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505 Games: Spotlight on Staff
By
Antonela Pounder @AnimatedAnt
on September 2, 2021 7:02pm
on September 2, 2021 7:02pm
505 Games: Spotlight on Staff
You know the games we publish, now it’s time to get to know some of the people behind the 505 Games name!
Today, we’re putting the spotlight on a selection of our wonderful staff. Find out more about their day to day, their favourite 505 titles and their most memorable memories so far working at 505 Games!
Enjoy…
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| Name | Neil Ralley |
| Job title and short summary of your role | President |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 4 years |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | All are my favourites, choosing one would be like choosing a favourite child, actually I only have one child so more like choosing a favourite member of the 505 team! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Again, loads of memorable moments for which I would love to thank all our partners, our players and fans and most importantly the fantastic 505 team around the world. Here’s to the next 15 years. Cheers. |
| Name | Daniel Abts |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Digital Marketing Communications Specialist DACH / I am supporting our DACH office with all the tasks involving external communication such as PR, Social Media and Marketing. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | A little over six months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | My favourite 505 title has to be Ghostrunner! I love the crisp gameplay loop. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | I am still new to the team but I really appreciate that there was not the one initial moment where I felt “I am now finally an official member of the company”. Instead, I was part of the team right from the beginning and this helped a lot! |
| Name | David Dingvean |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Senior Web Developer – I work on the web stuff and emails that you receive about our titles. If you visit a website or open a 505 email, I’ve been involved with it in some form. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Just over 4 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Journey to the Savage Planet and Naughty Bear. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
I love it when we get to see the progress of our titles, from idea to production. Control was a favourite as I got to create a website with some fancy secret areas that not everyone found. But the best bit about working at 505 Games is the people. I work with some hugely talented folk, whether they are working in creative, marketing, production, brand or community, they are some of the most friendly and patient people I have ever met! One huge thing I will never get bored of is seeing my name in the credits of a game. So amazing.
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| Name | Antonela Pounder |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Director of Global Community. I’m responsible for overseeing the 505 Games global community team, along with our portfolio of premium titles. I also happen to be the voice behind our 505 Games, DEATH STRANDING PC, Control, Assetto Corsa and ABZU social channels. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Well over 5 1/2 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | DEATH STRANDING and Control. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Attending E3 back in 2018 was an absolute career highlight for me! I remember getting to my hotel room and basically having a little cry with happiness. Proper bucket list stuff! That aside, working with KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS on DEATH STRANDING has been a dream come true. Never did I ever think I’d get the opportunity to lead the social strategy and community engagement on a Hideo Kojima title. My younger self is pinching herself! |
| Name | Ana Lafuente |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Sales and Marketing Manager Iberia |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 13 years! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | DEATH STRANDING is one of my favourite games, it has everything that I like in a game! Terraria too and I don’t want to forget the Cooking Mama Franchise! So much fun with great games. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | The daily job that we have done during the years with Assetto Corsa and it’s Brand positioning. AC is one of the top Simulator Racing Games in our territory. |
| Name | Andre Bronzoni |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Sr. Global Brand Manager – I work with incredible people and “try” 😊 to manage fun games to fun people. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 1 year and 5 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Assetto Corsa. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | When I joined the company, everybody was so nice to me that I thought I’d been in the company for many years. Besides the warm welcome, we have the best Brand call in the industry for sure. Very cool! |
| Name | Ben Godwin |
| Job title and short summary of your role | 1st Party Partnerships Manager – I oversee everything related to Steam and Xbox as platforms for 505 Games, alongside new business development in areas such as virtual reality, hardware, peripherals, cloud gaming and more! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 3 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | No Mans Sky. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | The first week I started at 505 I was shipped off to E3 half way across the world, a baptism of fire which I maintain is one of the coolest ways to start your career in videogames at a new company and get to know the team you will be working with! |
| Name | Carly Drew |
| Job title and short summary of your role | I am a Senior Global Brand Manager at 505 Games. My role is to be the brand guardian for multiple titles, ensuring all the cool trailers you see and the product descriptions you read not only look great, but are accurate and representative of the game too. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Just over a year. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Top Gun: Hard Lock. I am a huge Top Gun fan, the gameplay is really fun, and it was the first 505 Games title I looked after when I was a Site Merchandiser at Amazon over eight years ago! I haven’t lost that loving feeling for it since… |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Launching Control Ultimate Edition – Cloud Version was awesome! The teamwork was incredible to be a part of, then seeing it live on a Nintendo Direct, was both humbling and exciting. This is the stuff that makes it all worthwhile! |
| Name | Chiara Pasquini |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Release Manager. As a Release Manager, I look after all of 505 Games titles, from pre-production to release, and make sure that they reach the stores and shelves on time and in a good shape. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 15 years! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | I have enjoyed working on all of our titles. As a gamer, I would say Brothers and Control had the biggest impact on me. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | It is hard for me to pick only one good memory out of the many memorable moments I have experienced. I remember my first GDC very fondly, but that was ages ago! More recently, being able to work closely with Remedy on Control was a dream come true for me, as I have been a big fan of their work for a long time. |
| Name | Chiharu Tsutsui |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Localization Manager Japan, supervising all 505 titles for Japan market to provide the highest quality localization to the gamers and supporting the present and future Japanese release! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 8 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Red Solstice 2 is one of my favorite as I basically have been able to get involved with it since I joined 505 Games. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | I really feel 505’s positive approach and focus when it comes to the localization process because of their efforts to deliver the best quality, as close as possible to the goals set by the Japan team, 505 is willing to handle and fix even the smallest issues. |
| Name | Jahangeer Ansari |
| Job title and a short summary of your role | Senior Digital Marketing Manager – APAC; I work on Data Analysis & Online Ads. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 3 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – It was a beautiful mix of gameplay, twin-stick mechanics, puzzles, and a great story. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | I have been a big fan of 505 Games, and it has always been my dream to work in the Gaming industry. I would never forget the day I got hired and to find out that I can work with my favourite video game franchises. |
| Name | Julia Kastenmeier |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Marketing & Communications Manager DACH – whatever you see and hear and ready about 505 Games across DACH – it went over my table. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 12 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Portal Knights (due to it being developed in Germany, won a major award here, I did studio trips and was pretty to close to it right from the beginning) |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Big media event, tons of media and guests, Starbreeze attending, first time playable Payday2 and whole location lost power! |
| Name | Jason Ryan |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Senior Brand Community Manager. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 3 Years, 4 Months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Journey to the Savage Planet was so unexpected and funny, it became one of my favorites. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Going to PAX in Boston and getting to meet Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night fans in person. |
| Name | James Cartlidge |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Brand Community Manager: Making cool stuff on the internet to support our games and celebrate their communities. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 1 month – yep, I still have that ‘new car smell’ |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | This one’s tough, especially as I’ve not been here long – but being THAT ‘single player-narrative driven-action adventure’ gamer, Control really stands out. It’s satisfied a lot of cravings I’ve wanted from a game in a while; The moment-to-moment story and action is glorious and when combined with the world that Remedy has built, it’s unbelievable. If you’ve yet to play this game, you ARE missing out. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | This one’s easy – my first day. Being welcomed by so many likeminded people with a passion for the industry, has certainly checked one thing off of my bucket list. I couldn’t be prouder to work with my 505 family. |
| Name | James Reid |
| Job title and short summary of your role | VP, Global Marketing |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 3 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Control. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Drinking espressos with Hideo Kojima at this office in Tokyo! Words cannot describe. |
| Name | Iju Shih |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Director of Marketing Asia Pacific Everything you can think about marketing in Asia, with an amazing team of talents from all over Asia and the world! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Since May 2015 so more than 6 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Gems of War! Simply can’t stop playing it. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | When we bought top influencers from China to Europe to stream our upcoming games, it was not only the very first initiative ever in China but also remarkable results for our games! |
| Name | Idalina Taylor |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Global Localisation Manager – Responsible for the Localisation of all games published by 505 Games |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 1 year. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Control! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
The people! 505 has been able to create teams with a most incredible, exciting, knowledgeable and fun set of professional people, that makes working at 505 such a pleasure! Here’s to many more 505 Games anniversary celebrations! |
| Name | Heather Olcot |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Web Developer – I build the websites that show off our amazing games! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 2 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | DEATH STRANDING. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Definitely creating the interactive map on the Death Stranding website – I love learning new things and this was a huge learning curve for me, so I’m very proud of it! |
| Name | Gautier Ladure |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Digital marketing specialist at 505 Games France |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | I am a young 505 Games employee as I joined the 505 family on June the 1st ! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Assetto Corsa Franchise : I am a huge sim-racing fan and try to play once a day on Assetto Corsa Competizione. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | So far the most memorable moment was my 1st day at 505 Games : sitting in front of my screen reading some very nice welcome message and telling myself : “That is it, I am part of the 505 Games family !” |
| Name | Mayuko Taki |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Marketing Manager Japan, spreading awesome games to Japanese gamers! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 3 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is one of my favourites. After I enjoyed the close combat in the dark castle, I will start exploring underwater in ABZÛ to relax! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Releasing new titles and cerebrating the releases with my colleagues! |
| Name | Marcus Toon |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Senior Marketing Manager, UK &ANZ. I look after all our marketing & communications in the UK & ANZ across retail, PR, Media & influencers. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 2 ½ years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | It’s a tough one between Limbo and Control. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Organising and executing a EMEA Press Event for Control within 2 months of joining 505 Games and working with the Remedy team for the first time. |
| Name | Luis Alamilla |
| Job title and short summary of your role | My role is customer service representative. I’m the first line of contact when you reach out to our support page for any possible issues, general questions, or feedback about our games. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | I’m still the figurative baby at 505 Games only having started in March 2021. Despite only being here for about 6 months, I already feel like I’ve been here for years! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? |
That’s easy, without a doubt it’d be Control. Remedy did a phenomenal job crafting together an interesting story in an even more fascinating world. There’s plenty of great cinematic scenes and superpower gameplay moments that continue to live rent-free in my mind. I’m so excited to see where that series goes. If you haven’t played it, it’s on Game Pass.
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| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
Since I’ve only been here a short time and I joined during the lockdown, I haven’t had any in-person memories yet but a lot of my favorite moments so far have just been hearing the positive reactions we get from our players. Seeing their joyous reaction to a news release, new game update or just some support always brings joy to doing my job.
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| Name | Lennart Bobzien |
| Job title and short summary of your role |
Global Brand Manager Looking after brands such as Drawn to Life: Two Realms, Red Solstice 2: Survivors or Stray Blade. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 1 year. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Joining an amazing team while working remotely and feeling welcomed from day 1 |
| Name | Lauren Newman |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Digital Marketing Specialist – All things Marketing and also looking after our Creator Circle. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 6 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Cooking Mama! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Working with all the lovely creators for the Death Stranding PC Big Night In and getting a call out from Hideo Kojima himself! I fangirled a little bit. |
| Name | Kyle Beams |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Business Development Manager. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Almost 6 years! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Abzu for sure. I love games that can catch the attention of anyone – being able to peacefully sit underwater and watch the fishies is something my 2.5 year old niece loves! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
My most memorable moment while working at 505 has to be when Journey to the Savage Planet was revealed at The Game Awards! It was the first project I helped get signed at 505 and makes me crack up laughing every time I play it.
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| Name | Kota Sugawara |
| Job title and short summary of your role | General Manager of 505 Games Japan office and mainly in charge of the local business development. I am overseeing and supporting a team of 3 members who are in charge of the marketing, localization, and production. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Almost two years! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | It is hard to pick one, but if I were to choose one, it will be Assetto Corsa Ultimate Edition. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | It was an honor and so memorable to be involved in the establishment process of 505 Games Japan. I felt the great power of 505 Games as a global team especially at the launch of the DEATH STRANDING PC and Control Ultimate Edition Cloud Version. |
| Name | Kathleen Nicholls |
| Job title and short summary of your role | VP, Product Development – I manage various groups that help support our amazing developers in making great games: producers, creative management, customer support, QA, localization, ratings, and submissions. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 8 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | ABZU has to be my favorite 505 game, it’s absolutely gorgeous and I loved working with the team at Giant Squid! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | The first all-company meeting during lockdown, with over 150 people on a Zoom call. While everyone was locked at home, it was so wonderful to see all of my co-workers around the world, many of whom I’ve never met. It really made me feel connected to everyone. |
| Name | Rodrigo de la Pedraja San José |
| Job title and short summary of your role |
I work as Senior Global Brand Manager from the Madrid office. Brand team responsibilities are many and connect with many different departments: market research, competitor and product analysis, strategy and positioning, asset creation, P&L control and, in a nutshell anything you are asked for!
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| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 13 and a half years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? |
I love many of our games but I really like some where I had a special involvement. The first one would be the How to Survive franchise, it was the first product I fully managed, started as a smaller project and it was very fun to work with Eko Software.
Second would be Terraria, it’s our 10th anniversary this year!
In third position I am going to name Total Tank Simulator. The Noobz From Poland crew has a great energy, we shipped their first game in the very tough Spring of 2020 and reached top positions on Steam! As their name suggests it was a new studio and they have a lot of positive curiosity. I am eager to see what else they can bring to the table.
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| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
Hard to pick, I do have quite a few anecdotes but 505 Games feels like “my home” so I just see them as natural.
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| Name | Patrick Hargreaves |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Associate Producer: I assist our developers and other third parties develop and plan their projects. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Over 2 years! |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Control blew me away when I played it and was one of the first games I saw when I joined with 505. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Launching my first title was a surreal experience for me and thanks to the support and how much I learned it is one I will cherish. |
| Name | Oli Palmer |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Associate Producer, handling the production needs for various titles. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Nearly 3 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Indivisible, a project I had the pleasure of working on from start to finish. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | A bit more open-ended, but meeting so many amazing people within the company. |
| Name | Nick Turner |
| Job title and short summary of your role |
Senior Global Brand Manager – Assetto Corsa. I work closely with the team at Kunos and 505 to define the brand strategy for the entire Assetto Corsa franchise. Being a petrolhead it’s the perfect job that combines my passion for videogames and cars. I also get the chance to work with some amazing talented people. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 6 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Assetto Corsa. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Creating the Assetto Corsa Showcase was hard work but a lot of fun! Also finally being able to announce Assetto Corsa Competizione for PS5 and Xbox Series S/X was a proud moment and is really exciting for the future of the franchise! |
| Name | Nic Ashford |
| Job title and short summary of your role | VP -Sales and Operations (Americas) |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Almost 13 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Too many to list – seriously! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Helping start up the US office when there was only 6 of us. |
| Name | Mike Motoda |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Sr. Manager, Production Services — I manage the worldwide teams that run QA, Localization, Social/Customer Support, Internal Game Evaluation & Review, and Retail/Digital Sign-Off. I also share Submissions and Ratings oversight responsibilities, and probably some other things too. 🙂 |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | A little over 6 years now (May 2015) |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is the game that originally attracted to me to 505 Games. Since then, I’ve enjoyed many of our games, including but not limited to: Terraria, Last Day of June, Control, Death Stranding, Ghostrunner, Portal Knights, and Abzu. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | There are so many, but one thing that stands out happened within the first few months of working here. I was answering customer support tickets, and I heard from a father who said that Terraria was responsible for encouraging his autistic son to venture outside for the first time, walking around their garden, collecting and cataloguing rocks, plants, and other objects, similar to what he loved doing in the game. That really stayed with me, underscoring the importance of never forgetting the human element of games. |
| Name | Melissa Duncan |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Creative Artworker – I put together all our title covers as well as creating anything Imagery based. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 4 years and 5 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | My favourite title has to be ‘Last day of June’. I love the art style and story behind it. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Mine would have to be my first 505 title I worked on which was “Stardew Valley’ and then going into GAME and seeing it in-store for the first time, along with all the social imagery. That was a very special proud moment 😊, and I still love it each time. |
| Name | Youbin Cho |
| Job title and short summary of your role |
Marketing Manager – Korea I manage all the 505games marketing activities in Korea and to make sure that our fans in Korea are updated with our latest news! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | It has been a great 1 year working with an amazing team at 505 Games. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Control Ultimate Edition was the first title I ever worked on here at 505 Games and it is the most memorable title for me! |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
The most memorable moment is when my family and friends in Korea found my work on Korean websites, shared with me and started playing some of 505’s titles! The other thing I want to share is that it has been a tough few years for everyone, not able to visit family and friends back home including myself. But the support and warmth by 505 team always helps me and gives me a motivation to work harder. |
| Name | Yosuke Yano |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Producer – I’m very proud to be the first 505 Producer to be located in Tokyo/Japan. We’re producing games!!! |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Less than 1 month. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Control |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Since I’m relatively a new starter at 505, my most memorable moments are from my first day at the working place where I got to speak with the awesome colleagues throughout the company. |
| Name | William (WiLL) Capriata |
| Job title and short summary of your role |
EMEA PR MANAGER 505 GAMES Management and coordination of global consumer communication strategy/execution for products/events within the 505 Games portfolio in EMEA region. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Since the very beginning! In 2006 I started to work on 505 Games products mainly as key PR contact for Italian media. I then moved in the international PR team back in 2017. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Many 505 Games titles get a special space on my heart for several reasons, anyway as a gamer my favourite “gems” are: Brothers Abzu Assetto Corsa Bloodstained RotN CONTROL |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | I had many great moments in my 505 Games memories but probably one of the most memorable was related to the CONTROL campaign and all related PR events. |
| Name | Thomas Simpson |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Global Brand Manager |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 5 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? |
There are too many to pick from and I hold a special place for those titles that I have worked on, as you feel like you have played your part in making these games a great experience for so many people. If I was to single out 1 title though, it would be Portal Knights as this was the first title I worked on at 505 Games and the one I have invested the most time into, not just as part of the job but also as a player.
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| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
I think my most memorable moment would be launching Death Stranding on PC. This is a huge milestone for me personally and of course, I am honoured to have worked with such as fantastic development team in Kojima Productions. I am certainly looking forward to what the future holds for 505 Games as we continue to work with some amazing partners.
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| Name | Thomas Rosenthal |
| Job title and short summary of your role | General Manager Asia-Pacific. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Over 6 years. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Terraria. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? | Seeing boxed 505 branded videogames in brick and mortar stores across Japan and Portal Knights scratch cards in all 7 Elevens in Taiwan. |
| Name | Simona Bassano |
| Job title and short summary of your role | EMEA Marketing Director – I am Responsible for the regional planning, development and execution of EMEA marketing activities. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Being part of the DB Group, with different roles and responsibilities, I’ve worked for 505 Games since day 1. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? |
I have played, launched, marketed a lot of them, but Assetto Corsa is a real special one. I have seen it becoming a global success and I had the chance to build up a very special relationship with the studio team. We had great time together since the first time I met them in L.A. It was Assetto Corsa’s official 505 Games debut.
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| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
The Cooking Mama DS turning point, when we have ranked up to the first place of the global Nintendo chart and then also the Italian cross-format chart. I worked for so many big publishers and on a number of striking triple A games, but I cannot forget that special moment when a 505 Games title reached the top of the hill for the first time.
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| Name | Russ Brock |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Associate Producer – Do my best to remove current and future roadblocks so our partners can produce the best games possible, all while keeping an eye the timelines and budgets. |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | 3 months. |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | Brothers first put 505 on the map for me. But Control was nearly the perfect mix of stunning visuals, great gameplay, and intriguing story. The Ashtray Maze will go down as one of my favorite moments in gaming ever. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
Mostly, it’s just been how quickly everyone has welcomed and integrated me into the team and the larger 505 family. Even without being in an office environment due to the pandemic, and the company spread around the world, I feel like I’ve never worked as in sync as I have with such a great team. Looking forward to another great 15 years!
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| Name | Rodolfo Rolando |
| Job title and short summary of your role | Marketing Manager EMEA/Export. Providing key info to territories and supporting local marketing activities for product launches in Europe, Middle-East & Africa (plus some additional countries). |
| How long have you worked at 505 Games? | Four years, being in the group for more than 15 years (in different roles) |
| Do you have a favourite title from the last 15 years? | I have more than one, but I would say Terraria – that unique mood felt during play has always been in my heart since the first dug block. |
| What’s your most memorable moment working at 505 so far? |
The launch of Cooking Mama. Working on Italy at that time, we made many TV infomercials, using a rare real-time 3D technology on a huge green screen (blue, TBH). It was super-exciting, as it was a state-of-the-art experience.
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