Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Nexon's Devon Kim on how to get a job as an Engineering Lead
Nexon M's Head of Technology shares career insights
Creative Thinking
Virtuos opens mobile game design studio in Paris
Ex-Kobojo Marketing Manager Jean-Baptiste Fleury heads up new team
Telling Tales
Telltale recruits ex-ArenaNet Head of Narrative as VP of Creative
Leah Hoyer heads up writing, design and voice-over teams
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Spil Games' Franz Stradal on how to get a job as a VP of Content
Spil Games' VP of Content shares career insights
Building Your Studio
Moving beyond your network: How to avoid recruitment chaos in the early days of studio life
Wooga Senior Talent Acquisition Manager Matt Hood offers practical advice for employing staff at your new studio
Key Hire
Glu Mobile appoints ex-EA Capital Games GM Mike Olsen as its new Senior VP of Studios
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Creative Director leaves after 20 years with publisher
Shared Vision
Facebook taps ex-Xiaomi VP to head up Oculus
Hugo Barra takes control of all VR and AR projects
Mansell Takes Up Mantle
Jagex's Phil Mansell becomes acting CEO as Rod Cousens departs
No word on why Cousens has left
Break Into Games
Getting into games through the back door
Rovio London Head of Studio Mark Sorrell offers his advice
Gsn Job Cuts
GSN Games cuts up to 20 jobs as it restructures into five distinct studios
Cross-functional teams, QA and creative affected
Work Hard
How to get a job at Sega Hardlight
Operations Director Harinder Sangha shares insights
Jobs News
Good Catch Games nets new Head of Development
Mark Oxenham to lead dev team and technical development
Job Cuts
Goodgame axes 200 staff in latest round of layoffs
600 employees have left the company in the last year
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Etermax's Mariano Fragulia on how to get a job as a Chief Product Officer
From student to CPO in seven years
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: MobilityWare's Yelena Grant on how to get a job as a Product Marketing Manager
MobilityWare's Marketing pro shares career insights
Get Hired
How to get a job at Montreal mobile games studio Ludia
HR Director Kim Parkinson shares insights
Job Hire
Unity swoops for ex-Bungie staffer as new Director of Global Graphics
Natalya Tatarchuk responsible for driving forward rendering tech and graphics performance
Cultivating Culture
“The word culture can be dangerous for a company”
The Grow Your Talent panel discusses culture and talent pools
Team More Than 17
Team17 boosts biz dev and marketing teams as it targets US developers
Looking to raise its profile abroad
Glu Cuts
Two studios face closure as Glu Mobile plans to cut up to 140 jobs
Bellevue definitely closing, Long Beach dependent on performance
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Tiga Survey 2017
Majority of UK games studios expect to increase investment and employment in 2017
Everyone's fairly optimistic
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Not Giving Up
Candy Crush dev King hiring for a midcore shooter at its Stockholm studio
Swedish arm on the hunt for artists and designers
Moving And Shaking
Gamevil Europe hires former Kabam exec Chinh Vu as new Head of Marketing
Moves into new offices too
New Year, New Job
6 things you should do to get a job in games
Gabriel Stürmer offers advice that could land you a new career in 2017
Crytek In Crisis
Crytek to close or sell off all studios outside Frankfurt and Kiev, reverts to premium games
CryEngine outfit survives another day
Mag Wiklander
MAG Interactive brings on ex-Widespace exec Magnus Wiklander as CFO
Helping to grow the business
Oculus Shuffle
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribie steps down to head up new PC VR division
Jon Thomason taking lead on new mobile VR division
The Journey So Far
Jobs in Games: Unity's Aras Pranckevičius on how to get a job as a Graphics Programmer
Some top tips on building a career in programming
Crytek In Crisis?
Crytek employees going unpaid and Bulgaria studio up for sale, reports claim
Financial troubles allegedly resurface at developer and CryEngine maker
A Natural Move
Rovio COO David Byrne flies the nest to join NaturalMotion as new COO
Overseeing operations in all its studios
Advancing Ai
Unity pushes on into artificial intelligence efforts with new VP of AI and Machine Learning
Dr Danny Lange joins from Uber
New Team Comp
Super Evil Megacorp COO Kristian Segerstrale to take over as CEO
Current CEO becomes President and Chief Business Officer
Job Losses
Asterix and Friends developer Sproing suffers layoffs after project cancellation
Rising debts result in job losses at Austrian studio
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Future Games of London's Bruce Brodie on how to get a job as a Senior Producer
The man behind Hungry Shark Evolution's production shares career insights
Flying The Nest
Will Luton joins Rovio Stockholm as Senior Product Manager
Will lead product management on Angry Birds 2
Moving On
Bala brothers leave Vicarious Visions after 25 years to form new company Velan Studios
Duo plans to get prototyping games with small teams
Stockholm Calling
How to get a job at Rovio Stockholm
General Manager Reginaldo Valadares shares insights
Stacking Up
New UK publisher PlayStack snaps up former Jagex, Space Ape and EA Mobile staff
UK outfit also signs publishing deal with Foxglove Studios
Mobile Crusaders
Stellaris publisher Paradox hires King Malmö GM to spearhead new mobile gaming initiatives
Swedish firm chasing partnerships with external studios to work with IP
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Jobs in Games: Gameloft's Vincent Coupal on how to get a job as a Senior Technical Artist
Some top tips on building a career in game art
Trailer-blazer
Boss Alien founder Jason Avent joins The Trailerfarm as MD
Also invests in company
Kings And Vp's
King hires ex-GSN VP of Creative Steven Meretzky as VP of Design
Industry veteran to work on secret project
Office Closure
Wooga closes Japan office as it moves localisation efforts back to Berlin
Berlin developer moves localisation efforts back to Germany
Talking Seriously
How to get a job at Best Fiends developer Seriously
Chief Creative Officer Petri Jarvilehto shares insights
Jobs News
Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham returns after 12 years out of the games industry
Adham to help ensure new projects get off the ground
Ch-ch-changes
Glu Mobile appoints new CEO and acquires control of Covet: Fashion dev Crowdstar for $45 million
Revenues fall to $51.4 million as publisher sets out new changes
New Face
App Annie hires Aaron Mahimainathan as its new Chief Product Officer
20 year industry veteran takes reins on product management
Eat Sleep Develop
Augmented reality start-up CastAR swoops for Twisted Metal dev team Eat Sleep Play
Eat Sleep Play devs working with ex-Disney Infinity team