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Warner Brothers has reduced its game development workforce across its Washington state studios, the company has confirmed. It is estimated that around sixty staff have been let go, though Warner would not confirm the number, nor which studio were affected. The firm’s Seattle-based development cluster includes three high-profile studios; Monolith …
Read More »Eutechnyx secures £1.8m funding
UK developer Eutechnyx has received a regional growth fund of 1.8m from the Government to fund an online racing game. The North-East based company said it will use the money to develop a publishing operation for its upcoming racer Auto Club Revolution, creating up to 190 new jobs. The new …
Read More »UK developer Eutechnyx gets £1.8mil gov funding
Up to 190 jobs to be created by studio for Auto Car Revolution publishing operation
Read More »Silicon Knights axes 75% of workforce
Canadian games studio Silicon Knights has laid off three quarters of its staff, according to sources close to the company. The cut brings the amount of employees at the developer from 97 down to 25.Two credible” independent sources that staff had been laid off. Silicon Knights has had massive layoffs. …
Read More »Lazy workers ‘should lose unfair dismissal rights’
Leaked govt paper says employment laws are too hard on businesses
Read More »New Sydney studio for Fruit Ninja stars
Halfbrick looking for programmers, artists and designers
Read More »Jobs ‘drafted secret Apple plan’ before death
Tech industry icon 'has helped shape a line of upcoming Apple devices', newspaper claims
Read More »‘500 tech jobs available’ at London start-up event
New jobs fair defies economic pessimism across Britain
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Activison’s new PR team, retail role for Disney’s Roy
In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and biggest personnel news, Activision reveals its new-look PR team, Disney’s Manab Roy takes on a new role and Iceberg hires a new PR manager. ACTIVISION RESHUFFLES EURO AND UK PR TEAMS Three new hires and a promotion have reshaped the …
Read More »Square Enix to double Deux Ex studio headcount
Japanese publisher Square Enix wants to position its Canadian studio Eidos Montreal at the very centre of its game development operations, a new report claims. Its subsidiary Eidos Montreal could grow from about 350 staff to nearly 700 if a deal with state officials is agreed, according to local business …
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