Evolution Exchange Gaming

Today's episode is hosted by Elijah Jenkins and they are joined on the podcast by Bob Watson, QA Lead at a Stealth Mode Startup, Sergey Philippov, QA Manager at Guerrilla Games and Daniel Sjöberg, Managing QA Lead at Paradox Interactive. The conversation explores building a high performing QA team and how quality assurance fits into modern game development pipelines. The exchange highlights the im...

Today's episode is hosted by Nina Fallows and they are joined on the podcast by Adina Surdu, Former Studio Head, Olga Grunina, Marketing Communication Services Team Lead at Wargaming Group Ltd, Stephen Hey, Head of Publishing at Radical Forge and Andrew Johnston, Senior Marketing Manager at 4J Studios. The conversation explores innovation in game marketing and how studios are adapting their approa...

Today's episode is hosted by Jamie Manton and they are joined on the podcast by Valentine Kozin, Lead Technical Artist at Rare Ltd, Matthew Higgins, Art Producer at Spectarium Games and Viktor Blanke, Art Director at Ubisoft Stockholm. The conversation explores what visual fidelity really means in modern game development and how teams decide when something is “good enough” to serve the player expe...

Today's episode is hosted by Elijah Jenkins and they are joined on the podcast by Georgiy Lesev, Head of Operations at Wargaming, Alexandru Constantin, Senior Manager, LiveOps & GameOps at Scopely Games and Pratik Das, Associate Game Designer, Live Ops at EA DICE. The conversation explores how AI and automation are transforming LiveOps across the gaming industry. The exchange highlights how da...

Today's episode is hosted by Dominic Wright and they are joined on the podcast by Francisco Casanova Parra, Senior Producer Racing Game at Natural Motion Games, Russell Anderson, Chief Executive Officer at KO Studios Games, Antonio Jesus Narvaez Corrales, Lead Unity Developer at Sandsoft Games and Andrey Selin, Lead Producer at Rovio Entertainment. The conversation explores how evolving roles shap...

Today's episode is hosted by Dominic Wright and they are joined on the podcast by Lyndsey Harries, Senior Engineering Manager at King, Gabriel Slomka, Tech Director at First Light Games and Henry Lunabba, Quality Assurance at Metacore. The conversation explores how passion influences game development and the role it plays in shaping creative processes across different studios. The exchange highlig...

Today's episode is hosted by Harvey Anderson and they are joined on the podcast by Moritz Lehr, Senior RPG Designer at Larian Studios and Daniel Regan, Lead Game Designer at CI Games. The conversation explores game storytelling and how interactive narratives differ from traditional film and literature. The exchange highlights the role of player choice, structure and pacing in shaping meaningful st...

Today's episode is hosted by Harvey Anderson and they are joined on the podcast by Ben Hinchliffe, Lead Game Designer at Just Add Water Development, William Besnard, Lead Game Designer at Warpfrog and Pelle Hallert, Producer at Cortopia Studios. The conversation explores the depth of VR gaming and how virtual reality is reshaping player immersion and interaction. The exchange highlights the design...

Today's episode is hosted by Harvey Anderson and they are joined on the podcast by Dmytro Gudko, Senior Producer at Avalanche Studios Group, Denis Armand, Lead World Designer at Black Forest Games, Alfred Timmer, Associate Producer at Nimble Giant Entertainment and Ben Bauer, Level Design Director at YAGER. The conversation explores world building and how believable environments are crafted to sup...

Today's episode is hosted by William Thompson and they are joined on the podcast by Christopher Grant, Senior Design Director at Lingokids, Smailing Ventura, Product Design Manager UX at King, Peter Diár Friman, Art Director at Ex Rovio Entertainment and Collin Helstien, Lead Game Designer at Mob Entertainment. The conversation explores UX in gaming and why thoughtful user experience design is ess...

Today's episode is hosted by Jamie Manton and they are joined on the podcast by Dmytro Gudko, Senior Producer at Gunzilla Games, Maria Gillies, Product Director at Pixion Games, Javier Garcia-Lajara Herrero, Head of Art at CI Games and Ben Lavender, Tech Director at Kinetic Games. The conversation explores the qualities and behaviours that define strong leadership across modern studios, with atten...

Today's episode is hosted by Elijah Jenkins and they are joined on the podcast by Cristian Girbea, Director of Quality Assurance at Rovio, Jason Szollosi, Head of QA and Founder at Isle Games, Chris Howell, Lead QA Manager at Gram Games Ltd and Emmanuel-Yvan Ofoé, QA Director at Eidos Montréal. The conversation explores how the landscape of QA training has evolved as studios adapt to new productio...

Today's episode is hosted by William Thompson and they are joined on the podcast by Oleksii Yurchenko, Art Director at i Logos Games, Arran Topalian, Lead Game Designer at Outfit7 UK Limited, Sylvia Dybiec, Art Director at Wooga and Daniel Geron, Sr. Creative Lead for the Max Division at Scopely Games. The conversation explores how creative teams across the industry approach the challenge of gener...

Today's episode is hosted by Jamie Manton and they are joined on the podcast by Rob O'Farrell, Co-CEO at Dovetail Games and Gemma Brown, Co-CEO at Dovetail Games. The conversation explores the evolving culture, creative direction and operational priorities shaping one of the industry's most recognisable simulation studios. The guests reflect on how collaboration, talent development and clear commu...

Today's episode is hosted by Elliot Tripp and they are joined on the podcast by Javi Digiorgio, Associate Art Director at Socialpoint, Paul Alexandrescu, Art Director at Tribes Studio and Andiono Christanto, Global Outsourcing Manager at Gameloft. The conversation explores how modern game studios approach outsourcing as a strategic tool for scaling production, expanding creative capability and str...

Today's episode is hosted by Elijah Jenkins and they are joined on the podcast by David Jenkins, Release Manager at Aonic, Criselda Mora, QA Lead at Voodoo and Linh Dieu, CEO at Polynormal Games. The conversation explores how the games industry is strengthening its commitment to diversity and inclusion by fostering environments where varied perspectives and backgrounds shape more creative and acce...

Today's episode is hosted by Elliot Tripp, joined on the podcast by Yannick Theler, CEO at Steer Studios. The conversation explores leadership, studio culture and content strategy across the gaming industry, touching on game development, live ops and player‑centred design. Across two segments the exchange highlights how clear communications frameworks support brand storytelling and community engag...

Today's episode is hosted by Melanie Lindsey and they are joined on the podcast by Sonia Donaire García, Marketing Director at Tangelo Games Corp, Alexandre Arazaki, Head of Global Communications at MY.GAMES and Jukka Hilvonen, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Metamoki. The conversation explores how studios and publishers build effective partnerships that balance creative ambition with commerci...

Today's episode is hosted by Elliot Tripp and they are joined on the podcast by Anat Menaker, Art Team Leader at Playtika, Katsiaryna Shakal, Art Team Leader at Playtika, Larisa Percinlic, Art Director for Talking Tom World at Outfit7 UK Limited and Regina Tsygina, Marketing Delivery Manager at Kosmos. The conversation explores how creative teams can build stronger habits around feedback and commu...

Today's episode is hosted by Elliot Tripp and they are joined on the podcast by Shana Vandercruysse, Art Producer and Character Art Lead at Snowprint Studios , Ho-Yee Li, Senior Producer at Trailmix Games , Shahaf Katzav, Head of Art at Candivore and Elena Yugay, Art Director at Gyreberg . The conversation explores how leaders can create environments where artists and developers feel confident, mo...

Today's episode is hosted by William Thompson and they are joined on the podcast by Jousef Gabro, Founder at AmberWing , Anastasia Travova, Head of Art at Toya Play , Gašper Jager, Head of Creative Production at Ten Square Games S.A and Christian Suárez Páramo, Marketing Art Director at App Agent . The conversation explores what effective leadership looks like within the gaming industry, focusing...

Today's episode is hosted by William Thompson and they are joined on the podcast by Daniel Alcaraz, Art Lead and Game Animation Director at Rovio , Renan Leser, Creative Art Director at Atlas Studios and Sudha Kumar Selvaraj, Lead Animator at Nolimit City . The conversation explores how communication shapes art direction, animation workflows and collaborative creativity across modern game developm...

Today's episode is hosted by William Thompson and they are joined on the podcast by Douglas Kaufman, Design Director , Dmitriy Temchenko, UI/UX Design Director at Spearsoft , Adrian Fuentes, Design Director at GSC Game World and Haz Dulull, Founder and Creative Game Director at Beyond the Pixels . The conversation explores how creative leaders think about game design at the earliest stages and wha...

Today's episode is hosted by Harvey Anderson and they are joined on the podcast by Jingna Zhu, Producer at Sharkmob , Thijs Schipper, Game Design Director at Total Mayhem Games , George Leonard Heim, Project Lead at Amber Studio and Aleksandar Filipov, Studio Lead Game Designer at Beast Burst . The conversation explores how modern studios navigate shifting expectations around game as a service...

Today's episode is hosted by William Thompson and they are joined on the podcast by Om Tandon, Senior Manager UX at Nordeus , Marco Furtado, Art Director at Wildlife Studios and Roman Herasymenko, Producer at Burny Games . The conversation explores what enables strong teams to deliver exceptional games, focusing on the structures and behaviours that support creative collaboration. The guests refle...