The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies and Tampere University Game Research Lab are happy to announce two new appointments: in January 2020, Kati Alha will start as Lecturer of Game Studies, and Usva Friman will start as the Main Coordinator and Researcher in the CoE. Together, they will represent multiple expertise areas and bring along their solid experience and fresh ideas to strengthen the future work in game studies education and in the research collaborations alike.