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EXPERTS IN GAMES PUBLISHING


Award-winning agency unlocking your self-publishing potential since 2008. Marketing, PR, Influencers, Business Intelligence and Creative Services for games big and small.

Worked on League of Legends, Dungeons & Dragons, SMITE, Tunic, Northgard, Magic: The Gathering and many more.



what we do

communications

We work with you to find your voice and tell your story to the right audience. From connecting with the right journalists to launching great influencer marketing campaigns, drafting your latest press release or managing your online social media presence, we do it all.

business intelligence

We stay on top of trends, gather and analyze data and help you make informed decisions about your games. We have assisted dozens of happy partners with publishing decisions in the last 15 years and our data studies regularly feature in industry press.

marketing

Our team is made of games-industry veterans, working in the AAA and indie games you love. We live and breathe publishing and can help bringing your game to market. And if we can’t help you directly we will connect you to the right people who can.

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GAMES AS SERVICE

Our team has published some of the most complex, genre-defining games in the industry, managed communities and content creators and navigated the challenges of always-on. 

INTERNATIONAL PR

Our multilingual in-house team promotes games in 30 countries and 20 language, through Europe and North America. We understand market specifics and cultural differences across the map.

crowdfunding

We are crowdfunding power-users, have the data and the experience on what crowdfunding success looks like. If you’re building a crowdfunding campaign and not sure  how to do it, we can help

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meet the team

Thomas Bidaux

CEO, Co-founder


Thomas started working on online games in 1999 and has never stopped since then, getting involved into in projects both grand and small.
Always with an eye on the upcoming changes to the market, he ensures the company operates smoothly while lending his extensive expertise to our clients.

Diane Lagrange

Director, Co-founder


Diane started her career at Ubisoft in France in Marketing, before being hired by NCsoft Europe as Business Development Manager, managing 3rd party product evaluation and market research. In 2008, she joined Thomas in founding ICO Partners, where she specializes in market intelligence, marketing and monetization topics.

David Ortiz

COO


Spanish computer engineer with 18+ years experience in games. Before ICO he held roles at NCSOFT Europe, overseeing comms for Guild Wars 2 community and influencer marketing. He also acted as Head of Communications in consumer electronics company Kano Computing, leading PR, content marketing, social media and influencer marketing.

Aaron Hinchion

Creative Director


Aaron is an award-winning multi-disciplined Creative Director with 20 year’s experience building brands and creating authentic campaigns. Before ICO, he worked at Kano Computing conceiving and launching new products that saw Kano named by Fast Company as the 2nd ‘Most Innovative Company’ in Consumer Electronics in the world, ahead of Google and Microsoft. He has worked with LucasFilm, Skype, Warner Bros., Innocent, King, Giffgaff, TeamGB and more.

Enrique Garcia

Senior Comms Manager


Enrique has a bachelor in journalism and a masters degree in narrative and scripting. He’s been in the Spanish games industry for over 15 years and held different roles as news editor as well as social media editor for top tier gaming and general interest outlets in the region. His most recent experience had him interacting with influencers and organizing one of Spain’s largest Japanese-themed festival, Mangafest in Seville.

Lisa Kneidl

Senior Comms Manager


German videogames lover and cosplay aficionado, Lisa always wanted to have a career in the Entertainment Industry. She graduated in 2016 with majoring in Media, Game and Theatre Studies. Before joining ICO in 2018 she worked as a Tech and Games Journalist in Germany’s Gaming-Capitol Hamburg, still continuing her passion for writing today.

Jessica Richard

Senior Comms Manager


Jessica’s first game was Penguin Adventure on MSX and she never quit video games after that. She studied Literature and Communication, then was a journalist and community manager for a French media group, before working as a Communication Manager at Dotemu and The Arcade Crew for four years. She’s now a part of the ICO Partners’ team and focusing on the french market. She loves cheese and dogs but not mixed together.

Lewis Burnell

Senior Comms Manager


Lewis studied journalism and has worked across multiple roles in the video game industry for more than 10 years. Having written for a cross-section of media outlets, including Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Kotaku and MMORPG.com, he has since jumped the fence to PR. He brings a unique perspective to clients by using his wealth of experience. Support indies!

James Bartholomeou

Comms Manager


Graduating with honours in journalism and PR from the University of West of England in 2015, James has worked in video games his entire career. With a background in podcast production and journalism, and a lifelong passion for video games, James has turned to community and public relations as a way to spread the news about games and what they can do in a positive way. He manages the UK market.

Fanny Moreaux

Comms Manager

Fanny has been passionated about videogames, indie creators and mangas since she was very young. She specializes in Digital Communications and holds a bachelor and a masters degree on the subject. Previously she held different roles between PR, Events, CM and Graphism and her most recent work was at Bandai Namco Entertainment France.

Lisa S Eliasson

Comms Manager

Lisa is bringing her knowledge of the developer community and event landscape to ICO. She has spent the past 5 years at Unity supporting game developers across EMEA by organising Unity Developer Days, game jams, online events and networking events.
Prior to that, she graduated from Brighton University with a Computer science(Game Development) degree. Lisa is passionate about diversity in the Games Industry and has been involved in various diversity efforts over the years.

Jennifer Grabowski

Junior Comms Manager


Early on, Jenie knew that she would like to work in the games industry. Determined to turn her passion into a career and share her enthusiasm for video games. She has a degree in German language and literature with a focus on game studies as well as a bachelor in arts.
She was already able to gain experience in marketing, editing/writing, podcast production and management and after her studies she worked as an editor and social media manager for an iGaming company.

James O'Leary

Marketing Manager


Games professional with 10 years experience in esports with major gaming companies. Commentary, analysis, broadcast hosting and community management has comprised the majority of James's career, working at Riot Games on League of Legends and the LoL World Championships.
Prior to that James worked with Team Dignitas alongside brands such as Alienware, Intel, and HyperX on marketing strategies, as well as pro-teams, personnel, and event management. Comfortable in public facing positions as a brand ambassador for both broadcast and corporate capacities.

David Almodovar

Marketing Manager

David studied Tourism at university and took a postgraduate in Corporate Communications, and applied that knowledge into the video games industry. After working as a Junior Public Relationships for Play Station Spain and Community Management for more than two years at Ubisoft, David joins ICO to bring his ideas and attention to detail to different brands in order to bolster their Social Media presence, as well as Influencers curating and management.

David Oliva

Lead Developer

David is a curious and enthusiastic developer. He started working on a website for his favourite videogame and fell in love with programming. At eighteen, he started a Youtube channel to learn about video editing and video games, allowing him to collaborate with big video games companies and influencers.
He’s been working as a frontend developer for industry-leading brands, granting him the opportunity to learn about several businesses and how they solve problems and bring new ideas to life through code.
With a passion for video games, David works to build incredible tools and products to help the ICO team.

Ga-Yi NG

Sales & Bizdev Manager


Ga-Yi grew up with many interests, including new technologies, foreign culture, and video games —a constant in her life. During her Marketing and Communication bachelor and her Strategic Management master, she squeezed some time in her busy schedule to work as a video game demonstrator during French events. Then, before joining ICO, Ga-Yi worked in content management and business development at Plug in Digital and Wargaming. Ga-Yi loves cooking, and *will* ramble on her newest recipe.

Hyunah Chun

Marketing Manager


Before moving to England to take on an International Producer role at NCsoft Europe, Hyunah lived in Japan for 3 years while working at NHN Japan as a lead game designer. Previously, she worked as a game designer at NCsoft Korea and has extensive experience in online games.
Hyunah has worked in licensing entertainment properties from Korea and Japan for her own company, and has a background in Film and TV production, having originally graduated from Dongguk University in Seoul.

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