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Japanese gaming firm Gree International has shut down its studio in Vancouver, Canada, laying off all staff and discontinuing development on all of the team’s projects. The studio’s closure followsa poor financial year for Gree. Andrew Sheppard, the firm’s Western COO, added that the company’s resources are stretched too thin …
Read More »‘Small’ number of layoffs hit Hardline’s Visceral Games
Visceral Games has suffered a small number of layoffs as the studio’s focus shifts to new projects. We made a small staffing change in our Visceral studio today to support the needs of the studio’s two currently development priorities: content for Battlefield Hardline Premium and an unannounced Star Wars project,” …
Read More »Gree closes Vancouver studio
Mobile giant cancels all projects to focus on its biggest franchises
Read More »‘Small staffing change’ means layoffs for Visceral Games
Battlefield Hardline studio losses staff members as team focuses on DLC and Star Wars
Read More »Unity Technologies hires chief people officer
Former LinkedIn and Microsoft exec Elizabeth Brown to oversee hiring and talent development
Read More »Team 17 hires Sam Forrest as PR director
Industry veteran Sam Forrest has joined indie publisher Team 17 as its PR director. Forrest has held a number of PR roles over his 20-year career in the games industry. At RuneScape company Jagex he was VP of communications, and before that he spent nine years at THQ in a …
Read More »Search For A Star 2015: Setting the standard for the next generation of games developers
Aardvark Swift reports back from the Finals Day of this year's competition
Read More »Former Epic boss Capps joins Unity as advisor
Mike Capps, the former president of Unreal Engine creator Epic Games, has joined Unity Technologies. He takes on the role of internal advisor, and will work with CEO John Riccitiello, the executive team and the core R&D team. In ablog post on Unity’s site, the firm confirmed Capps will spend …
Read More »Unreal’s Mike Capps joins Unity as advisor
Former Epic boss spending one week per month working at popular engine firm
Read More »Simplygon names new CEO
Former Apple exec Matt Connors to lead optimisation tools firm
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