Pancake Day 2025 - Studio
Today the office crew have been creative with their pancakes! Toppings galore!
Press release 21/02/2025
Gemma Brown and Rob O’Farrell Appointed Co-CEOs of Dovetail Games
PARIS, FRANCE -PULLUP Entertainment (FR0012419307 - ALPUL), is pleased to announce the appointment of Gemma Brown and Rob O’Farrell as Co-CEOs of Dovetail Games, one of Europe’s leading video game development studios and a subsidiary of PULLUP Entertainment.
With 12 and 11 years of experience at the company respectively, Gemma, formerly Chief Operating Officer, and Rob, Chief Development Officer, have demonstrated strong leadership and a deep understanding of the organization. Their expertise and strategic vision will ensure continuity, stability, and the continued growth of Dovetail Games in the years to come.
"It is a true honor for us to take on the leadership of Dovetail Games together. We deeply believe in the unique model of our studio, which places the gaming community at the heart of everything we do. This close relationship with our players inspires us every day to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. We are also immensely proud to work alongside the talented teams at Dovetail Games, whose dedication and passion for their craft make the studio a key player in the video game industry. We are excited to continue building this promising future together." – Gemma Brown & Rob O’Farrell, Co-CEO
"The appointment of Gemma and Rob is a pivotal moment for Dovetail Games and reflects PULLUP Entertainment’s commitment to promoting exceptional internal talent. Their combined expertise and deep knowledge of the industry will be major assets for the studio’s future." – Geoffroy Sardin, Deputy CEO of PULLUP Entertainment
This appointment also marks a period of transition for Dovetail Games, as Jon Rissik steps down from his role as CEO after more than 12 years of invaluable contributions to the company. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Jon for his commitment and wish him every success in his future professional endeavors.
Contacts
Press relations Clémence Bigeon Tél : +33 (0) 1 55 26 85 00 Email : Clemence.BIGEON@focusent.com
TIGA Awards - November 2024
🏆 Commitment to Workplace Wellbeing Winner 2024 🏆 What a night at the TIGA Awards! We are honoured to be recognised for supporting and committing to better workplace wellbeing for our people. Thank you to our great People Team, Mental Health First Aiders, and all those who look after the Culture, CSR, and D&I groups within the company 🙌
June 15th & 16th 2024 - Medway Gaming Festival
Our Dovetail Games Ambassadors represented this weekend at MGF, hosted within the studios home at Chatham Historic Dockyard. The event welcomed 6000 people who came and visited, played our games, talked careers and took home some pretty cool key art stickers! Well done to all the teams that helped over the weekend.
Dovetail Connects 23rd May 2024
Our summer in person away day took place at The Wardroom, University of Greenwich, Chatham, attended by approiximately 160 of our People. This was a special event as we celebrated our 15th Birthday! It was our biggest attendance yet and a chance for some of the teams to meet for the first time! These days are so important due to the hybrid / remote manner in which our people choose to work.
The day was filled with business updates, team building, games, collaboration, challenges and went on into the evening with a BBQ, disco, bumper cars and much more!
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Dovetail Connects - 30th November 2023
Our Dovetail Connects events bring our overseas and UK based remote employees together.
These events are so important for building team connections, business updates, team building and lots of fun!
We don't just work for Dovetail Games we ARE Dovetail Games!
TIGA Industry Awards- 16th November 2023
Dovetail Games had the honour of attending this years glitzy TIGA Awards at The Troxy, Limehouse, London after being nominated in the following categories:
Employer of the Year
Best Talent Development
Commitment to Workplace Wellbeing
Best Audio Design,
Best Strategy Game
Best Social Game
Best Large Studio
The teams proudly picked up Employer of the Year 2023 against some other amazing studios.
Medway Business Awards 2023 Finalists
This year our team attended Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham for the Medway Business Awards 2023.
The event showcases local companies for their efforts and accomplishments over the year. We were very proud to be a finalist with various other industries within Medway.
Focus Entertainment acquires Dovetail Games Group for their best-in-class expertise in IP development in simulation.
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