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Patrick Plourde departs Ubisoft after 19 years stint
Update: Ubisoft confirms it will continue working with Plourde "at [creative directors'] request"
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Activision Blizzard names Kristen Hines as new head of DEI
She joins the Call of Duty maker with the intent to "build a workplace that values transparency, equity, and inclusivity"
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Former Jagex CEO Rod Cousens resurfaces as co-CEO of Huuuge Games
Industry veteran will share role with mobile publisher's founder Anton Gauffin
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Streamline Media Group opens Japan office
PlayStation veteran Kenji Kajiwara hired to lead the Tokyo-based team
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Neil Haldar is hired as Streamline Media Group, VP of publishing | Jobs Roundup
Former 2K Games head of finance David Boutry becomes TLM Partners CFO and DPS Games' studio director Chris Mehers becomes COO of FuturLab
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Just Add Water appoints Bec Gilray as director
New leadership team includes Viktorya Hollings as chief operations officer and Joel Benton as business development director
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Meet the games industry's best places to work at GDC
2021 award winners are looking for new hires at this year's major dev conference
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British Games Institute founder Rick Gibson stepping down
Gibson has been CEO since founding in 2019, organisation now seeking replacement
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David Polfeldt leaves Ubisoft
Former Ubisoft Massive head steps down permanently from publisher following a break
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Netflix names Roberto Barrera as new head of gaming strategy
Games industry veteran departs PlayStation after 11 years to join streaming platform's growing games division
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Next Level Games president Douglas Tronsgard announces retirement
Co-founder of Nintendo developer looks forward to new chapter after over 20 years in the games industry
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Bandai Namco boosts base salary of Japanese staff to "improve workability"
The changes come as part of the firm's new 'Connect with Fans' vision
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Riot Games to grow game publishing in Asia Pacific
Valorant maker appoints former managing director of emerging markets, Alex Kraynov as new APAC managing director
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King exec Tjodolf Sommestad promoted to president
Former president Humam Sakhnini and CCO Sebastian Knutsson to step down as part of leadership shuffle
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Gareth Jones promoted to VP and head of Playdemic | Jobs Roundup
Former Firestoke exec Nina Cliff becomes director of business development at Sumo, Gameloft Toronto's Michael Stolls promoted to studio head
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The UK games industry is struggling with Brexit
Developers and publishers discuss the challenges they face in securing talent from the Continent
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Riot co-founder Marc Merrill is now president of games
Former CEO returns to managerial position at the studio following 2017 departure
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Sebastien Puel leaves Haven Studios
Co-founder of venture headed by Jade Raymond departed earlier this month
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Microsoft veteran Shannon Loftis retires
Loftis spent 29 years at the firm, most recently heading up the Age of Empires franchise
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Phil Adam replaces Tommy Tallarico as CEO of Intellivision
Tallarico will remain at the Amico maker as board member and president
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Bungie hires Riot animation director for Destiny transmedia expansion
Derick Tsai has over 15 years of experience across the games, animation, and film industries
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Amber opens new studio in Ukraine
New studio in Kyiv will offer support to AAA and PC developers in the region
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Ubisoft restructures esports department into single global branch
François-Xavier Deniele is appointed as senior director of esports and competitive gaming
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Activision QA VP: Unions could “hurt our ability to create great games”
Internal message from Christian Arends seems to discourage unionisation across publisher's studios
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Chris Suh to take over CFO role at EA
Former Microsoft CFO for cloud and AI is to replace Blake Jorgensen