Jobs
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First annual Activision Blizzard DEI report: 26% of workforce are women or non-binary
Publisher reports 38% of staff come from underrepresented ethnic groups, both figures up 2% over 2021
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Jobs Roundup: March 2023 | Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Productions
UPDATE: Rewardify names Matt Turetzky as president and London Venture Partners hires former EA Sports CEO
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Royal Match developer Dream Games opens new office in London
Branch will aid mobile firm's international growth, ex-King execs join UK team
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Blizzard Entertainment alums form Gas Giant Games
The new studio also said at this year's GDC it will be privately showcasing its title to potential investors
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Square Enix's Yosuke Matsuda stepping down after ten years as president
Final Fantasy publisher will be led by Takashi Kiryu, who will take over later this year
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Jo Twist steps down as UKIE CEO
Sam Collins and Dan Wood to manage trade group until permanent replacement can be named; Twist to become CEO of music industry trade group BPI
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The future of talent pipelines into games | Playable Futures Podcast
Latest episode considers the future talent pipeline for the games industry and how we join the dots between industry and education
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Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins joins Gamesquare, leads new incubator Ninja Labs
Influencer named chief innovation officer, will help esports firm find new ways to reach audiences
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2K promotes Heather Hazen to studio head of Firaxis Games
Additionally, Steve Martin and Jake Solomon will be leaving the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization
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Jobs Roundup: February 2023 | JumpButton Studio hires Jay-Ann Lopez as COO
UPDATE: IGDAF adds new members to its board of directors and Gearbox hires PlayStation alum John Eternal
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Sony promotes CFO Hiroki Totoki to president and COO
He will take over from current president Kinichiro Yoshida in April, who will retain CEO duties
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Jobs Roundup: January 2023 | Cinzia Musio is appointed interim CEO of Code Coven
UPDATE: Scott Rogers joins Gamebreaking Studios to oversee new gaming division, nDreams hires Jake Parker
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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings leaves after 25 years
Hastings pivots to executive chairman while Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos step up as co-CEOs
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Riot Games lays off 46 staff as part of "strategic shifts"
League of Legends firms says it made cuts "within a few teams to sharpen our focus"
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GameSpot and Giant Bomb latest affected in wave of media layoffs
Both sites suffer redundancies just three months after being acquired by Fandom
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NetEase reportedly disbands team behind Blizzard games in China
Team of 100 has already seen departures after it was announced 14-year partnership would end this month
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John Smedley to leave Amazon's gaming division
New reports says that the studio head's exit was attributed to the studio's struggles with game projects
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What can we learn from newly enacted salary transparency laws?
We peruse the job listings of publishers and developers across California and Washington following new pay laws
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Tips and tricks for building a QA portfolio
Dan Ahern gives advice on how to demonstrate your testing and reporting skills as you apply for QA roles
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John Carmack leaves Meta, criticises firm's efficiency
Id Software co-founder says he has "mixed feelings" as departure marks "the end of my decade in VR"
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Activision Blizzard president and COO Daniel Alegre stepping down
UPDATE: Alegre is appointed as CEO of blockchain firm Yuga Labs, developer of the Bored Ape Yacht Club
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Jobs Roundup: December 2022 | Apple vet John Stauffer joins Roblox
UPDATE: Liz Albl is named narrative lead for the next Bioshock title and Xsolla hires Berkley Egenes as chief marketing officer
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November sees fewer UK games job vacancies
Games Jobs Live report says games industry has seen a steady decrease in open positions since June
