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Read More »It’s New Year – time for a new job?
Only three days into 2013 and we’re all back at work – but who knows what the year will bring? Perhaps you’ll be offered a promotion. Perhaps something bigger and better will crop up elsewhere within your company, or at another firm entirely. Perhaps you’ll swap sectors, ditch distribution for …
Read More »David Reeves steps down as Capcom Europe’s COO
Industry stalwart and former PlayStation Europe boss David Reeves is stepping down as Capcom COO in January, MCV can reveal. He will return to the consultancy and advisory role he held before he was appointed COO in March 2010. Over the past three years I have been very fortunate to …
Read More »The top five Christmas game job vacancies (21.12.12)
This week we look at jobs in the UK from Ubisoft Reflections, Microsoft and the BBC
Read More »Unsatisfied with your job?
It’s the week before Christmas, the clock is slowly ticking towards your last working day (too slowly, in fact) and you have time to reflect on the past year. Are you where you want to be, or are you stuck in a rut? Are you earning enough? Have you taken …
Read More »How big was your Christmas bonus?
Did you even get one? Tell us in our salary survey, and help build our most detailed report yet on pay and conditions
Read More »Redundancies hit Frontier Developments
14 staff have lost their jobs at David Braben’s Frontier Developments. Eurogamer reports that the studio, which until the cuts employed 233 people, told those affected of the losses at 6pm on Friday December 14th, just 11 days before Christmas. "Frontier regretfully has given a total of 14 people (from …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: New Namco PR boss, top vacancies
In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Namco expands its UK PR team and we look at the hottest job opportunities. Namco Bandai hires new PR bossThe publisher has hired Jonathon Lopera as UK PR manager. With previous experience in both marketing communication roles, Lopera joins …
Read More »Salary Survey: Satisfied with your job?
Do you think you earn enough? Tell us in our salary survey, and help build our most detailed report yet on pay and conditions
Read More »Job losses at Rift dev Trion Worlds
Around 40 jobs have been lost at Trion Worlds. Gamasutra reports that the Rift developer has chopped around a third of its workforce, including artists and designers. It is not known whether the losses affected just the Rift team specifically. The studio has said that the move was "in response …
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