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Ubisoft Massive has promoted Chella Ramanan as senior narrative designer.
She originally joined the developer in 2019 and is currently working on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Ramanan also co-founded the development studio 3-Fold Games and serves as writer. She also brings career experience that includes working more than 15 years as a journalist.
In 2019, she co-founded the diversity and inclusion advocacy group POC in Play.
"Keep forgetting to mention that last week I was promoted to senior narrative designer at Ubisoft Massive," she said in her announcement.
Eugenio Vitale has been hired as My.Games' director of premium games division.
Vitale's work history spans 25 years; it includes AAA game development and publishing experience.
He served as head of studio at Deep Silver Dambuster Studios; he also worked as a product lead at Ubisoft Blue Byte.
Before his new role, he had an eight-year stint at Plaion; his last role was director of product and technology.
Vitale said, "I'm honored and excited to join My.Games as the director of the premium games division."
"…With more than a billion registered users globally, iconic titles, and an incredibly talented studio team, I am confident that My.Games will continue to thrive and succeed in the gaming industry."
Eggnut Games has promoted Alice Winter to the role of lead designer.
Throughout Winter's games career, she had a
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