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Liz Prince, business manager at recruitment specialist Amiqus, helps solve some of the trickier problems job seekers currently face in the games industry

Finland’s esports federation has come to a deal with the Finnish defence forces that will see professional esports players counted as athletes.  This is a big deal because in Finland, home to many of the world’s best CS:GO players, a stint in the military between the ages of 18-19 is …

Amarchi-Cuevas will head up to launch new merchandise SUBSURF, based on the Subway Surfers mobile game and animated short

Rogue, one of the best known and highest achieving Overwatch teams outside of Korea, has announced that it is releasing its roster after the team were unable to secure a spot in Blizzard’s forthcoming Overwatch League (OWL).  Rogue, a team of french players based out of Las Vegas, were regular faces …

Everybody’s Golf was the best-selling title in Japan in September, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, beating Destiny 2 and PES 2018 to the top of the monthly charts. Splatoon 2 put in another good performance last month despite a 48 per cent decline in sales month-on-month, rising one …

As expected, FIFA is holding up to No.1 for its second week in the charts.  Sales for EA’s football behemoth were down 69 per cent week-on-week, which is actually stronger than FIFA 17’s second week. Last year, Take-Two’s Mafia III released on FIFA 17’s Week Two, pulling sales away from …

Make sure you get your submissions in by 11.59pm for the opportunity to join in with the outbound trade mission to the Helsinki technology event

Young publisher PlayStack intends to bring indie developers the money, guidance and marketing nous to make the most of their dream games. Jem Alexander speaks to CEO Harvey Elliott about the company's philosophy and how developers can get involved

Project Nova and Project Aurora will bring fresh experiences set in the EVE universe

Bandai Namco will also have special experimental projects including a HoloLens version of Pac-Man