Chelsea Blasko

Chelsea Blasko, Co- CEO of Iron Galaxy and Board Member of Women in Games International, discusses her career in gaming on the latest episode How She Got There.

“IT’S DANGEROUS TO go alone! Take this,” says the famous quote from the iconic game The Legend of Zelda. In life, it is dangerous to go it alone—and having a supportive community is critical, particularly for people experiencing mental health challenges.

Chris Charla chats with Chelsea Blasko and Adam Boyes while at D.I.C.E. Barcelona. Fresh off their discussion on the D.I.C.E. stage, they discuss what being Co-CEOs of Iron Galaxy means; their history with Iron Galaxy and what led to their current roles; how their respective strengths compliment each other; working together with founder Dave Lang to make key studio decisions; the predatory nature of treating a workplace as a "family"; and their company values focused on improving employee… Show more

Chris Charla chats with Chelsea Blasko and Adam Boyes while at D.I.C.E. Barcelona. Fresh off their discussion on the D.I.C.E. stage, they discuss what being Co-CEOs of Iron Galaxy means; their history with Iron Galaxy and what led to their current roles; how their respective strengths compliment each other; working together with founder Dave Lang to make key studio decisions; the predatory nature of treating a workplace as a "family"; and their company values focused on improving employee quality of life while helping them evolve as a studio. Show less

Iron Galaxy, a developer based in Chicago — with a second studio in Orlando and a third in Nashville — says it now has 23.3% LGBTQ+ employees. This is a much higher percentage than is typical for the industry. The World Economic Forum’s recently released Audience Representation Index indicates gaming is lagging behind other media in representation and diversity.

Chelsea Blasko returns to Virtual Economy to discuss Iron Galaxy’s expansion into Tennessee and the studio’s ongoing commitment to a healthy workplace.

This week Jason sits down with Adam Boyes and Chelsea Blasko, co-CEOs of Iron Galaxy Studios, to talk about their new Nashville studio and the upcoming pro rasslin' battle royale Rumbleverse. He then lists a few games he'd like to see get the Max Payne remake treatment, then ends with a recap of the March Music Madness contest.

Couches, a foosball table and a bookshelf stocked with board games are squeezed to one side of the room that once served as the recreation room for the 14,000-square-foot downtown Orlando office of video game firm Iron Galaxy Studios LLC.

We interview AAA games developer Iron Galaxy, one of the 11 winners of our first GamesIndustry.biz US Best Places To Work Awards

Iron Galaxy Studios names Rejess Marshall DEI & Access Program Manager.

As someone who makes policy that affects over 200 peoples’ lives every day, being a good leader means never losing sight of the individual. Policies are made to address trends, but they affect individuals. The American Families Plan sees people.

Robin Hunicke chats with Chelsea Blasko about her long and varied path towards the games industry, learning via trial by fire at her first job in games, organic growth and diversity in projects and partners to increase stability, finding the confidence to make decisions, stepping out of the shadows into a front-of-house leadership role, the importance of feedback and support, and how culture and values can help a studio come together.

Chelsea is the Co-CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios, who… Show more

Robin Hunicke chats with Chelsea Blasko about her long and varied path towards the games industry, learning via trial by fire at her first job in games, organic growth and diversity in projects and partners to increase stability, finding the confidence to make decisions, stepping out of the shadows into a front-of-house leadership role, the importance of feedback and support, and how culture and values can help a studio come together.

Chelsea is the Co-CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios, who are best known for developing Killer Instinct, Divekick, and the recently released Extinction. Additionally, Iron Galaxy has helped studios finish and port titles, with over 60 games shipped worldwide. Show less

The Chicago-based Iron Galaxy (Killer Instinct, Extinction) wasn’t built to be like other game studios. It prides itself on creating a culture in which work-life balance is paramount, where employees can feel comfortable speaking up about any problems within the company.

This is a reflective piece from Iron Galaxy's Co-CEO Chelsea Blasko about growth and lessons learned, one year later since the start of the pandemic.

It's International Women's Day today, the gaming industry is celebrating the wonderful women that make up the community we love so much. From developers to writers — even talking about our favorite protagonists — there are so many incredible voices that help to make games phenomenal experiences. One of those women is Chelsea Blasko, co-CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios.

In all, 2.5 million women have left the workforce last year. Iron Galaxy Studios focuses on diversity & inclusion has helped the studio expand throughout 2020 to 180+ personnel with close to 17 percent being women.

Iron Galaxy is committed to high retention as a result of cultivating a great work experience. With women choosing to leave the workforce because they don’t have other options, they continue to retain their parents & caregivers during unprecedented time.

Chelsea Blasko looks back on 2020 & reflects on what it’s been like balancing roles of colleague, boss, mentor, & mom to a fledgling studio. She also shares what Iron Galaxy has learned this past year and why she continues to be so very grateful.

At IG, we celebrate and nurture our differences and know they make us all better every day. We are committed to an environment where staff can be their authentic selves regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ability, identity, orientation or experience.

Iron Galaxy’s Co-CEO Chelsea Blasko joins Andrea and Britt to run down the weekend headlines and chat about running a game development studio during COVID. She chats about her history with the company, why company culture is so important, and some of the challenges of making games for multiple platforms.

During this unprecedented time, Iron Galaxy’s COO Chelsea Blasko discusses how she quickly transitioned her team to work-from-home settings while maintaining a unique culture that kept the Iron Galaxy team supported, connected and productive.

"At GDC’s summer virtual event, Iron Galaxy chief operating officer Chelsea Blasko gave a talk about how game companies can preserve their company culture across locations while employees self-isolate and work from home. One of the things Iron Galaxy does is track employee happiness with an automated tool called 15Five. When those numbers change, the company pays attention."

We discuss the long awaited No Man's Sky and get some insight to game development from Iron Galaxy's Dave Lang, Chelsea Blasko, and Adam Boyes.

The top brass from Iron Galaxy is in the house to discuss hot Hitman strats, true cross-platform play, pre-release No Man's Sky, and more!

Dave Lang: So, Chelsea’s been here the last six years – the company is almost eight years old now – and we’ve been growing steadily over that time doing just work-for-hire stuff. And it’s been really good, but it got to the point where we were so big that all of our focus was just keeping the existing business running and getting games out and we couldn’t focus on future planning and stuff like that. And so, we just kind of needed more firepower at the top of the company and when I started… Show more

Dave Lang: So, Chelsea’s been here the last six years – the company is almost eight years old now – and we’ve been growing steadily over that time doing just work-for-hire stuff. And it’s been really good, but it got to the point where we were so big that all of our focus was just keeping the existing business running and getting games out and we couldn’t focus on future planning and stuff like that. And so, we just kind of needed more firepower at the top of the company and when I started thinking about who that should be and who makes sense to bring into what me and Chelsea kind of established here, Adam was really the only person on the list. Obviously we’re really good friends, but above and beyond that, and more relevant to this discussion, and we worked together at Midway, we kind of came up through the ranks there. I know exactly what kind of person he is and seeing what he’s done at Sony and the kind of things we suck at and the things he’s awesome at just seem to go hand-in-hand. So, it also just fits. Adam as CEO is going to plot out the future stuff, and Chelsea and I can focus on the present and executing on what’s here. So, it all just kind of fits in my perspective. Show less

The company's work on a launch title for the Xbox's motion control peripheral Kinect led Microsoft to approach Iron Galaxy with the possibility of pitching an original game—a first for the studio. In January 2011, the studio came up with the basic concept of tossing objects at castles. It was originally supposed to be a quick three- or four-month project, but Microsoft liked the prototype so much that it gave Iron Galaxy the green light to keep adding content.

Iron Galaxy is the fun group that brought Wreckateer to life. They’ve been around for a while, comprised of industry vets who’ve worked on countless games for a number of consoles. This week, I had the pleasure of talking with Chelsea Blasko. Chelsea is the Producer of Wreckateer and an all-around cool gamer.

How to set your truck tightness. In this video Chelsea Blasko explains how to set your truck tightness in the game to best suit your skill level in Tony Hawk RIDE