Speakers
Harvey Elliott, CEO & Founder, Playstack
Harvey Elliott is the founder and CEO at Playstack, a leading light in indie game publishing. Playstack supports developers to create innovative and captivating games that are enjoyed by players worldwide. Playstack prides itself on putting developers at the heart of everything it does and works tirelessly to maximise the work of its developers and help them realize their full potential. An early interest in development and a hunger to gain more knowledge about gaming led to Harvey being offered a role with Acclaim Entertainment in 1996. At Acclaim, Harvey worked his way from European Product Development Coordinator to general manager of three game studios. In 2003, Harvey joined EA, where he led development teams across a variety of well-known brands including Burnout 3, the Harry Potter games series, numerous Hasbro titles and SimCity. In 2011 Harvey left EA and took the leadership role at Marmalade Technologies; an innovative technology platform and integrated game development studio, continuing his work with Hasbro and partnerships with Google, LG, Samsung, Activision Blizzard, Intel and many more. From 2012 to 2016 Harvey became chair of the Games Committee at BAFTA joining its Board of Trustees; and helping to celebrate the work of the games industry within the creative industries as a whole. Harvey brought all of his experience together to form Playstack in 2016, with the aim of publishing exceptional and inventive games.