On April 14, 2023, the board of directors of Motorsport Games Inc. appointed Stephen Hood as the Company's President effective April 19, 2023 to fill the vacancy created by the above-described termination. The board of directors, while noting Mr. Kozko's significant efforts and achievements, especially in fund raising, for the Company, concluded that Mr. Hood's extensive prior knowledge of the Company and its products and extensive experience in game development would be a better fit for the Company in its games' development stage. Stephen Hood, 45, has served as a business development consultant to Speed Capital Ltd. from October 2022 to April 2023.

Mr. Hood served as the Company's President from April 2019 to January 2022. Mr. Hood has also served as President of Motorsport Games Limited from February 2020 to January 2022 and as a director of 704Games from September 2018 to January 2022. Previously, Mr. Hood served as Head of Esports for Autosport Media UK Limited from July 2018 to March 2019.

Prior to joining Motorsport Network, Mr. Hood served as Executive Producer at Dovetail Games from September 2016 to May 2018 and as a Creative Director from December 2014 to September 2016. Mr. Hood was employed at Codemasters as Creative Director from November 2011 to December 2013 and as Chief Game Designer from March 2009 to November 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Hood was Design Manager at Ideaworks Game Studio from August 2006 to October 2008 and a Senior Designer at renowned British developer Lionhead Studios Limited from 2004 to 2006.

He also has held various positions as Design Director and Design Manager with other video game producers. Mr. Hood is a BAFTA award winning developer (Best Simulation, The Movies and Best Sports Game, Formula One 2010) with particular expertise in building creative teams and designing and managing the development of complex video game projects and services.