MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
In MCV’s weekly rundown of thehottest vacancies and latest personnel news, four UK journos form a new digital games site and we run through the best job opportunities. Elite UK games journos co-found Hookshot Inc Four popular UK games journalists have set up a digital games website: Hookshot Inc. Christian …
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Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Harnessing Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
Read More »Square Enix planning Indian office
Japanese publisher Square Enix is looking to establish a presence in India. Andriasang reports that the company is looking to hire staffers to open the new office. Requirements include a knowledge of the local market and the ability to speak ‘native level’ Hindi as well as conversational English and Japanese. …
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Get promoted in design
Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Tips for designers
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Wargaming’s new King, top vacancies
In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, industry veteran Al King returns to games and we run through the best job opportunities. WARGAMING.NET RECRUITS KING The company behind online games such as World of Tanks and World of Warplanes has hired Al King as global …
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Get promoted as a studio manager
Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Tips for studio managers
Read More »Bungie co-founder Seropian leaves Disney as Interactive losses grow
Disney’s senior vice president and general manager of core games Alex Seropian has left the company after a year in charge of its Interactive division. Gamasutra reports that Seropian, who was a co-founder of Bungie, is a victim of Disney’s increasing distancing from the core games market. Former Blizzard executive …
Read More »David Jaffe "quits" Twisted Metal dev
God of War co-creator David Jaffe is expected to quit the studio he co-founded in 2007, reports claim. Independent studio Eat Sleep Play, based in Utah, is thought to be issuing redundancies as it finishes wor on the PS3 project Twisted Metal. Regional newspaperSalt Lake Tribuneclaims that eight employees have …
Read More »GAME confirms 46 job losses from Basingstoke HQ
Retail chain GAME has confirmed that it is to cut 46 jobs from its Basingstoke HQ, MCV can reveal. It comes as part of an internal restructure designed to expand upon GAME’s multi-channel offer and allow it to better to respond to the current video games market”. Current commercial strategy …
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Get promoted in audio
Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Sound advice on audio jobs
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