Square Enix wants to tap into India, Latin America mobile audiences  
by Mike Rose [03.07.13]
Square Enix has set up new offices in both Mexico and India, as it prepares to tap into the video games markets in these areas.
Smartphone/Tablet, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Get a Job: Sony Santa Monica seeks a senior gameplay programmer  
by Gamasutra Jobs [03.06.13]
"Sony Santa Monica is seeking a senior gameplay/generalist programmer to join the team behind the critically acclaimed God of War games. In this gameplay generalist role you work on the technologies that the designers, artists, and other contents creators use to bring life to our games."
Console/PC, Recruitment

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Dragon Age Legends studio BioWare San Francisco closes - report 7
by Mike Rose [03.05.13]
EA has closed its Dragon Age Legends studio BioWare San Francisco, according to media reports, and laid off around 30 employees in the process.
Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Get a job: Activision seeks an executive producer  
by Gamasutra Jobs [03.04.13]
"We are currently looking for an Executive Producer to join our team who has a passion and proven track record for developing and launching owned IP titles."
Console/PC, Production, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Happy devs make better games: The quality-of-life survey results 11
by Patrick Miller [03.04.13]
Results from the Game Developer Quality of Life Survey are in: Happy developers make better games, working longer regular hours means working longer crunch hours, and unhappy devs will find new jobs.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, GD Mag, Production, Recruitment, GD Mag Exclusive

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Get a job: Gaikai and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Danny Cowan [03.01.13]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Blizzard Entertainment, Gaikai, Gameloft, and others.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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GDC State of the Industry research exposes rise of indies, smartphone games 4
by Staff [02.28.13]
The Game Developers Conference polled more than 2,500 North American game developers about their development practices, revealing several notable trends with regards to platforms, money, team sizes and more.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing, Recruitment, GDC

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How Valve hires, how it fires, and how much it pays 81
by Frank Cifaldi [02.25.13]
Valve economist-in-residence Yanis Varoufakis offers a rare glimpse behind the curtain of what may be the most unique management structure in video game development today, in which projects thrive with zero management.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Get a job: Blizzard and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Danny Cowan [02.22.13]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Blizzard, Edge of Reality, Kojima Productions, and others.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Get a job: Vicarious Visions and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Danny Cowan [02.15.13]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Vicarious Visions, Bethesda Softworks, SCEA, and others.
Console/PC, Recruitment

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Several out of work as Valve makes 'large decisions' about its future 57
by Frank Cifaldi [02.13.13]
Several employees were let go from Steam and Half-Like maker Valve on Tuesday, in what affected employees describe as the company making "large decisions" about its future as a business.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Recruitment

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Pioneering American free-to-play MMO publisher closes after 7 years  
by Frank Cifaldi [02.08.13]
San Francisco's Outspark may be on its last legs: It recently sold its Fiesta Online MMO to another publisher, and its reduced team is deciding if the company will keep going. Update: CEO Philip Yun fills us in.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Get a job: Visual Concepts and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Danny Cowan [02.08.13]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Activision, Visual Concepts, DeNA, and others.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Epic closes its newest studio after just 6 months 25
by Frank Cifaldi [02.08.13]
Epic games, maker of Gears of War and the popular Unreal Engine, is shutting down its Maryland-based studio Impossible Studios after just six months.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Video: The 5 best - and 5 worst - ways to network for a game job 10
by GDC Vault Staff [02.08.13]
Hear the 5 best and worst practices on networking for jobs from now senior recruiter for Crystal Dynamics, Lindsey McQueeney, in this free lecture from the 2012 Game Developers Conference.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Serious, Business/Marketing, Recruitment, Video

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Get a job: Blizzard and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board  
by Danny Cowan [02.01.13]
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Blizzard, Harmonix, Sony Computer Entertainment America, and others.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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250 out of work as Gameloft suddenly shuts down its India studio [Updated] 32
by Frank Cifaldi [01.29.13]
At the same time that Gameloft boasted of a successful 2012, it quietly let go of 250 people and allegedly asked them to lie about their termination being voluntary. Update: Gameloft refuses comment, employees consider legal action.
Smartphone/Tablet, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Recruitment

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It's official: Disney shuts down Epic Mickey studio Junction Point 63
by Frank Cifaldi [01.29.13]
Austin took another big hit on Tuesday when the Disney-owned developer headed by former Junction Point and Ion Studio designer Warren Spector was shut down as part of Disney's divorce from console publishing.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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Interview: What Vigil's core team is up to at its new Crytek home 15
by Kris Graft [01.28.13]
Crytek has long had plans to open a U.S. branch, but the opportunity to do that never really presented itself in such an appealing way as it did when Vigil's talent was up for grabs.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Recruitment

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Crytek's new Austin studio could be a second chance for Vigil 2
by Frank Cifaldi [01.28.13]
The Crysis an CryEngine developer's first U.S. presence could be a blessing for a struggling Austin game development community. It will be run by Vigil's former GM and co-owner David Adams.
Console/PC, Business/Marketing, Recruitment

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