Sally Blake
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Sally Blake

CEO of Silent Games

Sally Blake is the CEO of Silent Games and has worked in both AAA and indie game development for almost 10 years. She has either won or been shortlisted for multiple industry awards for developing strong, happy and motivated teams, as well as her work around diversity and inclusion. Born in Bradford and now living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK, she champions the game industry in the North of England and founded Women Making Games (WOMG) to support women in the local area. Sally has shipped numerous titles including: “Just Dance”, “Watch Dogs”, “Tom Clancy’s The Division 1&2”, “Descenders”, “Yes, Your Grace”, “Hypnospace Outlaw”, “Britannia VR” and more.


Events featuring Sally Blake

Gender Inclusivity - Building a Game Studio and Advocacy Organisation from Scratch

Sally Blake | Silent Games

Sally Blake, CEO of Silent Games, discusses how she built the foundations of her career which led to the creation of her own studio Silent Games, and advocacy organisation, Women Making Games. Sally runs through each of the key decision points in her 10 year games industry career and talks about her experiences in AAA game development at Ubisoft, and independent studio experiences at Dimension and No More Robots.

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