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Can game studios radically transform how they hire?
Failbetter Games, Sports Interactive and TT Games discuss their approaches to improving diversity in recruitment
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Kevin Lin departs Twitch
Company co-founder departs after 13 years, ten of which he spent as COO
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Iron Galaxy names Chelsea Blasko co-CEO
Bungie veteran David 'DeeJ' Dague joins the company as head of communications
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Hasnul Hadi Samsudin appointed head of SIE Worldwide Studios Malaysia | Jobs Roundup
Also: Hannah Reid named chief people officer at RektGlobal, and Sergi Mesonero is head of esports for ISFE
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Hardsuit Labs appoints Samantha Wallschlaeger as lead narrative designer
Bioware and Monolith veteran joins Vampire: The Masquerade studio two months after Brian Mitsoda was fired
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Starbreeze CEO resigns, citing personal reasons
Mikael Nermark to be replaced by acting CEO Tobias Sjögren during search process
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Devolver Digital brings in licensing specialist to work on Fall Guys
Fée Heyer brings experience from Dunlop Sports, describes Mediatonic's game as “a phenomenon rarely seen before”
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Level-5 has virtually halted operations in North America
Sources say Level-5 International America, Abby have been running with a "skeleton crew" since August 2019
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Miniclip makes room for expansion with new Portuguese office
New premises will be a larger home for the firm's Lisbon teams, with space for up to 350 people
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Rovio CEO Kati Levoranta stepping down
Search begins of new CEO as current boss prepares to leave position at the end of the year
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Maria Redin named president and CEO of Modern Times Group | Jobs Roundup
Andrea Wong joins Roblox board of directors, and Grzegorz Kania is the new CFO at Huuuge Group
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OWL Commissioner and Activision Blizzard Esports CEO Pete Vlastelica steps down
Vlastelica first took on the commissioner role last year following the departure of Nate Nanzer
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Level up on diversity: Three changes to get more women into games
King's Frances Light looks into ways games companies can improve their gender balance
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Former EA VP Tabitha Hayes joins Star Stable Entertainment as CMO
Company behind popular online horse riding game has also joined Fair Play Alliance
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Rovio appoints new head of its Stockholm Studio
Andy Muesse brings experience from Gree, Kixeye and Wargaming to lead 60-person Angry Birds 2 team
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Simon Carless leaves Informa
After 16 years with the Game Developers Conference organizer, the former Gamasutra editor-in-chief and IGF chairman departs for something new
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CI Games creates new home for Lords of the Fallen 2 with Hexworks
Polish firm's new studio unveiled alongside a €5.7 million funding round
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Lab Zero Games lays off remaining employees
Skullgirls studio turns to redundancies following staff exodus over alleged behaviour of owner Mike Zaimont
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MTG rearranges leadership team
Maria Redin becomes the publisher's president and CEO as Lars Torstensson takes over as CFO
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Wargaming UK rebrands as DPS Games
Guildford-based studio says new name reflects that "our games will be very different -- and our players will be, too"
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Big Fish Games lays off around 250 staff
Casual games firm switching to single studio model, says cuts were not motivated by saving money
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Roblox hires Walmart veteran Barbara Messing as new CMO
Messing will also be chief employee experience officer, reporting into CEO Dave Baszucki
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Former EA exec Aaron Loeb named chief business officer at Scopely
Loeb takes on newly created role following mobile publisher's acquisition of FoxNext Games
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Riccardo Zacconi departs King after 17 years
Company co-founder previously stepped down as CEO last year, but remained as chairman