Paris-based esports organization Team Vitality has hired Bruno Martini as its new esports general manager. Martini, a former professional handball player who represented France twice at the Olympics, joins Team Vitality from Paris Saint-Germain, where he spent the last eight years managing the club’s handball team. Team Vitality said in a release that it has […]
Former ESL Director Charlie Allen launches commercial esports agency – Esports Insider
Former ESL Global Brand Partnerships Director Charlie Allen has launched Road House, a new commercial esports and gaming agency. According to the release, the company will focus on working with clients to help them understand ‘the mass potential of brand partnerships’ in the industry. The agency also looks to navigate its clients through the esports […]
Former Xbox VP Thinks Its Time To Get Rid Of Xbox Live Gold
Yesterday, Xbox announced that there were going to be changes to the way that Xbox Live Gold subscriptions are handled. However, the surprise price increase led to such fervent backlash that Xbox has since rescinded their decision to change Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. A former Xbox VP doesn’t think that Xbox Live Gold should exist […]
Former Discord Director of PR Joins Gaming PC Maker NZXT
Former Discord Director of PR and Events Tali Fischer has joined City of Industry, California-based PC hardware maker NZXT as its new director of public relations and community. Fischer left the popular gaming chat app and community earlier this month. Fischer is a seasoned game industry veteran who has worked in leading PR roles since […]
Former CSL Esports Chief Commercial Officer Neil Duffy Joins eFuse
Former CSL Esports Chief Commercial Officer Neil Duffy has joined Ohio-based gaming talent discovery and competition platform eFuse as its new chief revenue officer. In addition to Duffy, eFuse has also hired Herb May, former director of partnerships at the Houston Outlaws as its new director of partnerships. May left the Beasley Media Group-owned Overwatch […]
Former EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming as Unity SVP of sports and live entertainment
Peter Moore made his mark on video games as one of the top bosses at Electronic Arts, Microsoft Xbox, and Sega of America. And now he’s coming back to games, albeit by a bit of a circuitous route. Moore tweeted on Wednesday that he was joining Unity as senior vice president of sports and live […]
Former Rockstar, Wargaming, Rovio & Next Games Developers Raise $4.4M For New Studio
Savage Game Studios, which was founded last summer by former developers from Rockstar, Wargaming, Rovio and Next Games, aims to specialize in free-to-play and AAA game development. The mobile developer has just completed a seed round of financing that raised $4.4 million. According to the studio’s Linkedin page, “We’re a dynamite team of games professionals. […]
Trump pardons former lawmaker who spent campaign funds on Steam games
United States congressman Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty last year to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds. In March, he was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison. What made his story especially comical was how brazen the fraud had been. Among the items listed in the indictment were European vacations for his […]
Kena’s Former Lead Designer Says He Was ‘Maliciously Forced Out’
In a new report from publication Video Games Chronicle, game designer Brandon Popovich alleges that he was “maliciously” forced out from developer Ember Lab, the studio behind the upcoming PS5 title Kena: Bridge of Spirits. According to Popovich, some of his work went unpaid during his tenure at the company and that he was instrumental […]
Former Indivisible, Skullgirls Devs Start New Worker-Owned Studio
Following the mass exodus at Indivisible and Skullgirls creator Lab Zero Games, a group of former developers has founded their own cooperatively structured games studio. Called Future Club and comprising of 15 ex-Lab Zero employees, the studio is worker-owned and committed to creating games with handcrafted 2D art and engaging gameplay. In a press release, […]