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InMCV’s weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, a former Ubisoft level director joins Molyneux’s studio and we look at the best positions available. Ubisoft’s Stowe joins 22 CansJamie Stowe has joined UK firm 22Cans as technical designer. Stowe had previously worked at Ubisoft Singapore as …

A fix for the broken PS3 firmware released a few days ago will be released next week. A Sony spokesperson has told VideoGamer that it has "identified the issue". A further firmware release is now scheduled for Thursday June 27th. Sony also claims that the problems, which reportedly left some …

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Square Enix has enacted a major restructuring of its studio leadership teams in Europe and North America. As part of a company-wide reshuffle, Darrell Gallagher has taken on the role of head of studios at the publisher. Previously studio head at Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics, Gallagher will be now …

The excitement surrounding the next generation of consoles has led to a record-breaking performance on Amazon.com. The US retailer has announced a record week for its Video Games store that saw a 4,000 per cent year-on-year increase in console orders throughout E3. Not a shock, maybe, as the hardware market …

David Anfossi, Stephane D'Astous, Patrick Naud and Hannes Seifert take on new roles at publisher

With Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel currently performing heroics at the box office, news of a spot of licensed Superman DLC is hardly a surprise. Warner Bros has announced that it will be releasing some Man of Steel DLC for brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us next month. It comes in …

We all thought the same thing when we saw the zero-gravity stuff in Mario Kart 8 – where’s the new F-Zero game from Nintendo? The answer – there isn’t one. And there may not be one for a very long time. "I certainly understand that people want a new F-Zero …

Game creators should look to create different game experiences using new hardware features

The co-founder of Ignition Entertainment has announced the formation of a new interactive indie developer and publisher of mobile and tablet games”. Ajay Chadha, who left Ignition in 2010, is named as the founder and CEO of Balloon 27. We are proud to announce the formation of indie development and …