Publishing Power Hour

TIME & LOCATION

Thursday 13 November, 3:00 pm

End Time: 4:00 pm

The Works

About

Want to get your game noticed in 2025? This power-packed session brings together leading voices in publishing, PR, and partnerships to demystify what publishers are looking for today. From trends in self-publishing to building lasting relationships and pitching your project effectively, our panellists will share real-world advice on how to navigate a changing market. Essential listening for anyone aiming to secure a deal – or go it alone – with confidence.

Chair

Thomas Hislop (Saltstone Studios)

SPONSOR

Panel

Joshua Garrity

Secret Mode
I have been working in the video game industry since 2015, first as a Product Manager and then moved into Business Development roles. I'm always on the look out for developers with projects they want to pitch that I can feedback on and/or progress to a publishing agreement. I have successfully signed games such as Core Keeper, Shadows of Doubt, Earthless and Brewmaster

Stephen Hey

Radical Forge
Stephen’s career spans 28 years of games PR, advertising, product marketing and latterly the role of Marketing Director at EA studio, Chillingo. Although Stephen loves games, he is terrible at them, but has a deep understanding of why people play games and what triggers people to buy them. He is lucky enough to have worked on some stand out games and franchises from Worms, Lego Star Wars, Resident Evil, Cut The Rope and Micro Machines to WWE, FIFA, PES and other acronym based classics. In March 2017 Stephen set up games marketing consultancy HeyStephenHey, dedicated to helping indie developers formulate and execute marketing strategies. Since starting Stephen has worked with developers such as Milky Tea, Huey Games, Yippee Entertainment, Wargaming Ghost Broadband and Merge Games.

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Audra McIver

Plan of Attack
Co-Founder of Plan of Attack, Audra has 20+ years of video game PR under her belt, covering turf from San Francisco to New York and Madrid to Amsterdam. With an extreme passion for travel, you are more likely to find Audra at a video game conference somewhere in the world than at home in Amsterdam, but she does enjoy living the expat life in the Netherlands. Audra’s focus hovers around client relations, corporate strategy / messaging and business development.