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Tamsin O’Luanaigh, talent director at developer nDreams gives us a look in to the VR studio and the perks on offer, including ‘Bacon Mondays’ and ‘Beer Fridays’ – that sounds nice to us!
Read More »nDreams to recieve a further £2.7million investment
A follow-on investment from Mercia Technologies and private investors will help expand VR content creation
Read More »nDreams secures additional £2.7m investment
Virtual reality developer and publisher nDreams has raised a further 2.7m in investment, the studio announced today. Of that figure, 2m has come from a follow-on investment from Mercia Technologies, while the remaining 700,000 has come from private investors. As the VR industry continues to grow, nDreams hopes to use …
Read More »nDreams and Climax on how to build a successful VR business
With vast sums of money being poured into VR around the world, the virtual reality development scene has never been healthier. In a recent GDC survey, for instance, there were more developers making games for VR (24 per cent) than there were for the Xbox One and Project Scorpio (22 …
Read More »How Paw Print Games is using VR to bring a classic arcade genre back from the dead
Almost a year ago today, VR specialists nDreams announced it was to become a publisher of third-party virtual reality games, the first of which was an untitled project from the Chester-based Paw Print Games. Now we know exactly what they’ve been working on. Entitled Bloody Zombies, this 2D side-scrolling co-op …
Read More »A Hire Purpose – Recruitment Advice
Picking your next employee is almost as important to as committing to your next game concept. Developers large and small share their insights into hiring the right people for the right jobs
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Three senior promotions at Sega Europe
Downing, Tafler and Oliver all step up at Sega Europe and Dan Sheridan joins nDreams. Three senior promotions at Sega The European arm of Sega has made three senior promotions to its marketing and brand teams. Anna Downing (pictured right) has been named as Sega Europe’s new marketing director, Rowan …
Read More »The Big Question: How do studios hire for new projects?
We ask Amiqus's Stig Strand how students identify where they need to hire for their new projects
Read More »How recruiters can help achieve gender equality
Aardvark Swift talks to nDreams' Tamsin O'Luanaigh about improving diversity in the games industry
Read More »Google dreams big on VR
After toying with virtual reality with its Cardboard project, tech giant Google has finally launched a ‘proper’ virtual reality platform: Daydream. Announced at the company’s annual IO event, Daydream is a phone-based VR platform, much like the Samsung Gear VR. Unlike Gear, which only works with some Samsung phones, the …
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