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Whatever happens to GAME, you can’t say its 6,000 UK employees didn’t put up a fight. Hundreds of store staff lobbied MCV this week with defaced and ‘updated’ versions of our contentious March 16th cover, where we stated that the GAME that we once knew was gone. Despite the uncertainty …
Read More »GAME: Staff will be paid
GAME has told its staff they will be ‘paid what they’ve earned,’ the retailer tells MCV. The firm says it informed its employees via email this morning. GAME announced it was heading into administration this morning, having failed to secure extra finance and support from its suppliers. But the High …
Read More »EA "not weakened" by Zynga staff poaching
Electronic Arts has not been weakened by the departures of key personnel to rivals such as social gaming outfit Zynga, CEO John Riccitiello has said. The publishing giant has had numerous head staff exit the company during the last year, with former COO John Schappert and exec VP of EA …
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Crytek’s advice for team motivation
Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: tips from Crytek on workforce motivation
Read More »Best Games of 2011 – Staff Picks
We all know which games you liked the most this year – we only have to look at the charts to figure that out. But what about us hard working types at MCVuk.com and Developmag.com? MCV asks a number of recognisable games from publishing and journalism what their top picks …
Read More »Silicon Knights axes 75% of workforce
Canadian games studio Silicon Knights has laid off three quarters of its staff, according to sources close to the company. The cut brings the amount of employees at the developer from 97 down to 25.Two credible” independent sources that staff had been laid off. Silicon Knights has had massive layoffs. …
Read More »Apple staff told to cancel October holidays
Claims have emerged that staff members of UK Apple stores have been told to cancel any holiday booked for the first two weeks of October. Such claims have been made and passed without event before, but it just so happens that early October has already been fingered as the launch …
Read More »Disney treated Black Rock ‘badly’
Two soon-to-be-unemployed staff at recently closed developer Black Rock have candidly told Develop that they believe the publisher had made the decision to close the outfit at the start of the year. Together they say "this is a painted as a family friendly company, but has treated us very badly" …
Read More »Sony ‘laid off security staff’ prior to PSN hack
An American lawsuit filed this week alleges that Sony laid off a number of staff in charge of maintaining the security of its online networks. It also claims that the company invested more in securing its corporate information than it did in protecting the details of its customers. Reuters reports …
Read More »Best Buy introducing specialist games staff
Mammoth US retailer Best Buy is to introduce dedicated teams and sales desks to its video game departments in store, according to a leaked presentation document.Gamasutra reports that senior VP Chris Homeister has told employees that the company plans a "gaming transformation as part of a drive toward number one …
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