Andrew Rogers

But it is also worth saying Bellatro, which is a small independent game. It was actually made by one single developer who keeps very anonymous based in Canada. That won three awards for a sort of card poker style game that you can play, which a lot of people have been loving recently.

But it is also worth saying Bellatro, which is a small independent game. It was actually made by one single developer who keeps very anonymous based in Canada. That won three awards for a sort of card poker style game that you can play, which a lot of people have been loving recently.

Well, a lot of smiles and a lot of hopes that it will make a difference, but it's been a really tough year. There was a big boom in spending on games during the COVID pandemic. That's really gone off a bit of a cliff and a lot of these companies have been making work as redundant. It was quite telling that this year they had a new award category, the Game Changer Award.

Well, a lot of smiles and a lot of hopes that it will make a difference, but it's been a really tough year. There was a big boom in spending on games during the COVID pandemic. That's really gone off a bit of a cliff and a lot of these companies have been making work as redundant. It was quite telling that this year they had a new award category, the Game Changer Award.

given to someone who did something useful or noteworthy. That went to Amir Satvat, who works for Tencent, but in his spare time has created a service where he links people who've been working in games, who've lost their jobs, up with new opportunities. So trying to bring an element of optimism into this. But if you work in games, these last couple of years have been pretty tough.

given to someone who did something useful or noteworthy. That went to Amir Satvat, who works for Tencent, but in his spare time has created a service where he links people who've been working in games, who've lost their jobs, up with new opportunities. So trying to bring an element of optimism into this. But if you work in games, these last couple of years have been pretty tough.