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Warren Leigh
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Senior Talent Acquisition & Development Specialist at Cast Iron Games

Retro gaming aficionado 🕹️ // Views expressed are my own

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(If you know, you know 😉)
🎃 Last Friday, a few of us from the Cast Iron Games team got into the Halloween spirit with a pumpkin carving session!

Can you guess which one’s mine? 👀

𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘦 — 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 '𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬… 💥

Hope you all had a great Halloween! 👻
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎃 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲! 🎃

It’s that time of year again - a perfect excuse to dive into some scary games!

🕹️What are your go-to scary games for Halloween? Drop your recommendations - 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎮 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀’ 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗠𝗮𝗬𝗼!

Really looking forward to catching up with familiar faces, meeting new ones, and checking out the games being showcased

See you on 13th November! 🕹️

👋 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?

#GaMaYo #GameDev #GamesIndustry #Networking gamerepublic.bsky.social gamayo.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🎮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝘀: 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 🎮

Striking box art, atmospheric soundtracks, and bold technical design, Psygnosis showed just how imaginative and ambitious games could be.

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?

#GamesIndustry #GamingHistory #VideoGames
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🎮💫 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗔 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲!

37 years ago today, SEGA first launched the Mega Drive in Japan!

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
☢️👍 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟯!

17 years ago today, Fallout 3 first launched in North America for PC and Xbox 360!

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵 101?
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🎮 𝗔 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆!

I had the pleasure of representing Cast Iron Games at the Sheffield Hallam University Autumn Careers Fair yesterday

It was a joy chatting with so many passionate and ambitious students, discussing Cast Iron Games and offering practical advice.
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿! 🕹️🎨

27 years ago today, the Game Boy Color first launched in Japan!

🎮 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨?
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Had a great time at University Campus Doncaster last Friday chatting about games, careers, and breaking into the industry! 🎮

Thanks for the warm welcome! #GamesIndustry
October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Boxing up a few old consoles. Reckon this is still valid?
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲! 👽🩸🚀

17 years ago today, Dead Space first launched on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚𝘎 𝘐𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘢?
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Im in a SNES mood today 🎮
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗜𝗜! 💀🔫🔥

31 years ago today, DOOM II: Hell on Earth first launched on PC

💀 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘖𝘖𝘔 𝘐𝘐?

#DOOM #retrogaming #videogames
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🎮✨ Lessons From a Tough Few Months

People have asked what helped in my recent games industry job search. Everyone’s path is different, but these are the things that worked for me 👇

If you’re feeling stuck, hang in there: every chat, application, connection, gets you closer to the next opportunity!
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗦𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝟮! 🕹️🌀🔫

23 years ago today, TimeSplitters 2 first released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘚𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 2?
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined Cast Iron Games as their 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁!

Cast Iron is a team-first studio built on strength, creativity and craft - already working on some truly exciting projects!

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: castirongames.com 😊👍
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝟲! 🧟🔫🧬

13 years ago today, Resident Evil 6 first released worldwide for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘭 6?

#GamesIndustry #GamingHistory #VideoGames
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I’ve been sampling VR mods for some classic FPS games such as Quake, DOOM, Half-Life, and more

The VR community have done an incredible job translating these classics.

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘝𝘙?

#GamesIndustry #VideoGames #VR
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝟮! 🚗🌅🎶

11 years ago today, Forza Horizon 2 first released for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One in North America

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦?

#VideoGames #gameshistory
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🎮 Studios That Shaped Us: Westwood 🎮

Founded in 1985, Westwood defined strategy & adventure with classics like C&C, Red Alert, and Blade Runner. Their legacy still inspires today.

🕹️ What’s your favourite Westwood game?

#GamingHistory #VideoGames
September 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally watched the Fallout S2 trailer and it hit me… 🎬🎮
Game adaptations have come a LONG way

From ’90s oddities (Mario Bros., Street Fighter) to 2000s hits & misses (Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil), to today’s golden age (Last of Us, Fallout, Sonic)

🕹️What’s your fave?
September 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🍄𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🧟‍♂️

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵?

#GamesIndustry #GamingHistory #VideoGames
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝟯! 🚀🔫👽

18 years ago today, Halo 3 first released for Xbox 360 in North America

🕹️ 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘰 3?

#GamesIndustry #GamingHistory #VideoGames #retrogaming
September 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🎮 Before Steam & Game Pass, there was 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚!

💾 I’m currently reading Shareware Heroes by Richard Moss,
a brilliant dive into how this model shaped gaming. From DOOM & Quake to Duke Nukem & Jazz Jackrabbit, shareware defined the 90s!

🕹️ What was your first shareware gem?
September 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Happy 32nd Birthday, Sonic CD! 🌀💿🦔

32 years ago today, Sonic CD was first released for the Sega Mega CD in Japan

🕹️Did you enjoy Sonic CD?

#SonicTheHedgehog #retrogaming
September 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM