News Archive: Outsourcing

Partnertrans closes UK office

German company refocuses on North American market

6th December 2011 @ 2:59pm
Outsourcing

Virtuos production studio acquires Sparx 3D animation team

Company expands operation with VFX team

14th September 2011 @ 11:21am
Financial Outsourcing

Newcastle's Mere Mortals retires from games

Company to concentrate on film and TV

9th September 2011 @ 3:26pm
People Outsourcing

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Eurocom opens mocap studio to external clients

Facility used for GoldenEye and Beijing games is largest in Europe, claims developer

31st March 2011 @ 7:23am
Developers Outsourcing

ZeniMax to create new jobs with Irish customer support centre

Former Warcraft exec to head facility for future Bethesda MMOs

15th March 2011 @ 1:42pm
Publishers Outsourcing

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Quantic Dream opens new motion capture studio

Facility allows simultaneous voice, facial and body capture

13th December 2010 @ 9:06am
Developers Outsourcing

Havok acquires Kore Virtual Machine tech

Intel-owned physics emulation company buys middleware tech

28th October 2010 @ 9:42am
Dev Tools Outsourcing

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Live Gamer to provide microtransactions for Namco Networks

Hamster Pirates to be first game to include Elements system

24th September 2010 @ 8:33am
Online Outsourcing

Xaitment secures extra development funding

AI middleware developer banks €2.4 million for growth

31st August 2010 @ 1:47pm
Financial Outsourcing

Testronic Labs opens 3D games testing unit

QA company expands Pinewood operations with new facilty

27th August 2010 @ 8:46am
Developers Outsourcing

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Image Metrics acquires FacePro

Facial animation studio adds lip-syncing to portfolio

6th August 2010 @ 8:08am
Dev Tools Business Outsourcing

Capcom pledges to cut dev time in half with US and EU help

Outsourcing to the West in order to release up to four key titles per year

27th July 2010 @ 11:04am
Publishers Outsourcing

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DDM launches social gaming division

Talent agency offers publishers teams for Facebook and iPhone games

11th June 2010 @ 8:36am
Developers Outsourcing

Lightning Fish goes multiformat with new studio

UK motion tracking game dev subcontracts second studio in India

9th June 2010 @ 3:24pm
Developers Outsourcing

Pole To Win opens Californian studio

Leading Japanese QA and localisation firm establishes new American subsidiary

11th May 2010 @ 10:55am
Outsourcing

First China outsourcing conference to be held in July

Principle CGOC to be held during 2010 ChinaJoy expo

15th February 2010 @ 1:07pm
Events Outsourcing

Matahari Studios closes doors

Take-Two, EA, Sony outsourcing partner shuts down

4th February 2010 @ 4:42pm
Developers Outsourcing

Leading facial animation provider offers free trial

Image Metrics to give 30 seconds of animation to prospective gaming clients

21st January 2010 @ 3:29pm
Developers Outsourcing

Virtuos acquires Russian concept art studio

Outsourcing firm signs up LucasArts, Ubisoft and EA as new clients

14th January 2010 @ 10:54am
Outsourcing

Image Foundry forms dedicated games outsourcing company

Warthog Games founder joins new venture as VP; Redhound Studios acquired by new business

27th August 2009 @ 10:41am
Business Outsourcing

Outsourcing is "fundamental" for UK game development

83% of studios outsource work as economy slows and competition increases

29th June 2009 @ 3:14pm
Business Developers Outsourcing

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Babel appoints director in Japan

Toshiyuki Nagai to head up business development in the region

15th May 2009 @ 11:19am
People Outsourcing

Universally Speaking opens localisation office in Tokyo

Localisation services to aid Japanese, Korean and Chinese companies

7th May 2009 @ 9:35am
Outsourcing

Virtuos acquires audio specialist BSP

Team responsible for work with Epic, Ubisoft and 2K joins Shanghai outsourcer

19th March 2009 @ 9:18am
Outsourcing

Streamline passes 10m units in US

Production studio's titles also hit the $500m retail sales milestone

19th February 2009 @ 11:16am
Business Outsourcing

Economic climate to fuel outsourcing growth

Streamline Studios boss expects "true value" of the business to be recognised this year

20th January 2009 @ 1:23pm
Business Outsourcing

Streamline revenues up 45 per cent for 2008

Outsourcing and co-production company also confident of strong year in 2009

15th January 2009 @ 10:00am
Financial Outsourcing

Virtuos: High dev costs unsustainable for "majority of titles"

But CEO believes that outsourcing boom is a sign of maturity for industry

12th January 2009 @ 8:00am
Business Outsourcing

Babel prepares for "very aggressive" expansion

Co-founder details acquistion and expansion plans to become "world's largest outsourcing company"

2nd July 2008 @ 10:48am
Outsourcing

Cultural barriers can hinder outsourcing, says Devine

Ultizen's Michael Devine says that cultural barriers create issues in outsourcing that must be overcome

22nd May 2008 @ 7:00am
Outsourcing