Leadership News
The latest Leadership coverage curated for game developers.
Game Developer reports that Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer has clarified remarks about hiring developers who criticize crunch. He said he was speaking informally about the studio’s culture and environment, after …
Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen has left the studio, marking a notable leadership change at the Returnal developer. The exit comes with no public explanation or replacement named yet. For teams …
GamesIndustry.biz reports Testronic has broadened its senior leadership with Mike Guttman named vice president of senior partnerships. The company is also adding QA and business development hires across Warsaw, Manila …
Smaller studios are emerging as the clearest growth opportunity in games, according to Gamescom Dev managing director Frederik Hammes. He says the event is leaning into that shift with 390 …
GamesIndustry.biz’s HR Summit returns to the Royal Institution on October 1 with a new People and Workplaces focus. The agenda is built around practical HR and leadership issues in games, …
As small teams ship bigger hits, the lack of formal management and HR structures can make bad behavior harder to catch and correct. The concern is that “deprofessionalization” may normalize …
Testronic has named Sonia Kerr as CEO, with Sharon Baylay-Bell moving to company chair. The QA provider is also reshaping its leadership team as it pushes deeper into its global …
Kudos Games Services has added two senior hires to push its QA business beyond its current UK and Tunisia footprint. Former Testronic board member Michael Hanna becomes COO, while ex-Team17 …
Wizards of the Coast president John Hight is stepping down and moving into an advisor role. He’ll still be paid $800,000 a year, plus an annual cash bonus, so this …
John Hight is stepping down as president of Wizards of the Coast on September 1, but will stay on as an advisor. The move comes as Hasbro tightens its video …
Xbox’s latest round of layoffs has reached ZeniMax Online Studios’ leadership, including the studio head, operations director, and game director. For teams inside large platform holders, this is a reminder …
ZeniMax Online Studios lost key leadership in the latest Xbox layoffs, including studio head Joseph Burba and several senior ESO leads. The studio is shifting to former business operations head …
Glen Schofield has retired after 35 years in games, closing a career that spanned Dead Space, three Call of Duty entries, The Callisto Protocol, and earlier work on Gex and …
Sega Europe is reshuffling leadership at West Studios: COO Jurgen Post is stepping down and Rovio CEO Alex Pelletier-Normand is taking over the role. Post stays on as an adviser, …
Ubisoft has put Christoph Hartmann in charge of Creative House 2, the unit covering Splinter Cell, The Division, Ghost Recon and March of Giants. For dev teams, the move signals …
Stuart Massie’s GDC talk frames neurodiversity as a leadership asset, not just a personal background detail. For teams, the practical takeaway is that different cognitive styles can improve problem-solving, communication, …
TIGA has named Elaine Green as chair, bringing in a studio founder with 20+ years in development and publishing. For UK teams, the practical angle is continuity: she already knows …
Xbox is reshuffling leadership again, bringing in analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer and AI/Amazon veteran Scott Van Vliet as CTO. For devs, the notable bit is that Microsoft …
Xbox is reshuffling its top strategy and tech leadership, bringing in analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer and naming Scott Van Vliet as CTO. For developers, that usually signals …
Katsuhiro Harada, a key figure in the Tekken franchise, is set to lead a new subsidiary of SNK, which has been fully owned by Saudi Arabia since 2022. This move …