Games London's Ensemble 2023 cohort unveiled
The organisers of London Games Festival have announced this year's cohort of developers and games professionals to be featured in the 2023 Ensemble exhibition.
Now in its fourth year, Ensemble displays profiles of Black, Asian and other underrepresented ethnicities working in the UK games industry.
It will be displayed at various locations throughout this year's London Games Festival, which kicks off tomorrow, including consumer games event WASD, which runs from Thursday, March 30 to Friday, April 1. It will be displayed at Trafalgar Square from Wednesday, April 5.
This year's cohort includes:
You can read more about Alkan and her work in our full interview here, with more Ensemble interviews to come in the coming weeks.
This year's Ensemble has once again be curated by author and artistic director Sharna Jackson, and supported by Jagex and PlayStation.
"I'm delighted to be once again curating Ensemble, for its fourth edition, with another extremely bright, bold and brilliant cohort of talent drawn across different roles in the UK games industry," says Jackson. "Once again, we forefront the importance of a diverse industry, by demonstrating its significance in the creation of rich and intoxicating worlds and experiences for everyone.
"Vibrant and essential work is being created by Black, Asian and minority ethnic talent in the UK’s games industry each and every day. That needs to be celebrated – and it's imperative that talent is attracted, developed and crucially retained by the sector for it to continue to succeed."
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