About Us

Isa Muhammad

Isa Muhammad is a writer and video game journalist covering many aspects of entertainment media including the film industry. He's steadily writing his way to the sharp end of journalism and enjoys staying informed. If he's not reading, playing video games or catching up on his favourite TV series, then he's probably writing about them.

OpenAI Welcomes Sam Altman Back As CEO, Announces Board Changes

Jack Brassell

Jack Brassell is a freelance journalist and aspiring novelist. Jack is a self-proclaimed nerd with a lifelong passion for storytelling. As an author, Jack writes mostly horror and young adult fantasy. Also an avid gamer, she works as the lead news editor at Hardcore Droid. When she isn't writing or playing games, she can often be found binge-watching Parks & Rec or The Office, proudly considering herself to be a cross between Leslie Knope and Pam Beasley.

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Paige Cook

Paige Cook is a writer with a multi-media background. She has experience covering video games and technology and also has freelance experience in video editing, graphic design, and photography. Paige is a massive fan of the movie industry and loves a good TV show, if she is not watching something interesting then she's probably playing video games or buried in a good book. Her latest addiction is virtual photography and currently spends far too much time taking pretty pictures in games rather than actually finishing them.

Creating An Inclusive Metaverse Through Avatar Representation

Steve Takle

Steve is an award-winning editor and copywriter with more than 20 years’ experience specialising in consumer technology and video games. With a career spanning from the first PlayStation to the latest in VR, he's proud to be a lifelong gamer.

Unity Plans Further Redundancies As Part Of A ‘Painful’ Reset

Daniel Griffiths

Daniel Griffiths is a veteran journalist who has worked on some of the world's biggest entertainment, home and tech media brands. He's reviewed all the greats, interviewed countless big names, and reported on thousands of releases in the fields of video games, music, movies, tech, gadgets, home improvement, self build, interiors, garden design and more. He’s the ex-Editor of PSM3, GamesMaster, Future Music and ex-Group Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Musician, Guitarist, Guitar World, Computer Music and more. He renovates property and writes fun things for great websites.

Sam Altman’s Back In Charge At OpenAI

Adriana Martinez

Adriana is the Events Marketing Assistant at Steel Media, writing promotional content for b2b conference series Pocket Gamer Connects, podcasts, RoundTables and more. A self-proclaimed horror content enthusiast, she can often be found enjoying the newest horror games and films.

PG Connects Returns To Jordan This November

James McQuillan

Former editor of - and now contributing writer to - our partner site BlockchainGamer.biz, James is a freelance tech, finance and gaming journalist and expert on the NFT and blockchain space.

Square Enix Taps Polygon For Web3 Game, Symbiogenesis

Brian Baglow

Brian has been working in the games industry since the mid-1990s, when he joined the legendary studio DMA Design, as a writer on the original Grand Theft Auto. Since then he's worked with major publishers, founded his own digital agency, and the Scottish Games Network. At various times he's worked as a journalist, editor, narrative designer, lecturer, executive producer, and director.

Babka And Nushi Team Up To Celebrate Game Developers At GDC 23

Catherine Dellosa

Catherine plays video games for a living, reads comics for inspiration, and writes because she’s in love with words. Her Young Adult fantasy novel, Of Myths And Men, has been published by Penguin Random House SEA and is her love letter to gamer geeks, mythological creatures, aliens, and epic quests to save the world. She one day hopes to soar the skies as a superhero, but for now, she strongly believes in saving lives through her works in fiction. Check out her books at bit.ly/catherinedellosabooks, or follow her on FB/IG/Twitter at @thenoobwife.

ANDREW DOUTHWAITE // Game Design Lessons In The Metaverse From Roblox

Kelly Vero

Kelly lives and breathes everything Beyond Games as a futurist and self-described creative badass. And as an experienced game developer, she's worked on titles such as Tomb Raider, Halo 3 and Candy Crush.

Net Dreams: Why Your Web3 Plans are Shit. Part 3

Richard Edwards

A self-confessed full-time geek, freelance journalist Richard has spent most of his career writing about sci-fi and fantasy – including more than a decade on staff for SFX magazine. He's particularly keen on franchises with "Star" in the title.

Beyond Games Vision: The time-bending tech of Source Code

Dave Bradley

Professional geek Dave is COO of Steel Media, the company behind Beyond Games. He oversees various events, marketing and editorial teams. Dave started his career writing game reviews in the 1990s and he’s since served as editor-in-chief of publications such as the official Microsoft magazine and entertainment mag SFX.

From Vampire Video Game To Hit Netflix Animation – An Interview With The Castlevania: Nocturne Creator

Jon Jordan

Data fiend and editor-at-large Jon Jordan has been writing/speaking about the games industry since 1999. He's always been a man who's a step ahead, gaze firmly fixed beyond the horizon, rarely content with the here-and-now. So he's particularly pleased the rest of us are finally catching up – but he knew we eventually would.

Darewise’s Life Beyond Gets AI-Powered Fashion By Altava

Marloes Valentina Stella

As a freelance games journalist, Marloes has written for many of the world’s biggest games and entertainment websites. When she’s not writing, you can usually find her somewhere in Novigrad, Whiterun, or living the catgirl life in FFXIV.

The Metaverse Glossary: Everything you ever wanted to know about the metaverse

Charlie Scowen

Charlie is the Events Marketing Executive, promoting events such as the Pocket Gamer Connects series, BeyondGames.live and more. He will play almost every game that catches his eye and enthuses about the esports scene so much that he wrote his dissertation on it. You can catch him on Twitter sharing anything gaming-, TV- or football-related and too many memes.

Dive into Web3, artificial intelligence and the evolution of games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Roz Tuplin

Roz Tuplin is a gaming, arts and tech writer and copy editor. She also works in business development at Games London. You'll spot her in the MCV 30 Under 30, GamesIndustry.biz 100 Future Talent and 100 Influential Women In Games.

Hades is first ever videogame to win a Hugo Award

Joao Diniz Sanches

Former Edge magazine editor Joao has been writing about videogames since 1997, but has been playing them since the late 1970s. Joao did foresee an era in which games would evolve to ultimately integrate with other aspects of everyday life. He just didn't predict his stint on Edge would ensure he'd be referring to himself in the third person for the rest of his days.

PANEL // How to succeed in the transmedia future

Chris James

Chris James co-founded BeyondGames.biz parent company Steel Media in 2006. He is a keen future-gazer and having spotted the potential of mobile, VR, and blockchain early on, is always on the lookout for the next big things – which is why he's so excited about this site!

PopEx Secures $3.5 Million For Music Digital NFT Collectables

Elaine Edwards

PG Connects London Teams Up With SpecialEffect For Fundraising Initiative

Albert Meige

Albert Meige has been an entrepreneur since his teenage years when he started selling magic shows. He is the founder of Presans, a startup acquired by strategy consulting firm Arthur D. Little in 2020. Albert has been an Academic Director at HEC Paris and Mines-Telecom Institute. He is an ultra-trail runner and can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than fifty seconds.

Metaverse – the next digital revolution for business?

John McCarthy

John is media editor at The Drum. It's his job to tell agencies and advertisers everything they need to know about media.

Where Games Meet… Marketing

Aleks Szczerba

Aleks Szczerba is a Researcher at Kids Industries, where she develops insight-led recommendations for world-class businesses that need to engage children and families. Szczerba has successfully delivered a number of projects exploring young people’s engagement in digital interactivity, in particular for LEGO, Magic Light and Spin Master.

Where games meet… education