It may be troublesome retaining observe of the varied comings and goings within the video games trade, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.
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Katerina Dudinskaya | CEO, Goodville
Cellular sport developer and writer Goodville has promoted its CMO Katerina Dudinskaya to CEO.
Dudinskaya will probably be changing Goodville co-founder Alexey Meleshkevich from Could 1, 2025, who will probably be stepping away from day-to-day operations to concentrate on “strategic oversight and long-term imaginative and prescient” as CPO.
“From the start, Goodville was about constructing one thing significant,” Meleshkevich mentioned. “I am pleased with every thing we have achieved to this point, and I am assured Katerina will take it even additional with their imaginative and prescient and vitality.”
Dudinskaya will lead a totally distant group of over 80 staff, and can concentrate on product innovation, strategic partnerships, and increasing Goodville’s group throughout product, design, and reside ops.
“Goodville is not only a sport, it is a platform that helps folks really feel higher on daily basis,” mentioned Dudinskaya. “I am honoured to lead a group so captivated with purpose-driven innovation, and I consider we’re simply getting began.”
Prior to becoming a member of Goodville, Dudinskaya labored at Gismart for 2 years climbing the ladder from advertising and marketing government to VP of efficiency advertising and marketing. She was additionally a part of the advertising and marketing and development group at Easybrain.
Emma Weeks | Account supervisor, Raptor PR
Emma Weeks has joined Raptor PR as account supervisor.
Weeks beforehand labored at Milk & Honey PR, beginning in September 2023 as senior consumer government earlier than being promoted to consumer supervisor. She additionally labored at Bubble Company for over two years, becoming a member of as junior account government then climbing the ladder to account government then senior account government.
Alexa Bowers | Senior public relations supervisor, Sega of America
Alexa Bowers has been promoted to senior public relations supervisor at Sega of America, having joined the agency in March 2025 as public relations supervisor.
Bowers has been within the video games trade since Could 2021. She labored at communications company TriplePoint as senior account government, earlier than transferring to 505 Video games in January 2022 as advertising and marketing and public relations supervisor.
Marc Anthony Rodriguez | Director of publishing and strategic partnerships, Acclaim
Marc Anthony Rodriguez has joined Acclaim as director of publishing and strategic partnerships.
Rodriguez will form and increase its international publishing and distribution ecosystem, and set up trade relationships for the agency.
“I am stepping right into a second that is tailored for my ardour: empowering indie builders and constructing the form of publishing ecosystem I’ve at all times believed in,” mentioned Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has over 20 years of expertise within the trade. He co-founded VoxPop Video games, and was additionally COO and government producer.
He additionally labored at Capcom for 3 years as a lead product analyst, and went on to handle its North American content material evaluation division. Rodriguez joined Rockstar in 2005 as a beta take a look at analyst, sport analyst, voice actor, and challenge lead for sport evaluation.
Tom Hardy | Senior social media government, Sports activities Interactive
Sports activities Interactive has promoted Tom Hardy to senior social media government.
Hardy joined Sports activities Interactive in July 2019 as a high quality assurance tester. He climbed the ladder as QA lead (media and information) in June 2020 earlier than changing into social media assistant in October 2021.
He was promoted to social media government in Could 2022, a place he held till being promoted in April 2025.
Prior to becoming a member of Sports activities Interactive, Hardy was editor-in-chief of impartial soccer web site Prost Soccer. He labored in IT assist at The Soccer Affiliation from February 2018 to July 2019.
Vincent Bernardin | Head of gaming – France and Central Europe, TikTok
Vincent Bernardin has been promoted to head of gaming – France and Central Europe at TikTok.
Bernardin joined TikTok in 2021. He climbed the ladder to model partnership supervisor in gaming in 2022 – a place he held for 2 years earlier than being promoted to his present place.
He beforehand labored as an account supervisor for net suggestion platform Outbrain, and out of doors promoting agency JCDecaux as a product supervisor from 2015 to 2018.
Des Gayle | Senior companion relations supervisor, Unity
Unity has appointed Des Gayle as senior companion relations supervisor.
Gayle is the founding father of distant video games studio Altered Gene, which is at present engaged on its upcoming title The Analyst. He has over 20 years of expertise within the trade, having labored at Microsoft in the course of the launch of the unique Xbox, Digital Arts, Exient, and Digital Legends Leisure.
He was additionally a producer at Sq. Enix Collective, along with his first challenge being on Life is Unusual in 2015. In March 2023, Gayle joined Radical Forge as a studio government producer.
Gayle can be a board member on UKIE and the deputy chair of the BAFTA Video games committee.
Joshua Callaghan | Junior account supervisor, Raptor PR
Raptor PR has promoted Joshua Callaghan to junior account supervisor.
Callaghan joined Raptor PR in Could 2022 as a public relations assistant on an internship. He was promoted to junior account government in September 2022, adopted by account government in December 2022 and senior account government in October 2024.
Earlier than becoming a member of Raptor PR, Callaghan labored as a freelancer at Misplaced in Cult as a members membership contributor then as a neighborhood supervisor. He was additionally a opinions editor for Fast Opinions UK.
“In Could 2022, I joined [Raptor PR] as an intern after asking Rana Rahman on Twitter about what a profession in video games PR includes,” mentioned Callaghan. “I started at Raptor as an 18-year-old carer, contemporary out of A ranges with no diploma.
“Thanks Raptor PR for supporting early careers, and welcoming a budding teen into the trade.”
Arthur Mostovoy | Head of video games, Aonic
Former Larian studio head Arthur Mostovoy has joined multiplatform gaming group Aonic as head of video games.
Mostovoy will oversee Aonic’s portfolio of titles with “the purpose of serving to Aonic’s group ship the very best video games to gamers.”
Mosotovy joined Larian in 2019, and oversaw improvement on Baldur’s Gate 3. He labored at Pixonic between February 2017 and April 2018, adopted by Azur from April 2018 to August 2019.
“After practically six superb years at Larian, I am unable to wait to dive into this new position at Aonic,” mentioned Mostovoy. “There’s a lot to be enthusiastic about occurring all through our groups, throughout platforms, audiences, and genres.
“We’re getting into a golden age of indies and small groups, leading to some extremely inventive video games. The market share for small indie groups is rising yr on yr, and this can proceed. My position at Aonic is to assist these groups in creating and delivering inventive titles that may make a serious influence.”