It may be troublesome protecting observe of the varied comings and goings within the video games business, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.
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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 top 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 Might 2022, a place he held till being promoted in April 2025.
Previous to becoming a member of Sports activities Interactive, Hardy was editor-in-chief of unbiased soccer web site Prost Soccer. He labored in IT help at The Soccer Affiliation from February 2018 to July 2019.
Des Gayle | Senior partner relations manager, Unity
Unity has appointed Des Gayle as senior partner relations manager.
Gayle is the founding father of distant video games studio Altered Gene, which is at the moment engaged on its upcoming title The Analyst. He has over 20 years of expertise within the business, having labored at Microsoft throughout 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 also be a board member on UKIE and the deputy chair of the BAFTA Video games committee.
Joshua Callaghan | Junior account manager, Raptor PR
Raptor PR has promoted Joshua Callaghan to junior account manager.
Callaghan joined Raptor PR in Might 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 group manager. He was additionally a critiques editor for Speedy Critiques UK.
“In Might 2022, I joined [Raptor PR] as an intern after asking Rana Rahman on Twitter about what a profession in video games PR entails,” mentioned Callaghan. “I started at Raptor as an 18-year-old carer, recent out of A ranges with no diploma.
“Thanks Raptor PR for supporting early careers, and welcoming a budding teen into the business.”
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 intention of serving to Aonic’s staff ship the very best video games to gamers.”
Mosotovy joined Larian in 2019, and oversaw growth 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 wonderful years at Larian, I am unable to wait to dive into this new function at Aonic,” mentioned Mostovoy. “There’s a lot to be enthusiastic about taking place 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 artistic video games. The market share for small indie groups is rising yr on yr, and it will proceed. My function at Aonic is to help these groups in creating and delivering artistic titles that may make a significant influence.”