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In MCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Electronic Arts names its new marketing manager and we look at the best vacancies available. EA NAMES TOMKINS AS NEW MARKETING BOSSAndy Tomkins has been promoted to marketing director for Northern Europe at Electronic Arts. His appointment …
Read More »Retailers offer Steam Wallet cards at premium prices
Days after we announced that Steam Wallet cards would be launched in India soon, a few retailers have started offering them. Strangely, the cards are yet to be officially released in India. Nextworld has the cards listed in five denominations – $5, $10, $25, $50 and $100, although only the …
Read More »Job-hunting 19 year-old spends 2,000 hours creating epic Skyrim mod
It’s certainly true that in today’s competitive jobs market you need to make yourself stand out if you wish to succeed. So taking a year out of your life and devoting in the region of 2,000 hours to create a hugely ambitious and well-received mod for the popular The Elder …
Read More »Intergi Europe triples revenue in first year
Games-centric advertising agency Intergi has announced that revenues at its new European arm have tripled in its first year. Intergi established its London office in July 2012. It also operates out of New york, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Florida. It intends to open Australian and Canadian offices in 2014. …
Read More »Games The Shop sale: Up to 50% off on PS3, Xbox 360 games
Games The Shop is kicking off its annual sale tomorrow, offering discounts of up to 50% on PS3 and Xbox 360 games. The retailer is offering additional discounts to those buying multiple games. While those buying one copy will pay Rs 999, two copies are available for Rs 899 each, …
Read More »Origin sale offers games, DLC at Rs 599 and less
EA is once again in the news for its PC game prices in India, only this time, it is changing things up by lowering prices on Origin. Up to 39 EA games and DLC are now available on the Indian Origin store for Rs 599 or less, representing price drops …
Read More »Free Xbox Live Gold membership offered with Office 365 subscription
Microsoft is offering a year’s free membership to Xbox Live Gold to those who subscribe to its Office 365 subscription plan. The Office 365 Home Premium annual subscription costs 79.99 and entitles owners to install the Microsoft Office client on up to five PCs and Macs for a year. It …
Read More »Large mobile dev teams aren’t viable, former Zynga UK GM claims
JiggeryPokery founder and former Zynga UK boss Matthew Wiggins has expressed concern over the viability of large mobile game developers. Speaking toThe Guardian, Wiggins said many mobile firms do not need significant numbers of staff, as they don’t need that many developers to make successful games. He explained that it’s …
Read More »Ex-Zynga UK GM questions viability of large mobile teams
'It's probably not a good idea to have 80 people working on a mobile game for two years'
Read More »US Ouya sales "relatively light for a new console"; Exclusive title TowerFall moves to PC
Kickstarter funded Android console Ouya’s first month on sale in the US has been given a lukewarm assessment by sales tracker NPD. "Retail sales for Ouya (not counting direct sales through ouya.tv) and were relatively light for a new console," NPD analyst Liam Callahan said, as reported by Joystiq. "This …
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