If you're part of the gaming industry – media, dev, PR, or just a fan! – share this, uh, "sky" (wtf is it if it's not a tweet?!) and leave a note below so we can all find each other!
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Late to this, PR in games and Tech - hit me up for sometimes job stuff and terrible low quality footage of gigs I've been to. Thanks for the thread Vic, its a lifesaver
Hey all! We're Six One Indie, a games outlet aiming to deliver a new take on indie amplification. We're always looking to connect with indies and broaden our support efforts!
Right now, we're in pre-production for our next big indie game showcase. Media + influencers, we'd love to share more info!
Hello! I’m Scott - Senior Marketing Manager at Epic Games currently working on Fall Guys.
I’ve also worked on a number of other titles in my time in games (Life is Strange, Just Cause, Call of Duty, Destiny)
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I'm a games analyst, currently working in the player insights team at Rare, which still feels WILD!
Also make my own stuff on the side, such as Duck Race for Twitch
Hiya! I'm a producer over at Treehouse Games! Previously at Tangle, TSM, UCI esports, Mnet..... and I feel like everything in between. Looking forward to building the same network of people I followed on the other app eventually 🥲
Hi! Jason Fanelli here, longtime games journalist with bylines on GameSpot, Game Informer, MMORPG, and many many more. Feel free to follow for video games, wrestling, and pictures of children and dogs.
Makin' games with Studio Hitsuji and also trying to figure out how new SMM vibes are going to work now that all the previous sites are going full steam ahead at making terrible business decisions 😅 Cheers
Hey! I’m Christian I’m the social lead for @techraptor.bsky.social 🦖
I’m all over our TikTok and YouTube making short form industry news and original content!
Happy to find more mutuals in the industry covering/making games…or other fans of Kingdom Hearts lol
Hello people! I am Kira, I am a gameplay programmer at Bethesda working on the cute ripping & tearing that is Mighty Doom, and I am trans. You can follow me if you want to see someone be unhinged and just having fun, and sometimes random infodumps about different games!
Name's Ben. Used to be a writer, editor, and eventually Social Media Director across Destructoid, Escapist, Nintendo Enthusiast, PC Gamer, and Sims Resource. Got laid off when Enthusiast sold everything to GAMURS. Had a very small consultation role on Axiom Verge 2.
I'm Patricia (PatBrutal), I've been working in the gaming industry for 9 years ish. Started as a QA at Eidos, Warner Bros and Behaviour Interactive, where I switched career and became a Community Manager on Dead by Daylight.
Now here I am, Senior Community Manager at Spearhead Games🤘🏻♥️
You don't have to ask me twice :) Hi, I'm Timo, a long-time freelance tech journalist, writing for various international outlets. I'm currently trying to produce videos covering game tech / optimizations and more in my free time. 🤙
I'm Aurelia! I'm an LGBT Streamer and content creator, I'm affiliated with ThatGameCompany under a non-paid partnership in their Sky Creators Troupe, I'm a vtuber and stream lots of games like Sky: Children of the Light, Splatoon and more!
Hey everyone!
I’m a sequence and cinematics programmer at Massive Entertainment, working on Snowdrop.
I’m from Bilbao, city on northern Spain, and I’ve previously worked at CD Projekt RED and Kaia Studios.
Hoping to find more gamedev people over here!
I didn't know you were on bluesky as well! The Horizon games have some of my favorite game scores ever. Lovely to see you over here, one less reason to go open Twitter haha
Hi I’m Magnus, 13+ year in the gaming industry, most recently at Ubisoft, but have a new gig coming. I love world of gaming and engaging with the. community
hi! I work at a marketing agency named Evolve doing community & social media things. 👀👀 currently:
• Homeworld 3 + Mobile
• https://Covenant.dev (horror-strategy builder Gord coming soooon!)
• Evolve socials
Always looking to learn + improve! Hoping to find other CMs who are cool and wise 🧙♂️
Hello! I help run @nerdcubed.co.uk - It's that YouTube channel everyone knew of about a decade ago, and then forgot about, but we're STILL HERE (somehow).
Hello, I'm first and foremost a bluesky user, but other than that I test games at an indie studio and helped design and market @ibzy.co.uk 's duck race. I've started working on some voice acting and presenting too. I love video games and being sick and cool
Hello!
I’m a PR Specialist, working with a range of video games, tech, esports and books! ✨
Clients include - Frontier Developments, Harper Collins, OutOfTheBit, PDP and many others. Nice to meet you all on a platform that isn’t constantly on fire 🙃
Yes, long time gamedev, started in the late 1970s, then employee #3 at Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts in 1982 (there for 10 years). Check my profile for the games I've worked on, mostly adventure games.
Also, check out this thread for how to connect with the gamedev commnunity:
I’m Matthew, Associate Producer at PQube!
I’m working on a range of awesome indie games with some of the best developers around the world!
Currently working on:
- Discounty
- Pocket Bravery
- Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire
+ more!
Hi! Freelance Aussie game journo and editor. Been doing this for a few years now, always try to bring different perspectives to the front whether that’s queer or critical or celebratory. Writing about myself gives me hives!
Hiya! I’m Hannah or Lomadiah. I’ve made variety content around gaming for 15+ years and am now based over on Twitch. I’m a Twitch ambassador and patron for Safe in our World and Special Effect ✌️
Cheers for the thread, already spotted folks I need to follow over here 💚
Hello, video games bluesky network! Another PR/Comms chap here in the new place, celebrating 20 years in the industry next year 😄/😩. Glad to be on here, don’t you all look smashing - positively glowing!
I should add that I’m Communications Director at CCP Games, creators of sci-fi spacefaring MMORPG EVE Online (as well as some VR games you really should’ve played when you had the chance). Currently looking forward to revealing some new stuff in the EVE Universe in the not-too-distant future! 🤩🤞
I’m Corina Diaz 👋 a video games community & marketing strategist making cool things with great people. You might know me from some of my work in gender diversity at WINGS, or from games like A Fold Apart or The Big Con :)
Find me as corecorina on socials & keep watching the skies! 👀
Hey, nice to meet you all. I used to be in the games industry, working for Safe In Our World, I now run a website with my partner on gaming and mental health and also stream. Just finding my feet again with it all.
Hey hi hellooooo I like meeting more industry folks! Been streaming on Twitch for over 6 years and met so many industry peeps over on the burning bird app. Hoping to do the same here!
Hello game people! I’m a former Staff Writer for The Onion and one of the folks that launched ClickHole. I made a lot of interactive fiction clickventure games there
More lately I’ve written for games like Saints Row, High On Life, Jackbox Party Packs, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, etc
Hello! I’m happy to be here and not the broken bird place. I’m currently co-director of strategic partnerships at Robot Teddy. I’m also a producer with Strange Scaffold, co-host of the Virtual Economy podcast, and a biz dev guy.
Looking forward to meeting more game industry folks.
I'm a video games journalist, copywriter, writer, author, event curator, podcast host, etc. Work with the likes of The Guardian, Edge, BAFTA, Vice, NME, Eurogamer, Ukie, GI. Former Develop mag editor.
Games? I'm into arcade, shumps, retro, leftfield games, import stuff and hardware tinkering!
Hi, my name is Ed Fortune and I'm the literary editor and games columnist for Starburst Magazine, a 'geek culture' magazine that's been around since 1977.
My name is Luke (or so my parents tell me), and I'm a freelance game/tech journo. Most often seen in PLAY magazine, but I also have a monthly feature in PC Gamer, and have been seen out in the wild (i.e. online) at places including Eurogamer, https://space.com, Gamesradar, The Guardian, and, um, PC Gamer.
Hey hey! Admittedly my main thing currently is content moderation for Yelp, but also do some Player Support and content moderation for a live service game (NDA rip) on the side.
AHHHH! Thank you for this thread. Found a bunch of people I already know and added a few new ones too!
About me though, I write for MMORPG and Blizzard things, as well as GW2, and FFXIV. When I have free time I also like to delve into indies like Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes games!
Hi there! 👋 I'm an Australian marketer (currently freelancing for a gaming company). Also a long time games content creator (Xbox MVP etc) and Women in Games / diversity advocate!
Looking forward to connecting with more gaming peeps 💜
Hello! My name is Jasmine, I’m a contract content publisher for Riot Games! I publish content for the NA and OCE regional websites and clients for all active games!
Hey everyone, this is our official UploadVR account Bluesky account. Alongside VR/AR/MR hardware, we also focus on games coming to PlayStation VR2, Quest, Pico, PC VR platforms like Rift, Vive or Steam and more.
To say that game was my childhood would be a massive understatement. If it wasn’t for Marathon and the community that Matt Soell and Hamish Sinclair helped foster, I genuinely wouldn’t have a job in this industry right now. Back in the 90s, those forums were my life!
Heya, Amelia (or Milly), I'm a senior producer at Sprung - we're a co-dev studio that does UX/UI design and implementation, and user research.
I've worked on a LOT of games, from indie to AAA, through being a support studio.
Hello there! 👋 I'm a narrative designer with Obsidian Entertainment, currently working on The Outer Worlds 2! 🪐 Super excited to be meeting so many great #gamedev folks here!
Aaargh, I’m *so* excited for your game!! Loved the first, wishing you all the best with The Outer Worlds 2 - hope everyone making it is having a stellar time (pun absolutely and shamelessly intended)!
👋 Hey-yo, my name's Dora. I'm the Director of Games over at indie game publisher Armor Games Studios. (Bear & Breakfast, The Last Stand: Aftermath, In Stars and Time, etc.) I've worked in this industry for almost fifteen years. A lot of my work is in production.
hi everyone! I'm an entertainment journalist (so games, movies, TV, etc.) and hobbyist game dev/narrative designer who's hoping to drop the "hobbyist" part sooner rather than later.
Hi! I’m Jerome, Marketing Communications Director at Fatshark, and somewhere new soon™ . Previously I’ve been doing PR, creator/media relations work,and strategic stuff for the likes of Ubisoft and Avalanche Studios. Happy to be here!
Hey 🌞 I'm Fanny, a PR manager who also happens to work with creative content creators at ICO Partners and I worked with titles like TUNIC, I was a Teenage Exocolonist, Baldur's Gate 3 and Figment 2! (And I also do art myself sometimes.)
Nice to meet you 🌸
Hey! I'm Fenn. I am a games researcher, historian, and professor! I tweet about the biz sometimes, mostly I make mediocre pop culture jokes and references.
Thank you for starting the thread awhile back. It has been really helpful in finding devs and game peeps!
I'm an interactive sound designer and love geeking out about field recording and synthesizers. Into all things sound & audio, and looking to connect with the community!
Hello, I'm a freelance graphic designer and video editor in the gaming space! I currently do graphic design for IGN and help run a small Website/Youtube channel covering video games called Irrational Passions!
Hello! I'm a producer from northern Ireland, based in montreal! I work with companies all over and teach game dev locally. I have a discord for freelance producers to help find roles for anyone interested 🥰
Heyo! Designer/Dev/Artist from Austria here. Part of local org https://gamedevgraz.at and research team https://gamelabgraz.com. Also smolest of Twitch streamers and doing too many different things at once kinda person. 🙃
Games writer/narrative designer currently for Windrush Tales, formerly lead narrative for Silver Rain Games/Surgent Studios, former content bod for PlayStation, King, Eurogamer, Apple and others.
Hello! New to this app but I'm a Twitch Partner and YouTube Partner with a passion for retro/variety gaming! I'm looking to make more connections with others in the gaming industry in any capacity. Thanks for making this thread! 💕
I've done some German translation work (mostly humor based games for the spicy challenge), UI work (my day-to-day job) and have been working on smaller personal game projects.
Hi! I'm Josh, freelance reporter, critic, and guide writer with a special interest in RPGs. Most of my work is with GLHF and VG 24/7, though I've been published at a lot of other places too
Hey - former Eurogamer contributor, turned IGF-nominated writer/narrative designer, turned games product manager. Currently at Merge Games working on Smalland: Survive the Wilds and many other cool things.
Hi, I'm Anna — Lead UX Designer at The Outsiders, Funcom's Stockholm studio, currently on Metal: Hellsinger.
(For those who followed it, I'm also the one who cosplayed The Unknown for our game release content... 😈🔥 Pictured here sharing the stage with several of my musical icons /overjoyedsob)
Congrats on the sequel, it’s a terrific game and a truly superb example of a modern space combat RPG. Wishing you continued success for the series in future, I’m excited to see what comes next!
what’s up blueskyscrapers (what do we call ourselves?) I’m a headline writer for the Onion, former social media lead for Marianne Williamson 2024 and I created the YouTube channel Weird History! I need cool peeps to follow here!
Hello! I'm Brandon. I'm formerly a TV news journalist / producer and currently joining Digital Extremes as a Producer working on the web team for Warframe, Soulframe and Wayfinder!
And also please meet my beloved friend @uzayzuhal.bsky.social who is a YouTube streamer. She plays a wide-range of games in her streams alongside with her culture & arts content.
Hey! I'm Arthur. I've been a game journo for over 16 years now. I also work sometimes in PR, marketing, and community management. I currently write and do socials for GameCrate.
I'm always happy to make new friends, especially here.
Fan. Big fan. Old big fan. Old big fat fan who has been playing video games for a very, very long time and still isn't very good at them. I like playing games. I like reading about games. I like talking about games. I like reminding people THEY'RE JUST GAMES so stop getting mad.
Wrote a book that is an introduction to video game as a medium and art form + tons of features & now do a monthly column about anything from video game influenced theater to queer video game history.
We cover the latest in gaming including video games AND tabletop content.
We love indies and recently launched a quarterly indie showcase! We’re always looking to find more cool games and developers to highlight on https://TechRaptor.net
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Ashley Cooper, senior writer @ EA Motive, reporting for skeets and skeet-like posting.
Right now, we're in pre-production for our next big indie game showcase. Media + influencers, we'd love to share more info!
This is our game!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2153750/Venture_to_the_Vile/
I've been at Germany-based Strictly Limited Games for almost half a decade. I also did some stuff for ININ during their first years.
Definitely looking for contacts in the true retro and new retro segment of the gaming industry, but awesomeness knows no boundaries.
Send me a ping!
I’ve also worked on a number of other titles in my time in games (Life is Strange, Just Cause, Call of Duty, Destiny)
I’m a freelance concept artist, last on ROLLERDROME. 🧡
I'm a games analyst, currently working in the player insights team at Rare, which still feels WILD!
Also make my own stuff on the side, such as Duck Race for Twitch
I tend to post whichever hyperfixations are on my mind, whether that's tech projects, photography, discourse, games or whatever else.
Dog tax:
Been in this industry nearly 10 years!
I’m all over our TikTok and YouTube making short form industry news and original content!
Happy to find more mutuals in the industry covering/making games…or other fans of Kingdom Hearts lol
We do PR and marketing for indie games. We have worked on over 20 games in the past 3 years, and we don't plan on slowing down 😀
I'm Patricia (PatBrutal), I've been working in the gaming industry for 9 years ish. Started as a QA at Eidos, Warner Bros and Behaviour Interactive, where I switched career and became a Community Manager on Dead by Daylight.
Now here I am, Senior Community Manager at Spearhead Games🤘🏻♥️
References available on request 🖤
I'm Aurelia! I'm an LGBT Streamer and content creator, I'm affiliated with ThatGameCompany under a non-paid partnership in their Sky Creators Troupe, I'm a vtuber and stream lots of games like Sky: Children of the Light, Splatoon and more!
✨️ https://starlitsiren.com/
I’m a sequence and cinematics programmer at Massive Entertainment, working on Snowdrop.
I’m from Bilbao, city on northern Spain, and I’ve previously worked at CD Projekt RED and Kaia Studios.
Hoping to find more gamedev people over here!
• Homeworld 3 + Mobile
• https://Covenant.dev (horror-strategy builder Gord coming soooon!)
• Evolve socials
Always looking to learn + improve! Hoping to find other CMs who are cool and wise 🧙♂️
If you are a gaming professional and would like to show up on this gaming professionals feed, please raise ur hand! 👋
I’m a PR Specialist, working with a range of video games, tech, esports and books! ✨
Clients include - Frontier Developments, Harper Collins, OutOfTheBit, PDP and many others. Nice to meet you all on a platform that isn’t constantly on fire 🙃
Also, check out this thread for how to connect with the gamedev commnunity:
I’m the Creative Director of Six One Indie, a games outlet aiming to deliver a new take on indie amplification.
Additionally, I’m one of the games PR folks over at Vicarious PR where I help whole bunch of fantastic games reach new audiences.
Thrilled to be here y’all! 🤙
Former triple-A game dev now a Game Dev Educator and indie!
I’m working on a range of awesome indie games with some of the best developers around the world!
Currently working on:
- Discounty
- Pocket Bravery
- Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire
+ more!
Cheers for the thread, already spotted folks I need to follow over here 💚
https://Lomadiah.com for more info!
Top 0.3% globally on all Trials games.
A delight to see you here. I've quite enjoyed your work throughout the years.
I’m Corina Diaz 👋 a video games community & marketing strategist making cool things with great people. You might know me from some of my work in gender diversity at WINGS, or from games like A Fold Apart or The Big Con :)
Find me as corecorina on socials & keep watching the skies! 👀
I’m also a math teacher that presents at conferences like NYCC and PAX on how to successfully implement games in the classroom.
Feel free to say hi 🥹
i am currently working on a cursed mass effect video, and a less cursed flight simulator video
Ryan/Toadsanime from the Twitterverse here; I do marketing, bizdev, and game scouting for Super Rare Games, some BAFTA stuff and ex-journo etc etc.
(also welcome! they’re called skeets btw. don’t let anyone try and tell you differently.)
Hello! I'm a writer for games like [REDACTED], Ghost of Tsushima, and Assassin's Creed Odyssey!
More lately I’ve written for games like Saints Row, High On Life, Jackbox Party Packs, Starship Troopers: Terran Command, etc
Looking forward to meeting more game industry folks.
I'm a video games journalist, copywriter, writer, author, event curator, podcast host, etc. Work with the likes of The Guardian, Edge, BAFTA, Vice, NME, Eurogamer, Ukie, GI. Former Develop mag editor.
Games? I'm into arcade, shumps, retro, leftfield games, import stuff and hardware tinkering!
My name is David, and I've been writing reviews, producing videos, and hosting podcasts on a number of different sites for over 6 years now.
My main goal at this point is to help foster a positive video game community where folks can feel safe and enjoy sharing their gaming experiences.
About me though, I write for MMORPG and Blizzard things, as well as GW2, and FFXIV. When I have free time I also like to delve into indies like Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes games!
Looking forward to connecting with more gaming peeps 💜
My main focus is sharing and finding indie games.
From all sorts to cute to horror!
I've worked on a LOT of games, from indie to AAA, through being a support studio.
These days we mainly work on helping bring Japanese games to the west, mainly for other publishers but we do publish some ourselves.
Hoping to release a few games of my own soon :)
Nice to meet everyone!
🐺 I wrote the main storyline for Weird West and am now hard at work on [stuff].
Happy to be here! 🧡
Nice to meet you 🌸
I'm an interactive sound designer and love geeking out about field recording and synthesizers. Into all things sound & audio, and looking to connect with the community!
Games writer/narrative designer currently for Windrush Tales, formerly lead narrative for Silver Rain Games/Surgent Studios, former content bod for PlayStation, King, Eurogamer, Apple and others.
Full intro:
https://bsky.app/profile/coreybrotherson.bsky.social/post/3jzmvom3akt2f
But hey, "tweet" sounded silly at first, maybe it'll catch on
I've done some German translation work (mostly humor based games for the spicy challenge), UI work (my day-to-day job) and have been working on smaller personal game projects.
Occasionally a journalist/presenter/video person.
Currently a creative strategist.
Always playing too many video games 😅
https://bsky.app/profile/kriswb.bsky.social/post/3jznbjuhp6y2j
I've never been one for sticking to one thing, and that's evident in the role I fell into lol
(For those who followed it, I'm also the one who cosplayed The Unknown for our game release content... 😈🔥 Pictured here sharing the stage with several of my musical icons /overjoyedsob)
I've worked in-house and agency-side on a ton of indies, but I mostly post a lot about games. books, food, cats, and travel.
Weird to be replying to an old message, but I stumbled across it and realized I never responded!
And below are my plants and kittens :D
FINALLY, we get a gaming crew over here, I've been DYING for more folks to read!
I'm always happy to make new friends, especially here.
Wrote a book that is an introduction to video game as a medium and art form + tons of features & now do a monthly column about anything from video game influenced theater to queer video game history.
We cover the latest in gaming including video games AND tabletop content.
We love indies and recently launched a quarterly indie showcase! We’re always looking to find more cool games and developers to highlight on https://TechRaptor.net
https://myrielbalzer.com
Author of the blog °Jack of all Trades - Master of Games° https://www.jackofalltrades.myrielbalzer.de