Lead at Glowmade
Previously on Battlefield V & Battlefront 2
D&D DM / TTRPG Taster / Reluctant Comic Book Nerd / MtG Dabbler
Alex Darby // darbotron ๐น @darbotron.bsky.social Programmer & Designer. Human, husband, parent, skateboarder. Gamedev since '96. Company founder. BAFTA member & winner. GameDevHeroes Programming Hero 2019. Co-creator DJ Hero. #UKGI Cthulhu fhtagn ;,;
www.darbotron.com
www.linkedin.com/in/darbotron
ash liguori ๐ @grimsevers.bsky.social she/they โข editorial lead, playstation access @wearereach.bsky.social
you may remember me from: rock, paper, shotgun, vg247, auroch digital, pcgamesn, or as twitch partner fakestrawberries
vegan โข adhd โข lgbtqia+ โข letterboxd.com/ashriberry
Phil @foxchickengrain.games 
Andrew Fray Helps Automate Video Games @andrewfray.dev Ex: Roll7, Spry Fox. Now: helping teams ship faster with test automation, also Brum Indies.
https://automatedaf.dev https://atig.dev
PuttyCAD - Ric @puttycad.bsky.social Game artist and illustrator. Also make retro games with friends at puttycad.itch.io Writer of comics at odbolz.co.uk #puttycad #puttycadpresents #odbolz #cartoonsbyRic #retrojotter #zxspectrum #retro
Benjamin Williams @kotayabsw.bsky.social ๐ฎ Freelance Narrative Designer and Game Writer
๐จ Worked on Stellaris, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem and games PR at Plan of Attack.
๐ฏ Open for contract work or new roles (Narrative / Editing / Copywriting)
Andrew Thorpe @pyroka.bsky.social Lead Software Engineer Int/Night. Big NPC energy. Really into dull stuff. They/them
Max @mubly.bsky.social Games & TTRPG Publishing
Former Splash Damage & Frontier
Indie TTRPG enthusiast
Check out my stuff: mdc.boats
https://linktr.ee/moobabe
CHEEKBONE | Game Trailer Services ๐ฎ @cheekbonetv.bsky.social Award-winning game trailer collective. Start-to-finish asset production. CHEEKBONE. ๐พ
Check out our website - https://cheekbone.tv/
Chandler Wells Accountancy @chandler-wells-acc.bsky.social Family run accountants in Kent. We know that all our clients are different and customise our service in order to grow their business.
@Freeagent Gold partner
Jack Wentworth-Weedon @jwweedon.bsky.social He/Him
Producer for the Yorkshire Games Festival and Widescreen Weekend at the National Science and Media Museum. Classic film and games are my professional bag.
Twilight (2008) academic.
jonathan burroughs @handle.invalid ceo @variablestate.com โข i love video games!
tina | UI Artist ๐ฎ @connecttruart.bsky.social UI/UX Designer @AfterburnerStudios
Chrissy Bee (Chris Butler) | Open For Unity/C#/C++ Contract Work @avalix.bsky.social Freelance Unity/C#/C++ Generalist & Lead Programmer @ ZA/UM on Disco Elysium for Mobile / Zero Parades | ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ|๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ| Board games | Cat Dad
Prev. Work: As Dusk Falls, Seraph, Ironcast and more - linkedin.com/in/avalix
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Trans Rights are Human Rights ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Robin Lawrence โ๏ธ @restbread.bsky.social performing rituals @ Very Evil Demons โท Dundee regional coordinator @ IWGB Game Workers โท he/they ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Callum @ayershole.bsky.social ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scottish games industry person in MCR.
๐ : Vidyagame Megaphone @ CRITICAL REFLEX
โฐ๏ธ: Prev: Team17, Beyond Frames, Merge Games, PQube
๐: Annoying Cat Person and Metal Gear enjoyer
Mark @mturner.dev Video Game Programmer, previous: Freejam, high-energy & astro-physics.
he/him
https://turnermr.itch.io
https://mturner.dev
Lorna Birrell @lornastellabi.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Producer at Rocksteady | Age: Getting there | Height: Smol and dangerous | Weapon: impossible-to-read notes | All opinions are my own | she/her
Danny Page @dansonroad.bsky.social Marketing at Lo-Fi Games (Kenshi)
Music man. Previously VR World Congress / Opposable Creative Director & Newsletter Writer. He/him.
Alex Moore @oldestpingu.bsky.social Lead Designer on Rogue Trooper โข AvP2010 โข The Persistence & many moore
Founder and Design Director of @mooregames.co.uk
Nat - UX & UI Designer @natalt.bsky.social Freelance:
โ๏ธ UX & UI for games, apps & web
๐ Branding
๐จ 2D art & illustration
๐๏ธ Graphic design
๐ natalt.design
Adam Langridge - EchoBreaker - OUT NOW @ajlangridge.bsky.social Co-founder, Upstream Arcade
Design, Gameplay, Code, Rendering
Hellboy: Web of Wyrd | West of Dead | Deadbeat Heroes | The Marvellous Miss Take | Fable II | Black & White 2
He/Him
www.upstreamarcade.com
Adrian Townsend @adrianaudio.bsky.social Voice Director | Sound Designer | Dubbing Mixer
http://AdrianAudio.com
๐ฎ 007 First Light ๐ฎ Baldur's Gate 3 ๐ฎ Space Marine 2 ๐ฎ Dead Island 2
โจ BAFTA Connect
Olly Bennett @ollyollybennett.bsky.social CEO of indie game developer Cardboard Sword @cardboardsword.bsky.social
@charudesodt.bsky.social @charudesodt.bsky.social 
Mark Ripley - Games Industry Dinosaur @markripley.com Fractional CTO. I help tech startups scale. Making games since 1981, 200+ published titles. Solo indie dev.
LinkedIn: https://markripley.net
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grumpyoaf
Indie: https://wearedinosaurs.uk | https://bonk.ooo
Nexii @nexii.bsky.social Web Dev, Game Dev, London based
Casey-Jo @caseyjok.bsky.social ๐๏ธ๐๐๏ธ
โจ Technical Producer @tanglewoodgames.bsky.social | @womeningames.bsky.social Ambassador | @limitbreak.co.uk mentor/mentee โจ
Oliver Wauters @oliverwauters.bsky.social Lead Game Designer @Glowmade.bsky.social, Ex-@Mediatonic @FallGuysGame, Film Watcher, Book Reader, Pet Patter, Food Eater, Drink Drinker
Podcast host of @3bitdesign.bsky.social ๐๏ธ
Valentina Chrysostomou @valentinachrys.bsky.social ๐ฎ Your friendly neighborhood Principal/Lead Game Designer
๐น Making AAA & Indie games for 13 years (Rockstar Games, Microsoft, Sony - current)
๐๏ธ Co-host @ Level Design FM
๐ Mentor @ Limit Break Mentorship
๐ Links https://linktr.ee/valentinaChrys
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐พ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@oldtsar.bsky.social @oldtsar.bsky.social 
Laurenora ๐ธ @magiclollyl.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธthey/them | fae/faer๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ
Agender ๐ธ AuDHD ๐ฉท 25 ๐ฌ๐ง
Tools UX Developer @ Frontier๐ข๐
George Corner @gcorner101.bsky.social Senior Commercial guy at gamesindustry.biz/IGN Entertainment, lover of indie & Table Top games. BAFTA member. Dad with terrible jokes
elle @ellesillitoe.bsky.social Game designer currently working on Sea of Thieves at Rare ๐ดโโ ๏ธ ๐
All opinions are my own.
Jesse Raen @jesseraen.bsky.social Head of Comms for @UpliftGames
๐ agender, but He/Him is easy ๐
Personal email: RaenBusiness@gmail.com (I can't answer Adopt Me questions there)
๐ฆCRAB GANG๐ฆ
SawwooOooOooo @gamesogre.itch.io โฉ โโโโโ โฝ โโโโโ โฉ
โฝ Sawwy/Sammy โฝ
โฉ they/them - 31yo โฉ
โฝ Married ๐ โฝ
โฉ Software Engineer โฉ
โฝ Ex-Coatsink โฝ
โฉ INFP-T โฉ
โฝ โโโโโ โฉ โโโโโ โฝ
Dann Sullivan @isleofdann.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief Pocket Gamer Brands | EiC BigBossBattle (B3) | Words everywhere | Games judge | Co-organiser Brilliant Indie Treasures
Ryan Burls-Lay @fryry.bsky.social ๐ฎ Games Dev, Software Engineer, UI/UX Guy
Co-Founder of BetaJester Ltd
He/Him ๐ฉท๐๐
I make game-ish things and TRY to grow plants ๐ชด
Adam Turnbull @animturnbull.bsky.social - Principal Animator in the Games Industry
- Worked: NetEase Games, Riot Games, Moon Studios, Guerrilla Games, Jagex, Mediatonic
- Eddie's biggest fan
๐ Yorkshire, UK
๐ adamturnbull.com
Kara Ling @karaling.org On break | Previously @PlayAdoptMe, @HypixelNetwork, HELIX | Made Become the Moon @FeldsparGames | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Matthew Green @thevoicesgames.bsky.social Solo Indie game developer located in Darlington in the north east of England thevoicesgames.uk
Dan | Wishlist Papaya Plaza on Steam now! @danyoutohell.bsky.social Games Producer
Formerly Epic/Mediatonic
Founder at Biscuit Factory Games
@biscuitfactorygames.com
Wishlist Papaya Plaza today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4580030/Papaya_Plaza/
Ed Fear @edfear.co.uk Big gay. He/him. Game director, writer & narrative designer, ex-Mediatonic/Epic. Prev: Murder by Numbers, Hatoful Boyfriend, Heavenstrike Rivals, The Swords of Ditto, many more. LGB with the T๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ.
ใฒใผใ ใใฃใฌใฏใฟใผใใทใใชใชใฉใคใฟใผใใใบใซๆขๅตในใซใฆใใชใฉใๆฅๆฌ่ชOK!
Fin @finlaymcd.bsky.social Senior Programmer at Silent Games
Previously Sumo, Dimension, HammerheadVR
Wishlist Empyreal or I'll cry
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377700/Empyreal/
George Rule @ruley.bsky.social Community and Marketing Lead at Lucid Games ไธจ Here we go again...
Jodie Azhar @jodieazhar.bsky.social Technical Art Director -> Solo Indie Game Developer @ Teazelcat Games making a wholesome, magical, narrative game
GameDev; Freelance Technical Artist
BAFTA Breakthrough
Gardener; bibliophile; flautist
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฌ๐ง
Michael Cameron @tiveran.bsky.social Design Manager at Hyper Luminal Games | Mentor at CG Spectrum | Previously Ant Workshop, Blazing Griffin, and Microsoft | He/him
https://linktr.ee/tiveran
Kieron West @westydesign.bsky.social Map Editor @ MapGenie & Writer @ NiceGameHints
He / Him
Occasional designer of games. Find my projects at https://linktr.ee/WestyDesign
Prev: GamerGuides, GfinityEsports, GameRant, PSNProfiles
Conor Cleon Clarke @cleonclarke.bsky.social Marketing Exec for ustwo games. Prev. Gang Beasts, NVM | A MAZE Sheffield | BAFTA Connect | MCV 30u30 2021 | BBC Sheffield's 'Resident Gaming Expert' ๐ฎ
Kirk McKeand @mckkirk.bsky.social Microplastics, theyโre fantastic. Content Director @ GLHF. Consultancy, mock reviews. Did some writing for a video game called The Axis Unseen.
Jamie Collinge @twinno1.bsky.social Producer | Release Manager
Powerwash Simulator, Powerwash Simulator VR, DNFC, Foreclosed, Alex Kidd in MIracle World DX +++
Nick Holliday @nickholl.bsky.social London based 3D/UI Artist (& avid 3D Printer)
(he/him)
Portfolio: https://nickholliday.artstation.com
Personal work https://www.artstation.com/nickknacks
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NickknacksToyShop
Amalia @litarodriguezz.bsky.social Film, music & games enthusiast.
Peter @carwash.bsky.social Indie game dev and gamer.
Unity developer and asset store publisher.
Finished writing my first novel, 'Champions', now querying agents!
Itch: https://enigma23.itch.io/
Unity Asset Store: https://assetstore.unity.com/publishers/44742?aid=1101lGt5
Alex Raisbeck @shmu.bsky.social space junk | gaming writer at Radio Times
ex. guides writer @VideoGamer
bylines at GamesRadar, PC Gamer, PCGamesN, Lost In Cult and more
๐ง: alex.raisbeck@radiotimes.com
Christian "Reggie" Wait @chrisreggiewait.bsky.social Tech and Gaming freelance writer | Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/christianreggiewait | email: christianwait1988@gmail.com
Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social Creative Programmer and VR junkie.
Personal Account. Technical Director @ FP ex Adobe / Mm / Sony / Climax among others