Job News Klaxon
RuneScape dev Jagex snags ZeniMax and Trion Worlds vets for senior roles
New starters take on SVP of game development and VP of tech roles
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Dream Reality Interactive's Anna Hollinrake on how to get a job as a senior artist
"There's something delicious and intangible about focusing in on exactly what makes the game feel the way it does and how to communicate that as a whole"
Write In
Interactive fiction specialist Dr Emily Short joins the Spirit AI board
Two-year Character Engine product manager takes on the role of executive director at Spirit
On Job
Ad platform Bidalgo taps up former Clicktale CFO to bolster executive team
Nir Ackerman will join as CFO and will be tasked with overseeing all of the company’s financial operations
Blocked
Minecraft movie faces delays as director Rob McElhenney exits project
Film faces major rebuilding efforts and is certain to miss its planned May 2019 release
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Space Ape's Johnathan Rowlands on how to get a job as a product owner
"Ultimately though, my role distils down to making sure we deliver a great experience, every single week, to our dedicated and loyal community"
Job News Klaxon
Softgames taps ex-Smilegate Europe head of studio to lead its in-house development team
Bernd Beyreuther joined the games developers as Head of Studio on August 1st
New Management
Sega of America names Ian Curran as new COO and president
Industry veteran steps into the new role effective today alongside serving position on Atlus USA’s board
Jammin’
Jam City signs up ex-EA creative director Chris Tremmel
Tremmel will provide design direction for Genies & Gems and Wild Things: Animal Adventure
Closure
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire dev MZ lays off 125 staff as it shuts down ad-tech branch Cognant
The entire Cognant team and about half of its in-house media buyers are said to have been laid off in June
Job News
Venatus appoints Tom Briant as new head of business development
Briant brought on board to strengthen the sales house’s global development strategy
Expansion
Swedish mobile developer Funrock raises $2.5 million for expansion in the Middle East and North Africa
Funrock has already opened a new studio in Alexandria, Egypt
Job News Klaxon
Keywords shakes up senior management structure with new chief commercial and marketing roles
EA vet Efremov is Keywords Studios' new CCO while Coke and Activision Blizzard alum Andrew Brown coming on as CMO
Catch Of The Day
Big Fish appoints 15 year industry veteran Jeff Karp as new managing director and president
Karp brings aboard executive experience from some of the industry’s biggest players
Job News
Resolution Games brings Mogi creator Mathieu Castelli aboard as chief creative officer
Stockholm studio also expands with Mojang and Paradox alumni
Job Klaxon
Animoca Brands signs up former Rovio EVP of games Wilhelm Taht for strategic advisor role
Taht also holds positions at Nitro Games, Dodreams and Remedy
Switch Up
Nintendo Europe names new CEO as Shibata leaves role after 18 years
Satoru Shibata will head back to Japan to take up a new position
Job News
Kabam co-founder Holly Liu joins the Animoca Brands board of directors
Leading games entrepreneur sees potential in Animoca’s AI and blockchain endeavours
Lovestruck
Intel CEO steps down after breaching "non-fraternisation" policy
Brian Krzanich resigned from the tech giant after five years
It's Snow Joke
Cuphead developer Studio MDHR signs up former Alto’s Odyssey producer Eli Cymet
The former mobile games journalist served a producer on Alto’s Odyssey
Job News
Two Owlchemy Labs bosses are leaving to co-found a new venture
VR studio CEO and studio director depart for projects unknown
Job News
Natalie Clayton joins PocketGamer.biz and PCGamesInsider.biz as staff writer
"I'm excited to see where this latest opportunity takes me"
Movers And Shakers
Women in Games names three new board members as deputy CEO departs
Multiplay's Vanessa Joyce, UKIE's Daniel Wood and Abertay's Ruth Falconer join board
New Job
Chimera signs up ex-Ubisoft Blue Byte designer to head up game design
Sebastian Bombera joins with over 13 years on industry experience
Back In The Black
Pearl’s Peril studio Wooga profitable again after 'two tough years'
Appoints former Miniclip chief financial officer Ross Logan as new CFO
Moving Day
InnoGames closes Dusseldorf studio and shifts production to Hamburg HQ
The decision to shift production focus from Duesseldorf came in in late 2017
Jobs News
Finnish publisher Full XP names Eliza Ralph as CTO
Will be responsible for leading the company’s technical direction and strategy
Job Klaxon
Glu brings back former VP of analytics as senior vice president of company’s revenue platform
Chuck Elberti will help the company drive growth through an increased focus on technology and data science
Jobs News
Lightneer names new CEO, cancels Big Bang Legends
Co-founder Lauri Jarvilehto steps into chairman role
Zoned Out
MZ CEO Gabe Leydon leaves Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire developer
COO Kristen Dumont takes the reins
Live Ops
Codename recruits Wizards of the Coast producer to oversee Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Chris Dupuis appointed live services manager
One In One Out
Nitro Games appoints former head of Rovio Stars as COO while CMO departs
Jussi Immonen joins as COO as CMO Mikko Kähärä parts ways with the company
Job Losses
Report: Redundancies hit Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery dev Jam City
Some claims suggest layoffs were ‘sizable’
Starman
Finnish start-up Space Nation snags ex-NASA astronaut Gregory Johnson as chief space officer
He'll lead the development of its astronaut program to train future space travellers
Star Hire
Starbreeze appoints Ubisoft’s Stéphane Decroix as chief development officer
Will be responsible for all internal projects
Big Hire
Former Rovio executive producer Will Luton joins Big Pixel Studios as director of product
Luton to take a leading role in design and direction for Pocket Mortys
Job Klaxon
Spil Games promotes from within for new CEO
COO Timm Geyer is taking the reins
Closure
150 staff laid off as Wargaming Seattle closes down
Up to 150 jobs to be affected
Indie Backing
GameMaker creator YoYo Games spins up indie games publishing division
Ex-Outplay senior producer Chris Trewartha heads up new team
What A Play
Outplay recruits King's Luis De La Camara for global marketing role
Luis De La Camara joins as VP of Global Marketing
Jobs News
Nordeus, Mobile Monsters and Ubisoft Massive vets move to Jagex
Three new hires at the RuneScape developer
New Job Klaxon
NCSoft appoints chief development officer for Western operations
Chris Corry will be responsible for overseeing all development in the West
On The Move
Farming Simulator dev Giants Software opens new studio in the Czech Republic
Swiss company also set to move offices as part of the shakeup
Excite
Steel Media is looking for a business development executive to drive sales on our B2B websites and events
Join us as we continue to grow our operations
Royale Royalty
NetEase recruits Battle Royale film scriptwriter for Knives Out
Kenta Fukasaku to build story and lore for hit mobile game
Preparing For Takeoff
Building up to IPO, Flexion adds experienced game exec Chris Bergstresser to its board
Bolt-on experience
One Share, One Vote
Mark Pincus’ decision to relinquish Zynga majority voting rights reflects “my confidence in the company”
Founding CEO is stepping back
Finnternal Promotions
Next Games promotes from within for management team
Finnish games developer also promotes former Head of Games Sami Nurmio to Head of New Projects
Stepping Down
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima to retire
Leaves after nearly three years in the role
New Hires
Recruitment drive at ad sales firm Venatus draws in 10 new staff
The company increased revenue 50 per cent year-on-year in 2017