Le 100 e più persone da seguire nel mondo dei videogiochi in Italia [lista in aggiornamento]

Non sarebbe estate senza il tradizionale listone di StartupItalia – parziale, mettiamo subito le mani avanti – di personalità italiane che animano l’ecosistema dei videogiochi. Come ogni anno la nostra redazione – in particolare Carlo Terzano e Alessandro Di Stefano – si è impegnata a mettere in ordine i nomi delle persone che sviluppano, fondano software house, si occupano della parte creativa. Insomma, chi bisogna conoscere nell’universo gaming in Italia?

Su StartupItalia seguiamo da tempo l’ecosistema gaming con interviste, recensioni e approfondimenti sui trend di un’industry miliardaria. In una delle tappe del nostro viaggio in Italia ci siamo focalizzati su alcune delle più interessanti software house tricolore. Secondo i dati di IIDEA, la Confindustria del videoludo, il mercato in Italia vale più di 2 miliardi di euro. Siamo ancora indietro rispetto ad altre realtà europee, ma i talenti ci sono e molti titoli indie si stanno facendo notare. Per consultare l’elenco, le regole d’ingaggio sono sempre le stesse: la nostra lista sulle persone da seguire nel mondo dei videogiochi non ha pretese di essere un’opera conclusa e chiusa, tutt’altro. Resterà aperta alle vostre segnalazioni e correzioni, che potrete inviarci sui social o alla mail di redazione ([email protected]).

La nostra lista

Abramo (Rami) Galante

Ad del Gruppo Digital Bros

Sito

Agostino Simonetta

Director dell’ID@Xbox Global Partnership Team

https://www.linkedin.com/in/agostinosimonetta/?originalSubdomain=uk

Alberto Belli

Ceo e Founder di Gamera Interactive

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-belli-6094165/

Alberto Ziello

Product Manager presso Milestone

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-ziello-95007486/?originalSubdomain=it

Alessio Castiglia

Business development manager per 505 Games – Gruppo Digital Bros

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessio-castiglia/?originalSubdomain=it

Alessandro “Stermy” Avallone

Co-Founder e CGO di FACEIT

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stermy/?originalSubdomain=it

Alessandro De Grandi

Ceo e founder di TheNemesis.io (Undo Studios)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessandro-de-grandi-ab314531

Alessandro Guzzo

Creatore di The Land of Pain

Sito

Andrea Dresseno

Founder Archivio Videoludico – Presidente IVIPRO

Andrea Leoni

storywriter di tERRORbane in BitNine Studio

Andrea Persegati

General Manager di Nintendo Italia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-persegati-79638b1/?originalSubdomain=it

Andrea Tabacco

CEO & Founder di Antab Studio S.r.l. (la nostra recensione di FORECLOSED)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-tabacco-0236b92b/?originalSubdomain=it

Andrea Valenti

CFO presso Lunar Great Wall Studios

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-valenti-1627a9a/

Andrea Valesini

Co-Founder & Creative Director di Fantastico Studio (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-valesini-24482b138/?originalSubdomain=it

Antonio Cannata

Ceo e co-founder di Stormind Games (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniocannata/?originalSubdomain=it

Antonio Jodice

Director e Co-founder di Magnet Srl

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-jodice-1135893/

Antonio Scacchetti

Co-founder di dev9k

https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonioscacchetti/

Arianna Ortelli

CEO & Co-Founder Novis Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariannaortelli/

Axell Fox (Fortuna Imperatore)

Game Designer e autrice Freud’s Bones (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fortuna-imperatore-axel-fox-235b5958/?originalSubdomain=it

Carlo Barone

Brand manager di Riot Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cb-2680/?originalSubdomain=it

Carlo Ivo Alimo Bianchi

CEO & Creative Director Storm in a Teacup (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlovfx/?originalSubdomain=it

Carlo Moschettoni

2D Artist di CINIC Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlo-moschettoni-b205b0179/

Cédric Mimouni

Xbox Lead Mediterranean & Iberia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmimouni/?originalSubdomain=fr

Christian Pulieri

Ciro Camèra

Ceo e Founder Imaginarylab (leggi la nostra recensione di Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town)

Claudio Giacopazzi

Business Development Director in Nacon Studio Milan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giacopazzi/?originalSubdomain=it

Twitter

Cristian Gambadori

Sviluppatore Bad Vices Games

Twitter

Cristian Marastoni

Founder e Senior Lead Programmer in RuneHeads

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmarastoni/

Cristina Nava 

Associate Producer a Ubisoft Milan (leggi la nostra anteprima di di Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristina-nava-202905196/

Damiano Coppola

Founder di TriBit

Daniel Schmidhofer

CEO di ProGaming Italia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielschmidhofer

Daniele Bianchini

CEO – Project Manager di Fantastico Studio (leggi la recensione di Landflix Odyssey)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielebianchini/

Dario Maggiorini

Founder di PONG (Playlab fOr inNovation in Games)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariomaggiorini/?originalSubdomain=it

Dario Sciacca

Founder & CEO di DS Effects

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-sciacca-54bbb03/

Dario Visaggio

Founder di Desarius Games, Technical Artist at Firebyte Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-visaggio/?locale=it_IT

David Enea Dall’Aglio 

Ceo e co-foounder di Evox

https://www.instagram.com/davidenead/?hl=it

Davide “Whites” Bianchi

Davide Pellino

Davide Pensato 

Sound Designer dpstudios (leggi la nostra recensione di Milanoir)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidepensato/?originalSubdomain=it

Davide Falconero Persiani

Content creator e YouTuber (il suo canale YouTube)

Davide Soliani

Creative Director a Ubisoft Milan (leggi la nostra anteprima di di Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidesoliani/

Domenico Barba

Domiziana Suprani

Video Game Producer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/domiziana/

Eleonora Vecchi

Sviluppatrice Bad Vices Games

Twitter

Elisa Bacchin

Digital Artist presso Team SolEtude

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabacchin/

Elisa Farinetti

CoFounder at Broken arms games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisaf/?originalSubdomain=it

Emmanuele Tornusciolo

Game Desiger e Founder di Italo Games (leggi la nostra intervista e recensione di Milanoir)

Fabio Capone

Co-Founder di Naps Team

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-capone-4660348/?originalSubdomain=it

Fabio Ferrara

Game Developer – Founder at Chubby Pixel games (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-ferrara/?originalSubdomain=it

Fabio Viola

Fabiola Allegrone

Federico MikeShowSha Betti

Content creator e YouTuber (canale YouTube)

Francesco Carlà

Gero Micciché

Gian Paolo Vernocchi

Giuseppe Longo

Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Game Designer Italo Games (leggi la nostra recensione di Milanoir)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppelongomisbug/?originalSubdomain=it

Giuseppe Mancini

Lead designer in Yonder

Twitter

Ivan Venturi

Founder di IV Productions

Wikipedia

Jan Battista “Zan” Vian

James White

Lead Animator in Notte Studio Games S.R.L.S

Sito

Johnny Lonack

Gameplay programmer pressp Merge Games Ltd / Developer of Griefhelm

https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnylonack/?originalSubdomain=it

Julián Palacios Gecthman

Game designer di (leggi la nostra intervista)

Lara Gianotti

Co-founder di Antab Studio Game Designer (la nostra recensione di FORECLOSED)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lara-gianotti-176b374b/?originalSubdomain=it

Laura Anna Ripamonti

Founder di PONG (Playlab fOr inNovation in Games)

Leonie Isaac

Lead Unreal Developer in Notte Studio Games S.R.L.S

Sito

Lorenzo Conticelli 

3D Artist presso Lka

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-conticelli-b184815b/?originalSubdomain=it

Lorenzo Martone

Senior PR Manager & Social Media Manager at Digital Bros SpA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzo-martone-0733038/?originalSubdomain=it

Luca Appio

Luca Marchetti

CEO at Studio Evil, R&D Manager at D-sign S.r.l.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucamarchetti/

Luca Pagano

Ceo Qlash (la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucapagano/

Luca Roncella

Responsabile Gaming & Digital Interactivity del Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci di Milano

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-roncella-226588/

Luca Spazzoli

Project manager e lead programmer in BitNine Studio

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-spazzoli-09324688/

Luca Vajani

Ceo Aries Tech

http://linkedin.com/in/luca-vajani

Luigi Di Guida

Compositore dpstudios (leggi la nostra recensione di Milanoir)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigidiguida/?originalSubdomain=it

Luisa Bixio

Ceo di Milestone e vice presidente di IIDEA (Italian Interactive Digital Enterainment Association)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisa-bixio-140aa673/?originalSubdomain=it

Marco Accordi Rickards

CEO presso Vigamus Academy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcoaccordirickards/

Marco Agricola

Co-founder e programmatore di Trinity Team (leggi la nostra recensione di Slaps and Beans)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-agricola-346b20109/?originalSubdomain=it

Marco Donati

Co-founder Cloverbit (leggi la nostra anteprima di Echoes From Levia Soulbound con intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-donati-a203899a/?originalSubdomain=it

Marco “Nabbo the Hackerman” Marconi

Technical Director per Raceward studio

https://it.linkedin.com/in/marco-marconi-22178b30?trk=people-guest_people_search-card

Marco Giammetti

Founder presso Hypothermic Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-giammetti-858a4325/

Marco Massarutto

Co-founder Kunos Simulazioni (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-massarutto-6a632917/?originalSubdomain=it

Marco Ponte

CEO e Creative Director di Nacon Studio Milan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcoponte/?originalSubdomain=it

Marco Saletta

General Manager Sony Interactive Entertainment Italia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-saletta-9851433/?originalSubdomain=it

Marco Testini

Founder & CTO di Kabum – Make It Real

https://www.linkedin.com/in/testinimarco/

Maria Elena Silletti

Senior UI Programmer at RaceWard Studio

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-elena-silletti/

Marianna Murgia

TriBit

Martina Pasqui KeNoia

YouTuber e streamer su Twitch

https://www.youtube.com/c/KeNoiaChannel/featured

Maurizio Finocchiaro

General Manager Electronic Arts Italia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurizio-finocchiaro-a01831b1/?originalSubdomain=it

Massimiliano Nigro

Co-founder di dev9k – Lead Visual Development Artist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimilianonigro/

Massimo Guarini

BAFTA nominated Director and Video Game Creator (leggi la nostra recensione di The Last Day of Jun con intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimoguarini/?originalSubdomain=it

Massimo Nicora

Senior Account Manager at Laboratorio Comunicazione

https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimonicora/?originalSubdomain=it

Matteo Albrizio

CEO & Co-founder Gamindo (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteo-albrizio-gamindo/

Matteo Bittanti

Scrittore, recensore, professore, artista

https://www.mattscape.com/

Matteo Lana

CEO at Tiny Bull Studios

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteolana/

Matteo Leoni

Ceo di BitNine Studio

Matteo Mezzetti

Founder & CEO Green Flamingo

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteomezzetti23/

Matteo Nicolotti

Ceo HeartBit Interactive, (leggi la nostra recensione di Doom & Destiny Advanced)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteo-nicolotti-3027742b/

Matteo “Panda Indie Studio”

Sviluppatore e Game designer

Sito

Matteo Ridolfi

Matteo Sciutteri

Creative Director in Bad Seed, founder di RuneHeads e docente di videogame

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteo-sciutteri-87500ab/?originalSubdomain=it

Mauro Fanelli

Micaela Romanini

Moreno Lovato

Natalia Colombo 

Docente LIS (ha creato un glossario di termini in lingua dei segni italiana della saga The Legend of Zelda)

https://www.instagram.com/nataliacolomboo/?hl=en

Nicola Veneziani

Press Relations and Event Manager in BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaveneziani/?originalSubdomain=it

Nicolò Santin

CEO & Co-founder Gamindo (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolosantin/

Paolo Cisaria 

Founder dei Mkers (esports)

Piero Dotti

Pietro Polsinelli

Game Designer a Open Lab

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietro-polsinelli-0ab3894/?originalSubdomain=it

Pier Luigi Parnofiello

Ceo di PG Esports (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pier-luigi-parnofiello-6aba502/?originalSubdomain=it

Pietro Righi Riva

Studio director e co founder di Santa Ragione

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietrorighiriva/?originalSubdomain=it

Raffaele (Raffi) Galante

Ad del Gruppo Digital Bros

Sito

Riccardo Cones

General Manager Ubisoft Italia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-cones-5592491/?originalSubdomain=it

Riccardo Romiti

Pro gamer (la nostra intervista)

Roberto Magistretti

Narrative Coordinator presso Ubisoft Milan (leggi la nostra anteprima di di Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-magistretti-7572645a/?originalSubdomain=it

Rocco Paladino

Direttore didattico presso ISAS Game Academy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocco-paladino-b3381738/

Rocco Scandizzo

Head of Game Engine Business Development for EMEA Epic Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roccoscandizzo/?originalSubdomain=uk

Samuele Perseo

Product Manager & Writer at Reply Game Studios

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samueleperseo/

Samuele Sciacca

CEO at Dinobros

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuele-sciacca-3760b9b0/

Sara Sacchi

Pr presso Koch Media

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-sacchi-224b0069/

Sara “Kurolily” Stefanizzi

Streamer e content creator (leggi la nostra intervista)

Silvia Furghieri

Co-founder di dev9k

https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviafurghieri/

Simone Benedetti

CEO Outplayed

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simone-benedetti/

Simone Di Giorgi

Simone Mingoli

Stefano Barilli

Web Designer di CINIC Games

Stefano De Vivo

COO di PlayNook

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefano-de-vivo/

Stefano Licciardi

PR Account Manager

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanolicciardi/?originalSubdomain=it

Stefano Rauzi

Studio director di Studio Cima

https://www.studiocimagames.com/

http://www.stefanorauzi.com/

Stefano Silvestri

General Manager Ignition Publishing (leggi la nostra intervista e recensione di OkunoKA Madness)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stsilvestri/

Tiziana Grasso 

Communication manager presso Sony Interactive Entertainment Italia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiziana-grasso-98702228/?originalSubdomain=it

Thalita Malagò

Direttore Generale IIDEA – Italian Interactive Digital Enterainment Association – (leggi l’intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thalitamalago/?originalSubdomain=it

Thomas de Gasperi

Founder dei Mkers (esports)

Thomas Pagani 

Founder/Director di Team SolEtude

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-pagani-89b85220b/

Tiziano Bucci

Ceo e Cofounder Invader Studios (la nostra recensione di Daymare 1998)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiziano-bucci-0789376b/?originalSubdomain=it

Tommaso Bonanni

Founder e Ceo di Caracal Games (leggi la nostra intervista)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommaso-bonanni-490870151/?originalSubdomain=it

Tommaso Romanò

Founder di Relow Digital

Sito, LinkedIn

Tommaso Valentini

Influencer marketing & Social media manager presso Wizards of the Coast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/firezdragon/?originalSubdomain=it

Ugo Laviano 

Lead Game Designer presso Ubisoft Milan (leggi la nostra anteprima di di Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ugo-laviano-6a59932b/

Valerio Di Donato

CEO di 34BigThings (leggi la nostra recensione di Redout Space Assault)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriodidonato/

Violetta Leoni

Executive Producer in 101% – 101 Percent – Centounopercento

https://www.linkedin.com/in/violetta-leoni-40b31169/

Willy Duhen

Director, Legal – International, Activision Blizzard King

https://www.linkedin.com/in/willyduhen/?originalSubdomain=uk

Yves Hohler

Co-Founder di Broken Arms Games

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yves-hohler-5a833813/