UK developers rally to support laid off Blitz staff

Developers from across the UK have raliied together today to find new jobs for employees affected by the closure of one of Britain’s longest-standing studios, Blitz.

It was announced today that the company has ceased trading as a result of not securing enough funds. 125 staff have been let go while another 50 have secured employment through a new business set up by Blitz’ senior management.

To help those affected by the studio’s closure, a wave of studios throughout the UK have called on former employees to get in touch about new job opportunities.

Developers such as Rebellion, Sega Hardlight, Four Door Lemon, First Touch Games, Frontier, Pitbull, Playground Games and Mind Candy are just a few examples of studios helping developers relocate.

You can view the openings below. If you have any further openings, please get in touch on Develop’s Twitter account @developonline.

We’ll be updating the below, but for more vacancies, indie developer Mike Bithell has been retweeting numerous jobs on his Twitter wall. A new tumblr feed has also been set up with a plethora of vacancies across the UK.

We're very saddened by the news regarding @_BGS_ We have some vacancies, so please do get in touch if you're affected http://t.co/dFKQxZq22C

— SEGA HARDlight (@SEGAHARDlight) September 12, 2013

Our thoughts are with those affected by the closure of @_BGS_ @frontierdev is hiring, please apply via http://t.co/UuTJQGTHxc

— Frontier (@frontierdev) September 12, 2013

Very sorry to hear about Blitz 🙁 We have openings for senior coders/artists and level designers at @fourdoorlemon

— Simon Barratt (@barog) September 12, 2013

https://twitter.com/PitbullStudio/status/378118445327331328https://twitter.com/bitkari/status/378117961669955584

Saddened to hear the news regarding Blitz Games Studios this morning, we do have some open positions for anyone affected, do get in touch.

— Codemasters (@Codemasters) September 12, 2013

Awful to hear about Blitz. Awful for those affected and their families. We are up in Edinburgh but are hiring devs: http://t.co/EvyOIdy2hE

— aahrun (@tinyblob) September 12, 2013

https://twitter.com/craigw1701/status/378131604276645890

For those affected by the news at Blitz today, we are looking for Programmers, and possibly others. http://t.co/kV2DA5PEXt Please Retweet

— Just Add Water (Dev) (@justaddwaterdev) September 12, 2013

If you're a newly Ex-Blitz person looking for some local contract work, drop me your CV on Simon (at) http://t.co/L3JwYSbEr3

— Simon Roth (@SimoRoth) September 12, 2013

https://twitter.com/geekbeach/status/378125931665039360

Our thoughts go out to everyone at Blitz. Splash Damage is hiring: http://t.co/0An57Q3t56

— Splash Damage (@splashdamage) September 12, 2013

For any coders who might have lost their jobs in this Blitz thing, we have a server coder opening in London: http://t.co/8sHpKtyR2A

— Rodrigo Monteiro (@amzeratul) September 12, 2013

https://twitter.com/OneThumbMobile/status/378109746211213312

Sorry to hear about Blitz today. Good luck to all those affected. PG have open positions: http://t.co/KpccToEjWY

— Playground Games (@WeArePlayground) September 12, 2013

@developonline We're looking for iOS programmers (ideally with Unity experience) http://t.co/o3hwEvqVzv #Blitz

— Neon Play (@neonplay) September 12, 2013

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mikeBithell">@mikeBithell</a> Sad news about Blitz, if Eutechnyx can help let us know. Here&#39;s a list of vacancies we have available <a href="http://t.co/LM9f2tLZ6Z">http://t.co/LM9f2tLZ6Z</a></p>&mdash; Dave Thompson (@davet_etx) <a href="https://twitter.com/davet_etx/statuses/378140187521323008">September 12, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mikeBithell">@mikeBithell</a> There are a lot of programming/network jobs going at R* North. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Blitz&amp;src=hash">#Blitz</a></p>&mdash; Wesley Mackinder (@WesleyMackinder) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesleyMackinder/statuses/378135807736807424">September 12, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mikeBithell">@mikeBithell</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TTGames">@TTGames</a> are looking for tech artists and junior programmers…sorry to lose <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Blitz&amp;src=hash">#Blitz</a> though :(</p>&mdash; Chris Payne (@qixotl) <a href="https://twitter.com/qixotl/statuses/378133250004508672">September 12, 2013</a></blockquote>
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