Making The List
Home Office confirms roles in the games industry will be added to shortage occupation list
Roles that are of more importance were highlighted
Job News
Bossa Studios hires Jagex and Mind Candy vet Daniel Clough
Hired as studio GM
Job News
UK games industry veteran Stuart Dinsey takes UKIE chair role
He replaces Revolution's Noirin Carmody
Job News
Age of Learning appoints former Disney Asia head Paul Candland as CEO
“Paul’s outstanding talent and business acumen will greatly accelerate our growth in providing our world-class educational solutions”
Global Expansion
Virtuos expands with new offices in Montreal and South Korea
"As we continue our global expansion plan and open new offices around the world our mission remains focused on creating great games”
Jobs In Games
"Game design isn’t all about grand ideas and blue-sky visions of exciting new games"
“The devil is in the detail”
Job News
Stillfront names Goodgame’s Phillip Knust as group chief product officer
"Establishing this role on the Group level is an important step to further accelerate synergies and develop Stillfront"
Company Expansion
Keywords expands offices in Poland and Mexico
Services provider set to recruit more staff
Jobs News
Rogue Games appoints ex-Kabam COO to board of directors
Joins company co-founders Mike DeLaet and Matt Casamassina, and Mail.Ru founder Dmitry Grishin on the board.
Jobs News
Adjust eyes Israel expansion with new GM
Former Rakuten Viber head of user acquisition Moshi Blum to spearhead the company's planned growth in the local market
Welcome To The Party Pal
Kayleigh Partleton joins PocketGamer.biz and PCGamesInsider.biz as our new staff writer
She'll be reporting on breaking news across the mobile and PC game sectors
Job News
Bidstack welcomes a new vice president of publisher relations as it expands across the US
John Koronaios has over 20 years of experience in the industry
Job News
Activision Blizzard recruits new chief marketing officer and chief people officer
Firm brings new chief people officer and CMO on board
Global Game Jam
Global Game Jam names Kate Edwards as executive director
Edwards will lead fundraising and community outreach
Top Dog
Dimoso’s Jonathan Lopera joins Zynga to head up London communications team
The team will be responsible for publicising the company’s current and future games, employment opportunities and studio leadership outside of the US
Moving On
Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell leaves virtual reality company
“Virtual reality is still on the bleeding edge of technology, and this community continues to pioneer the way forward”
Big Appointment
Bigpoint names Yoozoo Holding Group president Jeff Lu as new MD
Former MD Brian Morrisroe leaves German developer
German Games Market
Employee numbers in the German games industry on the decline despite market growth
Number of games companies also rose from 524 to 614 in 2018
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Futureplay's Chris Wilson on going from food apps to marketing manager
"Though food tech and gaming are very different industries on the face of it, there are many similarities in the foundations of app marketing"
New Company
Bandai Namco opens new mobile games-focused branch in Barcelona
The new company will open its doors in 2020
Job News
Xbox co-creator Nat Brown joins Apple
“I’m looking forward to continuing to work on my obsessions by focusing on all applications of graphics”
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Big Pixel Studios' Lorchan Trapp on how to be an environment artist
"People seem to assume there's a hidden 'make art button' in the software we use and don't understand that it actually takes a lot of time and skill to develop good art"
Jobs News
Rogue Games swoops for trio of marketing, UA and design hires
Publisher appoints new UA marketing manager, game designer and marketing art manager
Job News
Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce stepping down
"Words cannot express the gratitude I feel to have been involved with Blizzard, our games, our employees, and most importantly our community"
Job News
Ex-Visceral GM Steve Papoutsis headlines new recruits at PUBG Corp's Striking Distance studio
Former Sledgehammer, Visceral and Crystal Dynamics vets join the new developer
Moving Location
Zynga India moves to new studio in Bangalore
Developer currently hiring for multiple roles
Studio Closure
Terraforming Mars developer LuckyHammers closes down
70 staff lose their jobs
Stepping Down
Yogscast CEO Mark Turpin steps down amidst sexual harassment allegations
Another creator from the network was dropped last month
Job News
PlayStation vet John Drake heads to Disney to lead games biz dev and licensing
Follows five years at Sony
Job Losses
Intermedia Labs lays off several HQ Trivia staff as download numbers drop
Jeopardy winner Alex Jacobs claims he has not been paid winnings from the show
Expansion Plans
Mediatonic eyes recruitment drive as it expands to 200 staff and opens new Madrid studio
Gears Pop developer received funds from investment round earlier this year
Jobs In Games
Seeking a job in the games industry - part two: The interview process
Game Dragons consultant Philip Oliver offers advice on getting a job in games
Job News
Kolibri hires former Wooga exec as chief financial officer
Ross Logan becomes first addition to the company's C-Suite since it was founded
Latest Hires
Jagex recruits new VP of studio, technical director and QA boss
Mark Faulkner returns to head up firm's publishing platform and Ben Alton is promoted to IT director
Scotland Follows In Third
TIGA names London and the South East as biggest games development hubs in the UK
“London remains a games development powerhouse”
Layoffs
NBCUniversal partner Endless Entertainment lays off seven employees
“It’s simply an unfortunate reality of a slow-down in our current development cycle”
Job News
Sumo Group plans to increase headcount by 15% over next 12 months
Sheffield-based firm will employ around 750 people by July 2020
New Hire
GameClub's new COO on the death of premium games and why subscriptions are the future
"I’d argue premium games died on mobile some time ago. We can’t ignore the changes to the mobile economy that have occurred over these last five to seven years"
Job News
Voodoo brings on Blizzard, King and Mamau hires for Berlin studio
Two new game designers and two new developers
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Scopely’s Liz Liu on how to get a job as a people business partner
"Gaming is the convergence of art and science, where creative people work together to build experiences for human connection"
Rapid Growth
Growing German studio Kolibri hits 100m downloads
The developer behind Idle Miner Tycoon and Idle Factory Tycoon now employs 100 staff
Jobs In Games
Seeking a job in the games industry - part one: The application process
Game Dragons consultant Philip Oliver offers advice on getting a job in games
Work Conditions
UK media and entertainment union BECTU investigating working conditions in games
"We know there are also challenges that people face in their working lives, whether to do with stress, pay, long hours, or harassment"
Job News
Jony Ive to leave Apple after 27 years to form independent design company
LoveFrom launches later this year with Apple as first client
New Pubg In Works
PUBG Corp opens new game development studio Striking Distance
Former Sledgehammer Games co-founder and GM Glen Schofield named as CEO
Grand Plans
Why Monument Valley developer Ustwo hired a CEO
New chief exec Maria Sayans and chief creative officer Dan Gray discuss what's changed, what hasn't and why the studio is taking on multi-game development
Job News
Blizzard's global esports director Kim Phan has left the company
Less than a month after Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer departed the firm for Epic Games.
Cheap As Chips
Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director
Kevin Abosch will provide creative advice and direction on upcoming titles the Sandbox and F1 Delta Time
Executive Shuffle
Ustwo names new CEO as it heads into multi-game development
Maria Sayans takes on top job as Dan Gray is promoted to chief creative officer and Peter Pashley is appointed chief development officer
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Outplay Entertainment’s Riccardo Tramma on how to get a job as an engineer
"The advances in technology and the quality of the games have contributed to creating completely new professional fields of expertise"