PLAY16 - Creative Gaming Festival

After studying journalism, Eric Jannot worked in the gaming industry for more than ten years. He was a public relations executive, freelancer and Senior Game Designer at The Games Company. From 2010 to 2012 he worked as Head of Design at Noumena Studios and was responsible for the creative lead of Demonicon, that was awarded with the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis.

Since 2012 he is CEO and Creative Director of waza!, for which he creates and produces games about journalism and serious games. He is especially interested in ethics in games, which is why he became involved with the GameOverHate campaign of the European Council against discrimination in interactive media.