PLAION
Oliver Nickel has extensive work experience in the field of communications. Oliver currently holds the position of Head of Communications at PLAION since September 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Communications Manager GSA at PLAION from August 2022 to October 2023. Before joining PLAION, Oliver worked at Koch Media GmbH as a Senior Communications Manager GSA from December 2020 to August 2022. From April 2016 to November 2020, they served as a PR-Manager at SZ Scala. Prior to that, they worked as a Junior PR Consultant at Sueddeutscher Verlag onpact from July 2014 to March 2016. Oliver began their career as a Junior PR Consultant at Marchsreiter Communications in March 2013 and later worked as a PR-Trainee from March 2012 to February 2013.
Oliver Nickel has pursued two Master of Arts degrees at the University of Tübingen. The first was in Chinesische Studien (Chinese Studies), and the second was in American Studies.
PLAION
PLAION is a global entertainment powerhouse with three decades of history behind us. We specialize in the distribution, publishing and development of games, merchandise, and video entertainment - allowing us to offer a unique breadth of services and solutions to our partners. PLAION publishes games across all platforms, including physical and digital channels. As a global publishing partner, we have formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Warner Bros and many others. PLAION owns eight game development studios: Dambuster Studios, Fishlabs, Warhorse Studios, Milestone, Voxler, DigixArt, Flying Wild Hog, and Vertigo Games. Our studios are known for a wide breadth of successful titles and franchises such as Dead Island, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Let's Sing, Road 96, and many more. Additionally, we collaborate with numerous independent development studios worldwide. Part of PLAION is PLAION PICTURES, a leading independent film distributor in Europe, that works closely with partners such as Paramount and Sony Pictures. We have a highly diverse portfolio of more than 3000 titles, including high-class arthouse titles such as the four-time Oscar® and Palm d'or winner Parasite. Further business operations include Sola Media, a sales agency and production company for family entertainment, Spotfilm Networx, a multi-channel streaming network, and the sub-label KSM Anime dedicated to Japanese animation. PLAION also owns the leading video game merchandise company DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg, USA and Munich, DE) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, CZ. PLAION is an Embracer Group company.