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Nordisk Video games appoints Stefanía Halldórsdóttir as CEO and Ásgeir Kröyer as CFO
Nordisk Video games has named Stefanía Halldórsdóttir as CEO and Ásgeir Kröyer as CFO.
These appointments comply with the latest publishing agreement between subsidiaries Avalanche Studios Group and Supermassive Video games.
Halldórsdóttir and Kröyer will retain their positions as CEO and CFO of Avalanche Studios Group.
“Stefanía and Ásgeir have constructed Avalanche Studios Group into all the things we would like our studios to be: creatively formidable, operationally wonderful and rising,” mentioned former interim CEO and Nordisk Movie chair Allan Mathson Hansen.
“Placing that have on the centre of Nordisk Video games is the pure subsequent step for the group. With this new management in place, we sit up for persevering with to pursue our development ambitions inside video games.”
Halldórsdóttir added: “I am proud to take this on, and grateful to Allan for the inspiration he is laid and the belief he is proven. Nordisk Video games needs to be an lively proprietor that provides its studios what they should do their finest work.”
“For us, that begins with investing in video games and the groups behind them. Our studios lead their video games creatively, and all the things we do as an proprietor is in service of that work; that is the rationale this group works. Ásgeir and I’ll proceed to steer from Stockholm, which stays house for us.”
Sasha Volkohon | Head of business, Recreation Occasions GmbH
Recreation Occasions GmbH, organiser of Gamescom Dev, has appointed Sasha Volkohon as head of business, succeeding Roufina Guenkova.
Volkohon was beforehand senior enterprise improvement supervisor at Distant Management Productions.
As head of business, Volkohon will oversee the agency’s occasion portfolio, together with Gamescom Dev and its management occasions.
“We’re excited to welcome Sasha as our new head of business,” mentioned Recreation Occasions GmbH managing director Frederik Hammes. “Her expertise working with builders, publishers, and different trade companions at Distant Management Productions is especially related to our occasions.”
“Collectively, we wish to strengthen present partnerships and develop new industrial alternatives throughout Gamescom Dev, our year-round management occasions, and the broader occasion portfolio.”
Three former Warhorse Studios devs be a part of CD Projekt Pink
As noticed by GamesRadar, three builders from Warhorse Studios have joined CD Projekt Pink to work on The Witcher 4.
Karel Kolmann is now senior quest designer at CD Projekt Pink, after serving as lead gameplay designer at Warhorse.
Zdeněokay Glatz is senior open world designer following his position at Warhorse as lead stage designer, and Zbyněokay Zelinka has been appointed senior gameplay designer, following his tenure as lead technical designer at Warhorse.
Stewart Neal | Partnerships & development director, Mandali Video games
Stewart Neal has been appointed partnerships & development director at Mandali Video games. Neal beforehand served as studio director at Sumo India Studios.
Neal joined Sumo Digital in 2014 and held roles as insource/outsource supervisor, improvement supervisor, and exterior content material director till 2020.
“Mandali has a wealthy heritage, a powerful basis and a proficient group with expertise engaged on some incredible video games,” mentioned Neal. I am genuinely excited to hitch Priyam Dutta and the group, and construct on what they’ve achieved and assist form Mandali’s subsequent chapter.”