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
Jobs In Games
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
Back To The Nest
Rovio brings back former VP of Ads from Unity and hires new Senior VP of Studios
Antti Viitanen joins from Sulake
Back In The Saddle
Unity appoints VR pioneer Tony Parisi as new head of AR and VR Strategy
Reveal made at Unite LA 2016
Connecting Developers
New jobs site Unity Connect brings developers together to collaborate on new games
Unity's talent marketplace aimed at connecting devs with projects
Ddm Sbdm
Digital Development Management hires ex-Marmalade exec as new Senior Business Development Manager
Stephanie Jorgl joins after 4 years at Marmalade
Virtually Hired
Oculus hiring over 100 new staff as it boosts AR and future tech development
Developing new headsets and experiences
Piece Of Eden
Eden Games appoints new CMO at large as it prepares for mobile release of Gear.Club
Bolsters team ahead of first self-published effort
Job Losses
Gameforge lays off around 90 staff as it pulls out of mobile
German publisher to focus on PC
Learn From Experience
Jobs in Games: King's Ben Hollis on how to get a job as a Lead Game Designer
The man behind Shuffle Cats shares career insights
New Face, Same Direction
Reginaldo Valadares appointed Rovio Stockholm GM as Patrick Liu leaves for Spotify
Patrick Liu seeks pastures new
Spil The Beans
How to get a job at fast-growing mobile publisher Spil Games
CEO Tung Nguyen-Khac shares insights
Learn From Experience
Jobs in Games: Gram Games' Kerem Alemdar on how to get a job as a user acquisition manager
The man behind Six! and 1010!'s UA campaigns shares career insights
Big Pond
How to get a job at Deep Silver Fishlabs
Senior HR Manager Christoph Hillermann shares insights
Uk's Biggest
Outplay Entertainment becomes the UK's largest independent mobile studio, employing over 150
New title lined up for November
Jam-packed
Ex-EA EVP and Linden Labs CEO Rod Humble joins Jam City
And Robert Zakari joins as General Counsel and EVP of Corporate Development
Foster The Pixels
Google hires former Amazon exec to lead development of new Pixel phones
David Foster joins as VP of Product Engineering
More Zynga Hires
Zynga recruits another EA exec as its new Chief Financial Officer
Gerard Griffin leaves EA after 10 years
Now Hiring
How to get a job at MMX Racing developer Hutch
CEO Shaun Rutland shares insights
Jobs News
Glen Fox appointed new Editor of PocketGamer.co.uk
Consumer site to undertake bold redesign
New Blood
Hutch bolsters its team with ex-Lionhead and Codemasters staff
And Peter Hansen-Chambers joins as Commercial Director
Zynga Hiring Spree
Zynga hires ex-DeNA VP Doug Scott as its new CMO
Yet another senior hire for Zynga
Creative Crossley
Creative England appoints ex-GameSpot editor Rob Crossley as Head of Games
Informing future strategies and decisions
Studio Closure
Update: Vancouver studio Roadhouse Interactive closes and lays off around 100 staff
A Thinking Ape hosts hiring party for affected employees
Jobs News
Disney’s Mobile Games GM jumps ship to NBCUniversal as its new games exec
Chris Heatherly leaves after 14 years
Cast Iron Team
CastAR snaps up ex-Avalanche staff to bolster new Salt Lake City studio
From toys-to-life to mixed reality