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UK retail and event outfit GAME has shuffled its senior management team, with several senior departures as David Howard moves from UK retail and property director to the role of UK managing director. This news comes from GamesIndustry.Biz, who dug into the story. Howard will now oversee all commercial and …

“We don’t just find the best students anymore, we make them,” says Ian Goodall, the managing director of Aardvark Swift Recruitment. It may sound like a smart soundbite, but after ten years of Aardvark Swift’s Search for a Star competition for student game creators, it’s hard to disagree. The competition …

Working in the esports industry, surrounded by some of the most passionate and creative individuals I could ever hope to associate myself with, I consider myself one of the lucky ones. Although it’s hard work, it doesn’t feel like a job and I love that. I also love that I …

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Blizzard Entertainment’s Saralyn Smith has been announced as the final keynote speaker for the Devcom 2018 developer conference. Devcom will take place on August 19th and 20th in Cologne, Germany, part of the run up to games event Gamescom, Europe’s biggest video game event. Smith, who recently took on the …

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Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy holds onto the top spot for the third week in a row, holding off several new entries to remain king of the Top Ten. Crash ascended the charts again off the back of a multiplatform release which saw the game arrive on the Xbox One, Switch …