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
All Aboard
British Games Institute names 20 new advisory board members
Shahid Ahmad, Katherine Bidwell, Carl Cavers, Marie-Claire Isaaman and others on board
Jobs News
Ex-Sega Networks CPO Joseph Kim heads to Universal’s games publishing arm as senior VP
Will oversee slate and product management, marketing, user acquisition and revenue optimisation of all apps and games
I'm Out
Hearthstone director Ben Brode leaves Blizzard
Plans to start his own studio
Jobs News
Ex-Fullscreen senior director joins livestreaming platform Mobcrush
Nina Kammer appointed head of sales
Office Closure
CrossFire dev Smilegate closes Berlin office after just over one year
Outfit to close down in the middle of 2018
Departure
EA Mobile senior VP Mike Verdu departs
Exec cites travel and lengthy commute as reasons for exit
Moving On
EA shuffles executive team
Patrick Söderlund names chief designer officer, Laura Miele appointed chief studios officer, and other changes
Jobs News
Ex-PocketGamer.biz features editor Matt Suckley joins Flaregames as junior PR manager
"I'm thrilled to begin my career in PR with Flaregames"
Exec Shake-up
Rovio’s investor relations chief exits
Ville Heijari named CEO of Rovio Entertainment Corporation
Job Losses
AdColony cuts senior staff as it eyes profitability
Further redundancies at mobile ads firm
Job Losses
Twitch lays off staff as company restructures
But firm claims it still wants to grow its headcount overall
Job Losses
Nokia to lay off 353 staff in Finland
The decision comes as part of the company’s global cost-savings plan
Job Losses
Hero Academy 2 developer Robot Entertainment lays off over 30 employees
The studio will continue to operate its current games as well as reveal a new title in due course
Smart Career
Jobs in games: Understanding creative opportunities in mobile
Devs share what it's like working in the mobile games industry
Moving On Up
Gameloft hires new vice president of marketing
Damien Marchi will be responsible for marketing and communications strategies for the publisher
Rejoyce
King appoints global director of diversity and inclusion
Former BBC veteran, Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams MBE, joins Candy Crush developer
Job News
QA and localisation firm Testronic journeys east to set up first office in Asia with new Bangkok set up
Lily Gavin-Allen to take charge of business development in the region
Job News
AR company appoints mobile and blockchain entrepreneur to advisory board
Richard Skaife joins Krytonite1 CEO George McDonaugh and Snatch CEO Jamal Hirani at Reality Clash
Next Stage
Drive Ahead! developer Dodreams snags former Rovio SVP Sami Lahtinen as head of studio
Lahtinen will be involved with Drive Ahead!, audience engagement and recruitment
New Studio
Avakin life developer Lockwood Publishing opens new studio in Newcastle
The new office will be headed up by Ubisoft alumni Joe Stevens
Match-made
Matchmade wants to be the Google AdWords of influencer marketing as it surpasses a 200 million YouTube subscriber reach
Eeva Hattara joins as CFO while Heini Vesander is named CMO