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Just under ten years ago, Boris Johnson said that computer games rot the brain. He said it was time to say ‘no to Nintendo’, ‘garrotte the Game Boy’ and ‘paralyse the PlayStation’. Thanks Boris. Ten years later, and he’s not just changed his tune, but he has handed the games …
Read More »New Year, New Job: Eight ways to improve your online profile
Payload art director Jason Howard reveals his top tips on how to make your work shine online
Read More »Six trends you will suddenly appreciate in 2016
Skillsearch's Guy De Rosa offers devs a guide to what's going to be big news for the next twelve months
Read More »New Year, New Job: How to get promoted
Craig Pearn, talent acquisition manager at Ubisoft’s Reflections studio, offers advice on standing out from your peers
Read More »Hiring for VR: What the new medium requires and what to look for
NDreams' VP of development Tom Gillo discusses the skills needed to build great games for virtual reality
Read More »Two hours and counting: How to keep gamers playing (and paying) beyond Steam’s refund barrier
Six months after Steam launched its divisive refund programme, Slitherine’s Olivier Georges examines how developers can overcome the platform’s ‘two-hour frontier’
Read More »New Year, New Job: Making the most of your new job search
CV Bay’s Katie Edwards discusses how to improve your chances of finding that ideal position
Read More »Players don’t think developers take security seriously
PlayFab CTO Matt Augustine discusses how devs can win back gamers' trust
Read More »Which console is dominating festive ad space in 2015?
Generation Media account executive Joseph Phelan takes a look at which games are pulling ahead in the race for Q4 TV advertising presence Q4 is at the halfway point and the plethora of triple-A titles is not easing up as Christmas fast approaches. Generation Media has looked at the Top …
Read More »‘Find a new audience by looking outside of games’
Phuong Nguyen, head of eBay Advertising, discusses how games brands can utilise online insight to find new shopping groups Its ready-made customer base of digital natives means the games industry is ideally placed to capitalise on the power of online marketing campaigns, but many struggle to connect with new, relevant …
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