By some estimates, the maximum game career length averages six years before people quit the industry. For outsourcing partners, it may be even worse as it’s easy for buyers to apply pressure on outsourcing teams: retention may not be their first concern, and they also pay a premium price to get things done.

It is, however, a mistake for buyers not to take care of their partners, but an even bigger mistake for outsourcing studios not to put their teams’ happiness at the top of their priorities.

Led by Jean-Sylvain, winner of Canada’s Best Boss 2022 (GameIndustryBiz), this table topic will try to answer the question: How do you foster a great studio culture, including employee care and retention, connection to staff, hiring processes, internal and external work pressures, and project/partner selection?