Archangel Softworks - Highway Noir out now! @archangelsoftworks.co.uk I am a UK based independent Godot game dev. I make (without AI) games that I want to play but don't exist yet!
He/him, self confessed geek, under the thumb of a very cute cat
Highway Noir out now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3317730/Highway_Noir/
Games From The Black Hole @gamesblackhole.bsky.social A blog about old games. Written by Ashley Day
gamesfromtheblackhole.wordpress.com
Ross Brierley @ghostlightross.bsky.social Gamer, JP learner & Anime geek
Used to work in video games, bringing Japanese games to the west, now I'm outside the industry.
Ghostlight_Ross on the other site
Joshua Garrity @combinehunterjg.bsky.social Head Game Scout at Secret Mode. Formerly Team17, Fireshine. Opinions expressed here are my own. Core Keeper, Shadows of Doubt, Everything is Crab
Alex Rose @alexrosegames.bsky.social Indie dev, made Super Rude Bear Resurrection
10 time medallist in Ludum Dare
Console porter (Recompile, SWOTS, Passing By, Cluedo, Ticket to Ride)
Physicist, lectured dynamics at Technikum Wien
My 40 jam games: alexrose.itch.io
Site: alexrosegames.com
Kevin VanOrd ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ป @fiddlecub.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Game designer and writer: Divinity, Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2 | Your gay dad: partnered to Stephen and @cubgent.bsky.social | Doing my best
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Martin Robinson @porkface.bsky.social Professional nerd, formerly of Eurogamer and IGN. Lover of virtual cars and tiny 2D space ships.
Alex Donaldson @apzonerunner.com Video game critic. Final Boss @RPGSite.net & @Respec.net. Ronin writer & consultant. Formerly Editor-at-large for Eurogamer/VG247.
Love: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games, RPGs, NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
Kieran Nee @kierannee.bsky.social A Technical Director at Epic Games making fun stuff in UEFN.
Proud dad, crap runner.
Prev: The Movies, Fable 2, Fable 3, Fable Heroes, Gears Pop, Fall Guys & more. Co-founder of Bit by Bit Games
Chris Johnston, aka โCJโ @superpac.bsky.social Product Manager at Enhance (Lumines Arise, HUMANITY, Tetris Effect: Connected, Rez Infinite). Player One Podcast producer/host. Formerly Adult Swim Games, Newtype USA, EGM. Bi guy. ๐๐๐
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.
Garth Chouteau @garthchouteau.bsky.social Veteran tech/games PR pro. PRed the first VR toolkit, first esports league, first casual games site, et al.
George Jijiashvili @giokinto.bsky.social Seรฑor principal analyst covering games, AR & VR at Omdia. Chief sourdough whisperer at @fermentikitchen.bsky.social.
Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social Out now https://outerloopgames.com/dosa
Director on Dosa Divas, Thirsty Suitors, Falcon Age. Co-Founder and Creative Director at Outerloop Games. Design, narrative, art, biz, UI/UX, production. Uplifting marginalized devs.
Dan Pearson @danbosh.bsky.social Neurodivergent games industry comms specialist retraining as a psychotherapist.
Games. Dogs. Foods. Colossal existential anxiety.
Romana Ramzan @romana.bsky.social Producer on Silent Hill: Townfall | BFI Board of Governors | EIFF Board | CoSTAR Foresight
Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social Novelist. Video game correspondent for The Guardian. He/him ๐
Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz โก PR, copywriting, and design for Devolver Digital
โก Writer, photographer, artist, etc.
โก Author of Perfect Organism: A Celebration of Alien: Isolation
โก Glaswegian
๐ Yorkshire, UK
๐ www.ultrabrilliant.xyz
Helen French @helenfrench.bsky.social medcomms writer by day, fiction writer by night. Dork.
Jamie Smith @smithstock.bsky.social Fungineer
created @zeusuplex.bsky.social
Daniel Nye Griffiths @d-nye-griffiths.bsky.social Technology, media, communications. Ex-journalist. Opinions are mine and not representative of my employer. He/him.
Errol ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @eerieseymour.bsky.social Award-nominated Writer and Narrative Designer. Queer historian of queer history. Nightmare enthusiast. Editor. Bisexual. Cat owner. Listen, how long have you got?
โก๏ธ errolseymour.carrd.co โฌ
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Jimmy Bowers @jimmybowers.com Community Manager for Indies @Team17.com ๐ Writer & BAFTA Member ๐ญ Ex-Games Journalist โ๏ธ Yorkshire starting zone ๐ต๏ธ
Prev. Cortopia, Rebellion, Tencent, and nDreams.
๐ | jimmybowers.com
Currentlyโฆ
๐ | Half a King
๐ฎ | Echoes of the End
Josh Drescher @joshdrescher.bsky.social Video game producer/occasional human.
RAP SHEET
Wolfjaw, Hypixel/Riot, Bethesda Softworks, PLAYStudios, EA, BioWare, Mythic Entertainment, Rocket City Studios
Views expressed here are my own.
Lรฉa Talbot @leatalbot.bsky.social Lead Narrative Designer on Dune Awakening by day. ๐๐ก๐ค๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ก by night.
Funcom, ex-Ubisoft. ๐ซ๐ท in ๐ณ๐ด.
Jay Shin @jaywshin.bsky.social ๐ธ MD of #indiedev studio @ArrogantPixel
๐ผ Former Board of directors @UKIE
๐บ Course leader @UWL_LSFMD (BSc Games design and Animation)
๐ชป PhD Candidate at @BirkbeckUoL
๐ป @wigj Ambassador
๐ @londongamesfest #ensemble2022
๐ @ShePlaysPodcast #spg100
Nick Marshall @npmarshall.bsky.social ๐ฃ Brand Marketing Manager @team17
๐ฐ๏ธ Previously Bossa Studios, Warner Bros & More
โญ BAFTA Member
๐งฒ Fridge Magnet Connoisseur
๐ Blatant Cat Dad
๐ฅ Whisky Writer @ allbutdrams.com
(Views my own or my cat's)
Alex Boucher MBE @thatwouldbealex.bsky.social Games, music, events.
Cade Peterson @caderageous.bsky.social ๐ฅ๐คฉ Exec. Prod. of The "Legends of Adventure" doc coming soon
Formerly at Apple, PlayStation, Sephora, MidBoss
Any pronouns are ok.
https://midboss.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/midboss.bsky.social
Melissa Phillips (She/Her) @melphillips.bsky.social Views yours, never mine.
www.gamesleadership.com
Corey Brotherson (open for new contracts/work, drop me an email) @coreybrotherson.bsky.social Award-winning writer / editor / narrative designer: Windrush Tales; Clockwork Watch; Butterfly Books; Magic of Myths; Deadlier Than; PlayStation; Apple; Rewriting Earth; Tales of Kenzera Zau; BAFTA. Rep: Anna Dixon at YMU.
๐ coreybrotherson.com
Mikko Merilรคinen @merilainen.bsky.social Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming.
Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games.
orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X
mikkomerilainen.com
Chella Ramanan ๐ฌ๐ฉ @chellaramanan.bsky.social Games Writer: Massive Entertainment #AvatarFrontiersofPandora
Co-director @ 3-Fold Games: Before I Forget, WindrushTales. BAFTA member.
Former games journo. Brit Caribbean living in Sweden who loves books & films.
Ben Skipper @bskipper.bsky.social Video game comms person
george benjamin jones ๐ PAX West @mole.club he/him. game scout/devrel/bizdev/fruity cocktail @unity.com
prev: co-editor @startmenu.bsky.social
pan ๐ณ๏ธโ๐.
๐ธ๐
brighton.
thoughts my own, i'm not a hive mind.
https://sherr.it/moleclub
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
rikkusarah @rikkusarah.bsky.social Social/Community Lead at Fortis Games
BAFTA member, Switch devotee, lifter of heavy things at the gym and a classic obsessed dog mom to Hugo
Follow me for baking, Otome Games and Loba Apex Main shennanigans.
Ste Pickford @stepickford.bsky.social Full time video game developer. Some time comic artist.
Not won an award since Primary School.
David Branco @davidbranco.bsky.social ๐จ๐ฆ in ๐ซ๐ฎ
Fingersoft Community Manager for Hill Climb Racing ๐
Championing Indie Games All Day ๐ฎ
Poutine Fiend ๐ฅ
Indie Dev ๐จโ๐ป
Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social Indie dev making games & chatting about the games industry. ex Rockstar & Activision, now MD of https://bsky.app/profile/ant-workshop.com
Our latest game: https://bsky.app/profile/tonygowland.bsky.social/post/3lp7gpkckgc24
Daniel Burke - ๐บInnkeep @innkeep.bsky.social He/Him | Australian living on noongar boodja.
Lead developer of ๐บInnkeep @ Boot Disk Games | Husbando/Dad | Once a Jpn-Eng translator.
Steam๐ https://mythwright.gg/Innkeep
Discord๐ https://discord.gg/q5nyWXRmqU
Mailing List๐ http://eepurl.com/gzRndT
Marie Dealessandri @mariedeal.bsky.social Award-winning writer & editor
Editorial strategy manager at Critical Reflex
Former Edge, GamesIndustry.biz and MCV/Develop
๐ฟ
Level 15 Battle Master โ๏ธ
Baldurian ๐
She/her
๐ muckrack.com/marie-dealessandri
Rami Ismail (ุฑุงู
ู) @ramiismail.com I help good people make good games in good ways. https://ramiismail.com/
Gary Alexander Stott ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ @garyastott.bsky.social Producer (prev. Coatsink, Lockwood Publishing). Worked on Men In Black: Most Wanted, Phantom Spark, & more.
Korina โจ๐ @shikaboom.bsky.social Comms cryptid at Wolfeye Studios & freelance games marketer. Prev: Founder of Neonhive. Marketing at Bethesda, SQEX, Ubisoft
Chaotic gardener, insect queen, lifts heavy things.
๐ korina@panicdepartment.com
๐บ korina@wolfeye-studios.com
Ben M-J @vben.bsky.social Creative Content Manager at Larian Studios. BAFTA Member, also secretly 2 kids in a really big coat. Was: NoE, REWIND, Rebellion. He/him.
Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social Editorial director, @lostincult. Former Edge deputy editor. Author of Heartbeats, Dreams and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo; Outer Wilds: Design Works; IMMORTALITY: Design Works. Critic (games/film). chris@lostincult.co.uk / letterboxd.com/downaboutit
sophie marie @sophiemjourno.bsky.social staff writer @ gamesindustry.biz
~ 'bowie said i should wade in deep' ~
Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social Creative Lead: Disney, 20th Century Games.
Working on cool stuff like Alien, Predator, Simpsons, etc. Fmr Senior Game Writer, Narrative Designer
Opinions are mine. she/her
https://www.thewritegame.com
Marcel Hatam @comraven.bsky.social Senior Product Marketing Manager, EMEA @Bethesda. 14-year gaming veteran. German-Iranian. All opinions are solely my own.
And the night grows darker still.
Michael Britten @cinty.bsky.social I live in Shenzhen and do indie stuff at Tencent.
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @ Full Indie Vancouver @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Brendan Sinclair @brendansinclair.bsky.social Recovering game journalist, now simply a journalist.
Context-Free Patent Art: https://www.tumblr.com/contextfreepatentart
Anita Sarkeesian @anitasarkeesian.bsky.social โจThings and Stuffโจ
anitasarkeesian.com
M.H. Williams @mhwilliams.bsky.social I write about things for a living. Currently for a game dev and my personal newsletter, Stuff Worth Knowing (https://stuffworthknowing.substack.com/).
Antoine Bordeleau @antoinebordeleau.bsky.social Games, music, food, memes, no particular order. ๐จ๐ฆ
Jenny | Kimchica ๐ป๐ PAX West & Twitchcon @kimchica.bsky.social ๐ฉท๐๐ Currently @ Wholesome Games, Soft Not Weak ๐ฑ Check out my game discussion club, @geeksandgrounds.bsky.social! Part of @theindiecouncil.com ๐ฎ loves to talk indie games, journaling, and dance.
๐ Personal Biz: jenny@kimchica.com
๐ซถ๐ผ She/her
flo veltman ๐ AdventureX maybe?? @vltmn.itch.io they/them โข @florianvltmn on the bird site, #gamedev, made How to Say Goodbye! prev: Lieve Oma, designer on Monument Valley 2, Assemble with Care โข links: https://linktr.ee/vltmn
Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co Narrative @inkle.co he/him
Writer: TR-49 / EXPELLED! / A Highland Song / Heaven's Vault / Overboard! / Over the Alps / Sorcery! / 80 Days. ink co-creator.
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
Sarah Crowe @sarahcrowe.bsky.social Producer at System Era! Working on Astroneer๐๐
Gareth Williams @garethwilliams.bsky.social Co-Founder - Pressengine.net - Consultant arsehole (NeoHype), Trustee @safeinourworld.bsky.social - Autism Awareness. Dad, Husband, Liverpool fan. Swears. Top 99% Onlyfans
Osama Dorias @osamadorias.bsky.social Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.socialโฌ . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.
Alan Wen @damisanthrope.bsky.social Still here in games print and online media
Email: alan@alanwen.co.uk
Raphael van Lierop ๐จ๐ฆ @raphlife.bsky.social He/Him. Get over it. Exploring apocalypses. I founded and lead Hinterland, and created THE LONG DARK. Director, writer, designer, human. Proud Canadian. Just doing my best.
Mae @entropy-enjoyer.bsky.social Sustainability researcher from disabled perspectives โข art โข imagination โข emotions in transitions โข personal sustainability โข queer (they/them)
Just a spiritual being having a very overwhelming human experience โจ
Danielle Partis @daniellepartis.bsky.social Editorial @wire.xbox.com. Former news editor gamesindustry.biz. Chattin' about riffs, robots, D&D, Warhammer and video games. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social A Kiwi in Seattle. Sr. Comms Manager at Xbox. Previously Amazon Game Studios, Xbox, Microsoft Game Dev, HoloLens, Windows Mixed Reality and Surface PR. A journalist in a former life.
Des Gayle @kiddesimo.bsky.social Writer-Director on an animated short on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alteredgene/taltfe?ref=c715xy
Deputy chair BAFTA Games committee and I also work at Unity.
Haley ๐ค @absintheuse.bsky.social Head of Marketing @ CRITICAL REFLEX | prev Sonic Rumble @ Rovio, Fall Guys @ Epic\Mediatonic โญ๏ธ BAFTA member โญ๏ธ MCV WIG Comms Impact 2020 โญ๏ธ #30under30 2018 โญ๏ธ Game Dev Heroes 2018. Often dressed as an evil queen ๐ My own views. She/her
Angelo Alcid ๐ต๐ญ ๐ฎ โ๏ธ @angeloalcid.com The lawyer for Halo, Gears of War, and Hellblade. Would probably rather be playing a video game right now. he/him
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.
Leo Sanders @leosandbox.bsky.social Solo Horror Dev ๐๏ธ Making a Lovecraftian horror game about light, tunnels, and things beneath the earth. #gamedev #indiedev
๐ https://x.com/LeoSandbox
Jessica Orr @ressiejessie.bsky.social Freelancer | Prev: Senior Guides Writer @Eurogamer | Bylines: PCGamer, GamesRadar+, IGN, GameRant, PCGamesN | Games | Gacha | Horror | She/Her | jessicaorr.work@gmail.com
Jim Jagger @jimjagger.bsky.social VP of Animation at Rockstar Games
Previously: Sony, Ubisoft, BioWare, Neversoft, Infogrames/Ocean
Views are my own
Holly Gordon ๐ฑ @vehollehraptor.bsky.social Producer for Rocksteady Games ๐ฎ
Alan Torres @alan7615.bsky.social Expert Video Producer at Owlchemy Labs ๐ฆ๐งช
| Prev producer @ IGN |
Seen on Kotaku, DigitalTrends, Variety + more
| he/him ๐ฉ๐ด |
JC Lau @ Homecom @drjclau.bsky.social A multi-award winning game developer. Game Changer, SPG100, BAFTA, Next Gen Leader, Future Class. She/they. I hope you like ferrets.
Ed Nightingale @ednights.bsky.social Gaming Account Manager @ Premier PR
Formerly @ Eurogamer
Twitch: twitch.tv/ed_nights
๐ณ๏ธโ๐He/him
Eddie Garcรญa @egprchamp.bsky.social Video game PR person. ARMS and Tekken fanatic. Muay Thai and Boxing practitioner. Iโm your internet dad. @egprchamp here/TikTok
Kaitlyn Red Wing @kaitlynredwing.bsky.social Oglala Lakota | Games PR for @triplepoint in๐LA | Host of @RealTimeStrats | ๐ฝ๏ธ fan | she/her | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ง: kaitlyn@triplepointpr.com
Podcast: https://realtimestrategy.carrd.co
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1QDmz
Jennifer Locke @jenlocke.bsky.social PR/Marketing at popagenda. Past: PR at Gearbox. Former games journalist. Pokรฉmon card collector. She/her
Philip Bak @philipbak.bsky.social Programmer | Epic Games | Fortnite
Jake Kulkowski ๐ @kulkowski.bsky.social Founder of @guillotine.agency - working on your favourite games ๐ช
King in the North ๐บ
Bobby Stein @bobbystein.bsky.social Studio Narrative Director at ArenaNet. Dad, husband, musician, mentor, foodie, retro gaming enjoyer, and a few other things. I post about the games I'm playing, the food I'm eating, and occasionally the games we're making. Follows =/= endorsements.
Dana Nightingale ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ @danaenight.northsky.social Director of level design at Arkane Lyon.
Author of queer speculative fiction.
Transfemme neurodivergent immigrant.
Gay as hell.
she/her fae/faer ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Unionized anti-authoritarian leftist ๐ต๐ธ ๐บ๐ฆ BLM
Dali Dimovski, Your Friend! @dalidimovski.com Artist, Car Designer, Video Games, Writing and Videos. I have an insatiable desire to create.
I โค๏ธ #Detroit, sports, Uno & Mario Kart.
Industrial Designer/CCS Alum
EIC at SideQuesting.com
E: dali@sidequesting.com
Signal: dalibor.01
DaliDimovski.com
Nigel @pseudohausen.bsky.social Lead Game Designer at Ubisoft Toronto, working on Splinter Cell
I post just enough to stay irrelevant.
Ray Willmott @raywillmott.bsky.social Marketer in Games www.readymixconsult.com | Ex Raw Fury, Thunderful, Coatsink & Perp Games. Former social/community. Writer by night. He/Him
Jonathan Ore @jonore.bsky.social Senior writer & editor for CBC News online. Won't stop talking about video games. One-time guest on the Giant Bomb @nite couch.
Bio & contact: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/author/jonathan-ore-1.3300194
juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com journalist girl
junoryleejournalism.com
venmo.com/u/junoschultz
Paypal: juno(dot)stump(at)gmail
https://ko-fi.com/junostump
Patreon.com/junorylee for cool extras
junoryleeschultz.darkroom.com
Lucyโจ @untitledlucegame.bsky.social Short, fast and loudโจ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Illustrator and Game Dev based in Naarm/Melbourne.
๐ฆArt Wizard at Frosty Games Fest
๐ซDrew the memes for 420BLAZEIT:2
๐จCurrently making art for other wonderful folks
NO AI/NO NFTs๐๏ธ
Art queries go to heylucymutimer@gmail.com
Adrian Walker @adrianswalker.blacksky.app โฏ He/Him
โฏ Texan
โฏ Software Engineer
โฏ Founder of VisionBreak Games: https://linktr.ee/visionbreakdev
โฏ Free Palestine ๐ต๐ธ, abolish ๐ง, and trans rights are human rights
Manda Farough | The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham @ PAX Rising! @amandafarough.ca Dir. of Production, Causeway. Executive Producer & Writer (Truck-kun, TMNT: Tactical Takedown), Strange Scaffold. Principal narrative (Terrible Lizards, GNAW). Award-nominated Multiclasser. @virtualeconcast.com cohost. Queer mama. amandafarough.ca ๐จ๐ฆ
Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social Currently: CCO Yellow Brick Games, working on Eternal Strands (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/Eternal_Strands/ ). Formerly: Lead Writer for Jade Empire; Creative Director for Dragon Age. Always: dog lover.
James Whatley @whatleydude.com Snr Global Brand Strategist @ the LEGO Group (opinions own, etc). Mainly working on LEGO Games, Ninjago, and Technic. It's fun. Occasional sender of fivethingsonfriday.com. I got โค๏ธ for writing, gaming, and figuring stuff out. He/Him.
Imre Jele @imrejele.bsky.social Building a new studio, providing creative services, thinking out loud about games and creativity.
Past: Co-founded Bossa Games, Head of RuneScape, BAFTA winner
Dan Brewer @originalbigdan.bsky.social Founder and creative lead of Original Big Games.
From the country.
Previously Bossa, DPS, CA and SMG.
https://thedanbrewer.com/
Anything I post on here is my own opinion and not that of my employer.