News Layoffs reported at Perfect World Europe Finance, customer support and localisation teams spared in "organisational changes" at European arm of Chinese publisher Jan. 15, 2020 Ivy Taylor
News Seungwon Lee appointed co-CEO at Netmarble Former chief global officer to focus on overall management, current CEO Young-sig Kwon will head up game business Jan. 14, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
News Razer closing SF office Peripheral maker laying off 19 at the end of February as it moves one of its two headquarters to Irvine Jan. 9, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Jobs Roundup: Emily Short takes over as creative director at Failbetter Games Meanwhile, there's a new head of production at MAG Interactive and a new managing director at Flavourworks Jan. 9, 2020 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News PlayStation names Veronica Rogers as head of global business operations She will lead PlayStation's sales strategy and subscription offering Jan. 9, 2020 Christopher Dring
News Fantasy Flight Interactive shutting down Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game studio head Tim Gerritsen announces imminent closure of board game company's gaming adaptation studio Jan. 7, 2020 Brendan Sinclair
News Another ex-Google employee accuses company of union busting A fifth fired worker attests company let her go for coding internal notification about workers' rights Dec. 17, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Call for speakers opens for GamesIndustry.biz Careers Fair at EGX Rezzed 2020 Inspire the next generation of developers, artists, journalists and more Dec. 17, 2019 James Batchelor
News Zynga opens new studio in Birmingham Studio will be dedicated to racing games as part of NaturalMotion division Dec. 13, 2019 James Batchelor 1 comment
Feature A (Magic) leap backwards | Opinion The woes experienced by the over-hyped AR firm were easily predictable -- but the backlash will cause headaches for the sector at large Dec. 13, 2019 Rob Fahey 1 comment
News Greg Rice, Christian Svensson join Sony Double Fine, Capcom vets sign on as global head of indie accounts, head of global portfolio Dec. 11, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Pole to Win opens product development unit Orange Rock Studios will also contain Orange Rock Esports division Dec. 11, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Gameloft UK shuts down Update: Mobile publisher confirms layoffs in Brisbane, closed Manila office earlier this year Dec. 9, 2019 James Batchelor
News Avakin Life dev Lockwood Publishing closes Leamington Spa studio All four members of staff declined opportunity to move to growing Nottingham studio Dec. 5, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News ESL reportedly shuts down Spain, France branches, UK is "at risk" UPDATE: Esports league tells GamesIndustry.biz no offices have closed, but are being restructured Dec. 4, 2019 James Batchelor
News Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin step back from executive roles Sundar Pichai to assume role as CEO of both Google and Alphabet, founders will remain on board Dec. 3, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Fired Google employees accuse company of union-busting Group will take grievances to National Labor Relations Board "as a first step" Dec. 3, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Dean Hall's Rocketwerkz offers unlimited annual leave Most experienced staff get unlimited sick days, and four weeks minimum annual leave with no cap Dec. 2, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Google hires senior Assassin's Creed developers to build Stadia games Three experienced Ubisoft staff join Jade Raymond's Stadia Games and Entertainment studio Nov. 29, 2019 James Batchelor
News Sega's John Clark moves to Tencent Europe Clark takes on VP of partnerships role at the Chinese tech and entertainment giant Nov. 28, 2019 Alex Calvin
News Double Fine publishing boss Greg Rice departs Vice president of business development leaves just five months after surprise Microsoft acquisition Nov. 18, 2019 James Batchelor
News John Carmack moves to "consulting CTO" role at Oculus Industry veteran will focus on AI, with Oculus now taking a "modest slice" of his time Nov. 14, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Voodoo opens Montreal studio as it expands beyond hypercasual games New branch will be led by former Gameloft producer Mehdi El Moussali Nov. 13, 2019 James Batchelor
Stub Hitmarker raises £200k for esports recruitment platform Startup eclipsed £80k equity crowdfunding target in less than a week Nov. 13, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Abbey Games will terminate all employee contracts next month Dutch indie "forced to scope down significantly" after Early Access version failed to live up to expectations Nov. 7, 2019 James Batchelor