Summary: Zoe Hobson is the CEO at Runaway Play, an independent game developer and publisher making beautiful games inspired by the natural world. Runaway Play is located in Dunedin with 30 staff and makes games for players from all over the world – Runaway games are played by over a million people every month. Zoe has a strong background in the media industry. She has worked in game production, film production, digital media, print media and television over the last fifteen years. She was awarded the ‘Future Business Leader’ award at the 2014 Obiz Awards, the 'Rising Star' award at the 2018 NZ Game Awards and was recently awarded the 2020 'Industry Pillar' award. She has been a speaker at NZGDC, was selected to speak at GDC in San Francisco in 2020 (pre-covid!), is a board member for NZGDA and Startup Dunedin and is a key contributor to Runaway’s #GirlsBehindTheGames campaign.
