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People don’t want to pay for games. That’s what MCV was told repeatedly at E3. And indeed many of this year’s high-growth or most controversial games – World of Tanks, League of Legends, CSR Racing amongst others – were absolutely free. Of course anyone that has followed this market as …
Read More »Fishlabs hires two new senior staff
Patrick Heyer and Sirko Rückmann to work on unannounced multiplayer game
Read More »Hubertz quits as Bigpoint cuts 120 jobs
Heiko Hubertz has left his role as CEO as German online gaming giant Bigpoint cuts over 120 jobs. However, intense competition and the expense of paying employees in San Francisco – the second most expensive city in the US – has led Bigpoint to conclude that developing games in the …
Read More »Bigpoint cuts 120 jobs
Company CEO Heiko Hubertz steps down
Read More »Bigpoint sending trio of titles to retail
Online games specialist Bigpoint is to bring three of its titles to retail. That’s thanks to an agreement with Contact Sales and its publishing arm Excalibur Publishing. The deal covers three titles – Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online and Pirate Storm. Each will be sold in the UK and Ireland …
Read More »PayPal veteran joins Bigpoint
Online games giant Bigpoint has hired PayPal veteran Jochen Siegert as head of payment. Siegert is the former director of EMEA strategy and business development at PayPal Europe. He has over 12 years of experience in the payment industry. He built up PayPal’s European financial products department and lead the …
Read More »29 jobs lost as Bigpoint closes mobile operations
CSO Nils Holger Henning joins the Reisberger brothers in exiting publisher
Read More »Reisberger brothers leave Bigpoint
Company MDs to focus on new mobile games company AppFlag
Read More »Bigpoint hires Nintendo exec as marketing head
Emilian-Walter Lorenz to spearhead development of global product and marketing departments
Read More »Bigpoint brings user-gen gaming to social space
Browser-based title Gameglobe to feature 'console level HD quality' and allow users to share their own worlds
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