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Tesco has appointed Nick Cooke as the supermarket’s new head of games. He replaces former games boss Sarah Kaye who has left the retail giant for family reasons. Cooke (pictured) has been at Tesco for six years and has held several buying and commercial roles within the company’s toys category, …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: The top vacancies
In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Activision announces changes to its PR division and we look at the best job vacancies. Changes for Activision UK PR teamThe publisher has reshuffled its PR team. Lucy Donald went on maternity leave last Friday (March 9th).Adam Paris …
Read More »OpCapita’s Comet to cut 1,000 jobs
OpCapita, the company that has tabled an offer to pay off GAME’s lenders, has put 1,000 Comet staff on notice of losing their jobs. That represents about 30 per cent of the workforce, The Sun reports. OpCapita has already cut 450 engineer positions and put hundreds” of call centre staff …
Read More »Phil Harrison named MS Studios boss
Microsoft has named Phil Harrison as VP of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business. He arrives following the departure of Microsoft Games Studios European boss Peter Molyneux. replaced former Microsoft Game Studios European boss Peter Molyneux with none other than Phil Harrison. GamesIndustry reports that Microsoft will confirm the appointment later today …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: THQ PRs depart, top vacancies
In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, departures at THQ’s UK arm and we look at the best job opportunities. UK PRs depart in THQ restructureSam Forrect and Rebecca Attard have departed the UK PR team at THQ. Forrest was head of PR for the …
Read More »58 jobs lost in Choices UK collapse
A total of 58 jobs have been lost following the Webb Group’s descent into administration, MCV can confirm. One victim of the Group’s collapse is games retailer Choices UK, which had lived on as an online brand following its collapse as a High Street retailer in 2007. Administrators BDO confirm …
Read More »600 jobs lost at Blizzard
World of Warcraft house Blizzard Entertainment is to begin a global downsizing operation that will result in 600 job losses. The company claims that about sixty of these redundancies will come directly from game development, while the majority of redundancies affecting other areas of the business. Existing development and publishing …
Read More »Lionhead job ad smells of next-gen
It looks like it isn’t only Bethesda that is ramping up work on next-gen projects. A job listing from Peter Molyneux’s Lionhead is seeking a lead engine programmer for an unannounced title”. The applicant must have experience with DirectX 11, which is not used in either Xbox 360 or PS3 …
Read More »MCVuk.com hires US writer
Los Angeles based journalist Erik Johnson has been hired as MCVuk.com’s new North American correspondent. The appointment allows MCV to offer coverage around the clock and will appeal to MCV’s strong and growing US and Canadian readership. Johnson is a graduate and up and coming young writer whose work has …
Read More »Recruitment Spotlight – February 2012
Our monthly studio recruitment update looks at The Creative Assembly, Asobo and PlaySide
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