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Recruitments specialists Aardvark Swift, Amiqus and OPM tells Marie Dealessandri about the large scope of jobs available in the games industry that can attract talents from outside the sector

Oakland based studio to develop platform fighting game

The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has announced he’s teaming up with the producers of E3 to bring two days of panels, talks, presentations "and other surprises" to this year’s show at The Novo on Tuesday June 13th and Wednesday June 14th. The E3 Coliseum has been in the works …

Last week, Nintendo unveiled a brand-new piece of hardware for the 3DS family – the New 2DS XL. It came as a surprise to almost everyone, especially considering the 3DS platform is now well over six years old. Indeed, with the launch of the Switch on March 3rd, many expected …

Oakland games outfit Wavedash Games has announced that it’s raised $6m in Series A funding to develop a new platform fighting game, and grow its team. A platform fighter is a fighting game that revolves around victory by knocking your opponent out of an arena. Think of your chosen Smash …

Networking body want an increase of 40 per cent by 2022 to strengthen sector

Last week on the way to work I overheard two guys talking and the conversation was going something like this: …and he keeps going on about how great this Horizon Zero Dawn game is, but I’m not sure whether to buy it or not.” At which point I butted in …

John Broomhall talks with multi-award winning composer Austin Wintory about his latest videogame music excursion

In an interview with VG247, Capcom talked briefly about their plans for Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite’s approach to esports, the depth added by the Infinity Stones and the game skipping the Capcom Pro Tour in 2017. Associate producer Peter ‘Combofiend’ Rosas, yes that one, said that in regards to competitive …

Despite the title, it seems Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite won’t have unlimited matchmaking potential, with the forthcoming fighting game shipping without cross-platform play. After Street Fighter V shipped with cross-platform matchmaking, there was buzz in the community that Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite would get the same treatment. However, in an …