We believe in creating vibrant, collaborative, and inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive. We strive to foster a culture of creativity and innovation, where our teams can take calculated risks, experiment, and push boundaries.
We recognise that excellence comes from supporting and caring for each other, promoting kindness, empathy, and respect in all our interactions. We embrace diversity and cultivate an environment where every voice is heard, and everyone is celebrated regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, or background.
Latest News
Christmas - Heroes and Villains
The Welcombe Hotel was the stunning location for this year's Christmas party. With the theme "Heroes and Villains", the team showed their creative side by making a statement and arriving dressed as various characters.
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HARDlight Halloween
This year we decided to change things up by hosting the first The Great HARDlight Halloween Bake Off. With our panel of 4 exclusive judges, they were presented with 6 dishes to rate on spookability and taste.
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Team Build Day
Wednesday 19th July marked our first face-to-face Team Building Day in a few years, and we were determined to make it bigger than ever! Located in a Tudor-style building on 16-acres of ground, Woodland Grange proved to be the perfect and picturesque location for us to host our event.
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Develop
Develop is an annual event down in Brighton where game developers, industry professionals and people who want to get into the industry can attend to expand their network, showcase their games and technology and learn about what's going on.
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SpecialEffect Golf Masters
We sent a team to represent HARDlight at the SpecialEffect Masters charity golf.
Former Rugby Union and Rugby League player, Scott Quinnell, was the sporting speaker for the event, alongside host Peter Scrivener.
The team contributed towards raising a whopping £40,000 for SpecialEffect!
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SpecialEffect Birmingham Fives
On Friday 19th May, 7 of our team represented the studio by participating in the first ever SpecialEffect Game Industry 5's series.
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Hoppy Easter!
The Easter Bunny has been busy this week! They started off by handing out Easter Eggs to everyone on Monday and then hiding treats around the studio for everyone to find over the last few days.
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International Women's Day
Today on International Women's Day, we want to take a moment to celebrate the amazing women in our studio.
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Pancake Day 2023
No better way to start your day than with a stack of pancakes! We had a spread of scotch pancakes and sweet crepes for the team to decorate.
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Christmas Festivities 2022
We warmed up our hands on a -2°C afternoon with some hot chocolates topped with whipped cream, marshmallows and mini candy canes.
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Life at HARDlight
As a studio we promote a diverse and inclusive environment that supports a positive and welcoming culture. Our aim is to build upon this through simple actions that will encourage everyone to be their whole self within the workplace. There is always more we can do in this area and HARDlight is committed to making our Studio a place where we value and celebrate all of our employees.
Diversity & Inclusion
We are actively working towards creating an environment where everyone, regardless of their gender, race, or background, can thrive and contribute their unique perspectives and talents.
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SOCIALite
We've got a jam-packed calendar of events through the year, varying from team building day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, gaming nights, charity pub quizzes and much more!
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Mental Health
As a studio, we aim to create a healthy and positive workplace environment that actively supports and promotes the mental wellbeing of all our employees.
Learn MoreMEET SOME OF THE TEAM
Here are a handful of the talented individuals that make up the HARDlight team.
Yancan Wang
Senior Game Designer
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
Everyone is friendly and the atmosphere is contagious to all. When I have a problem, everyone is eager to help me. And since English is not my first language, I was worried at first, but everyone was very patient about it, which made it a lot easier for me
Paul Twynholm
Game Director
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
I've been at HARDlight for a long time, and one thing that I've always enjoyed is the variety in the work. There are always new and exciting projects to get involved in and, with fairly small teams, there is more opportunity than in most companies I've worked for to step outside your comfort zone and try something new.
Tracy Clark
Head of People Operations
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
How we look after our teams on all levels. It's my role to ensure that each person is happy and fulfilled whilst at work and HARDlight are always looking at how we can better this.
Lucie Pelletier
Experienced Artist
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
Working alongside so many talented and passionate people who are always willing to help each other.
Sean Stevens
Experienced Software Engineer
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
For me, it's the amazing people I get to work with day in and day out. I've made some great friends at HARDlight who I know I can count on when needed (inside & outside of work).
Will Waterfield
Senior QA Technician
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
The people and the social aspect
Joel Dias
Senior Data Scientist
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
What I like the most about working at Sega HARDlight is the opportunity to interact with people who are amazing at what they do, and to see them come together to develop games that millions of players across the world enjoy playing.
Cori Rose
Operations Assistant
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
My favourite thing about working at HARDlight is being part of a studio of like-minded, talented and creative individuals. I love that I have the cutest set-up in our Reception area with a massive Sonic mural, and I love that every day is different and full of new challenges to overcome.
I also love telling little kids that I'm Sonic the Hedgehog's assistant and seeing their reactions.
Sol Argueso
Lead Recruiter
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
The people! Everyone is super nice and easy to get along with.
It makes working in recruitment so much easier when the team and company you are hiring for are so lovely to work with.
Everyone is always happy to give a helping hand and its very much an open door policy - everyone is always up for a chat (recruitment or my love of Arctic Monkeys)
Seng Ton
QA Technician
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
Everyone here is really nice and I feel you can have a chat about anything to anyone. The particular crew I work with (QA) is outstanding.
Ashley Woolley-Khan
Senior Project Manager
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
The people are certainly what make HARDlight a special place to work. Everyone is so easy to get along with that it makes the job feel like you are working with friends.
Silvio Savino
Senior Software Engineer
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
The kind and supportive environment which makes every day feel like a breeze and the ownership each one of us embrace which fulfils you fully in contributing to the game development.
Neil Armstrong
Software Engineer Director
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
As Software Engineering Director giving people the opportunity to get into the industry, helping them to grow as software engineers, sharing my knowledge, and seeing their careers develop.
Ben Smith
Live Operations Associate
Whats your favourite thing about working at HARDlight?
The team of people and the communication we have, everyone gets a voice.