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Brenda Romero, CEO of CEO of Romero Games

Aug 15, 2026 · 18 min · 7 segments

Galway-based Games Guru Brenda Romero on bouncing back after huge redundancies at her firm, and a radically changing global games industry.

Speakers: Brenda RomeroGuestÁine KerrHost

Top entities: Brenda Romero×27 Galway×14 Romero Games×13 Ireland×11 Ireland×5

Introducing Brenda Romero0:00 – 0:39

0:00

Welcome back to Reignite.

0:01

Now, we've been talking a lot today about intelligent failures and learning from hard things.

0:07

And our next guest, Brenda Romero, CEO of Romero Games, an independent game development studio based in Galway, is someone who knows what it's like to learn from hard times and hard things.

0:21

And Brenda Romero, you're so very welcome to Reignite.

0:24

Maybe start at the end and we'll work backwards.

0:28

You had a team of around 110 people working for your studio headquartered in Galway last summer.

0:35

That number is now down to nine people.

0:38

Tell us what happened.

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Introducing Brenda Romero0:00 – 0:39

0:00

Welcome back to Reignite.

0:01

Now, we've been talking a lot today about intelligent failures and learning from hard things.

0:07

And our next guest, Brenda Romero, CEO of Romero Games, an independent game development studio based in Galway, is someone who knows what it's like to learn from hard times and hard things.

0:21

And Brenda Romero, you're so very welcome to Reignite.

0:24

Maybe start at the end and we'll work backwards.

0:28

You had a team of around 110 people working for your studio headquartered in Galway last summer.

0:35

That number is now down to nine people.

0:38

Tell us what happened.