Spiders Interactive: founder Jehanne Rousseau leaves management for a new position, another Frenchwoman to replace her

An emblematic figure of modern French video games, Jehanne Rousseau is the co-founder of Spiders Interactive and was above all its president since its creation in 2008. She thus led the boat on Faery: Legends of Avalon, March: War Logs, Bound by Flame, The Technomancer, GreedFall and lately Steelrisingfirst with his privileged partner Focus and since 2019 with its owner bigbenbecame Nakon.

She will however leave the management of the Parisian studio… to become creative and production director. A change of cap that will allow him to invest more creatively, while the general management will now be ensured by Anne Dévouassoux. She’s no stranger to the house Nakonbecause she officiated as Production Director at the house of KT-Racing since 2016. She is also the President of the National Video Game Syndicate since last January: difficult to know if she will continue to hold this position from now on.

She will be responsible for directing the now more than 80 developers of Spiderswho are working on several projects including GreedFall II: The Dying Worldthe team’s first direct sequel to a game.

Jehanne will now be able to devote herself entirely to the creation of the unique universes that are the strength of the Spiders studio. “The creation and development of games at the heart of the teams has always been my primary motivation. As Spiders developed more and more, it had become impossible for me to ensure both the general direction and the creative direction. It is therefore with great joy and total confidence that I hand over the reins of Spiders to Anne Devouassoux. I am certain that our collaboration can only enrich our future projects” declares Jehanne Rousseau following this change.

Anne, a major figure in French industry since 1994, will bring all her management and management experience, acquired in particular at Kylotonn, another NACON studio, for 7 years, where she was responsible for Production Director of around ten games including the WRC series and the highly anticipated Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown.

Her mission will be to supervise a team that has experienced strong growth, going from 35 to 80 developers over the past 3 years, and to manage a studio with multiple projects and great ambitions. “After 7 rich and intense years at Kylotonn to support the studio’s strategy and ambition, I am delighted to join the Spiders studio, whose quality of games I have admired for a long time. I look forward to joining the talented Jehanne Rousseau and her creative teams to accompany them on their new productions. It’s not easy to leave Kylotonn’s passionate teams, but I know that some great games will be released soon. »

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This shouldn’t change much for players, but don’t be surprised to see Anne Devouassoux’s name more often in press releases, and perhaps more of Jehanne Rousseau’s face in development diaries. Steelrising is available from €39.90 on Amazon.co.uk.

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