CEO and Strategist for 34BigThings, quickly scaled a full indie venture into one of the biggest game companies of Italy. Born programmer, involved in many games for Consoles (Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch, Wii U, X360), PC and mobile platforms in the last 12 years. Co-founder and Director of the game development courses at Event Horizon School, Head of Studio at Event Horizon Studios, both until 2020. 34BigThings joined Embracer Group via Saber Interactive in 2020.

With a background as a programmer, she is now in charge of company growth and researching new business opportunities for Broken Arms Games. Since last year, she has also been involved in the gaming startup accelerator ‘Cinecittà Game Hub’ as co-director.

He started his career in 1995, when he created his first PC game to raise money for a charity initiative. Shortly after, he founded WaywardXS Entertainment. Later, he created a publishing label (Playdas) where he contributed to the publication of 11 titles. The following years were dedicated to the creation of Lords Of Football (Geniaware) and, later, to the collaboration with Nacon Studio Milan (formerly Lunar Great Wall Studios). Currently Advisor & Business Development Director at Nacon Studio Milan, Claudio oversees commercial relations as well as the analysis of further opportunities in the Legal, Finance and Marketing sectors.

Yves is the beating heart of Broken Arms Games, managing the production, coordinating the development team and supporting Elisa in finding new opportunities for the studio. He actively participates in the development of the Italian indie scene through mentorship sessions with young studios.

Marco A. Minoli began his working adventure in the video game industry back in 1998. Always active on the commercial side in one of the most active and innovative markets, he focuses his attention on audience niches, communities and vertical interests, landing in 2007 in Slitherine, a publisher specialized in strategy games.
CMO, trainer at several universities, masters and academies, popularizer, Marco is committed to spreading a greater awareness of the communicative power of video games, their growing power as a conversational medium and their innovative reach in marketing processes.

Samuele has been in the video game industry for 17 years. He started in distribution, then moved into publishing and finally development. Since 2011, he has been working at Reply Game Studios (formerly known as Forge Reply). Over time, he has held various roles, both in the management and creative fields. The main projects he has been involved in are Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf and Soulstice.

In the industry for over 14 years, he is CEO and Creative Director at DESTINYbit – an Italian development studio acquired in 2020 by Amplifier Game Invest and part of Embracer Group. He directed Dice Legacy, published in 2021 by PLAION and Empires Apart, published in 2018 by Slitherine.

Marco Giannatiempo, CEO of Laboratorio Comunicazione Srl

Founder of Laboratorio Comunicazione Srl in 2005, the first communication agency in Italy expressly dedicated to videogames market, he is a lecturer in various Italian universities. Together with a team of about twenty people, he manages the communication of some of the most important publishers worldwide such as Bethesda, Bungie, Tencent, Konami, Riot Games and many others, also working for indie videogames companies and important festivals. The company operates both nationally and worldwide thanks to a dedicated ring of agencies.