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David Gardner joins BAFTA, PQube hires Matthew Pellett and Mojang strengthens creative communications team. BAFTA appoints first VP of games General partner and co-founder of London Venture Partners David Gardner OBE has been appointed as the first vice president for games at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. As …
Read More »Bioshock developer Irrational Games rebrands as Ghost Story Games
New studio looking "to create immersive, story-drive games for people who love games that ask something of them."
Read More »Kiz Studios confirm layoffs
Won't confirm how many redundancies, but confirm a teams still operating at all three offices
Read More »DICE Awards 2017 Winners announced, with Overwatch snatching Game of the Year
Overwatch and Uncharted 4 win big
Read More »OptiTrack announce OptiTrack Active, a wide-scale 3D tracking solution, to be shown at GDC
Those dreams of fighting in a VR war or fighting a dragon with your friends in a virtual world could be a reality
Read More »IO-Interactive name Hakan Abrak as new head of studio
Departing head of studio Hannes Seifert leaves Square Enix for role closer to home in Austria
Read More »Io Interactive appoints Hakan Abrak as new studio head
Former studio production director Hakan Abrak has been appointed as the new studio head of Hitman studio Io Interactive. He replaces former studio head Hannes Seifert, who after seven years at Io Interactive has now left Square Enix to move on to pursue a new project nearer his home in …
Read More »Gaming Corps secures 91m krona investment for future acquisitions
This comes after November acquisition of Red Fly Studios.
Read More »New Zealand Game Developers Association aggressively looking for senior-level talent at GDC
High growth in games industry means New Zealand desperate for more high level talent to fill vacancies
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard 1.8 launches with Cloud Gems framework
234 changes, improvements or fixes promised
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