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Glu Mobile lays off dozens
Restructuring cited for termination of 46 developers, departure of CTO Tim Wilson, closure of Long Beach studio, cancellation of Car Town Racing
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London gets first ever chief digital officer
Mayor Sadiq Khan's appointment of Theo Blackwell will help to further the city as a "global tech hub"
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Tomonobu Itagaki steps down as Valhalla Game Studios' director
Dead or Alive creator will move to "prime advisor" role, and offer help to young developers outside the company
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Hibernum lays off majority of staff
Montreal developer begins selling off assets as it enters a "transitional period"
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Reto-Moto brings on Jean-Marc Broyer as CEO
Broyer will lead the Danish studio as it expands Heroes & Generals internationally
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John Davison to lead media for N3twork
Mobile games company brings on former Glixel leader to oversee media products and content
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AIAS names 2017 scholarship recipients
Five students selected for Randy Pausch, Mark Beaumont and WomenIn scholarships
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Jobs roundup: Guerrilla Games' Angie Smets joins GDC board
Sony UK losing marketing director, promotion and departure at DeltaDNA, senior hires at esports VC and more
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Sony UK marketing boss Rich Keen departing in November
Exec leaving “to pursue another opportunity in the industry”
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Paradox hires Hearts of Iron, Cities: Skylines composer as head of music
Tobias Gustavsson will develop "new ways to integrate music and game experiences" as part of his role
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Blizzard to launch "global diversity and inclusion initiative"
Mike Morhaime wants to raise number of women and "under-represented minority groups" working at the company
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Come and speak at the Ukie Careers Bar
Four days of talks set for the GamesIndustry.biz Career Fair at EGX 2017
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Ubisoft taps Patrick Bach to lead new Stockholm studio
French publisher expands in Nordic region and looks to former EA DICE head Patrick Bach to lead the way
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Sega Europe unveils new president and COO
Industry veteran Chris Bergstresser to lead studios and publishing office
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The Verge's Chris Plante to take executive editor role at Polygon
Plante to take Brian Crecente's vacant role, while Verge's Ross Miller also will become Polygon's first director of programming
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Danny Bilson to run USC film school's games division
Tracy Fullerton moves out of leadership role while the former THQ exec runs the games department
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Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler to step down this year
"Today I'm announcing that we are beginning the search for Kickstarter's next CEO"
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Daniel Kaplan leaves Mojang for Coffee Stain
Mojang's first employee on his "emotional" decision to leave, and leading Coffee Stain's charge into the world of indie publishing
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Meggan Scavio named president of the AIAS
Former GDC boss Scavio will oversee the D.I.C.E. Summit, D.I.C.E. Europe and the AIAS Foundation
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Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work awards
New awards concept begins in the UK this September. Here's how to take part
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GDC names Katie Stern GM
Co-Founder of Designers of Things Conference replaces Meggan Scavio; Victoria Petersen also named Lead Conference Manager
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Sega Europe promotes John Clark, Tim Heaton
Executive vice president roles see Clark take greater role in publishing as Creative Assembly studio director Heaton gains wider influence
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Starbreeze appoints new head of corporate comms
Ann Charlotte Svensson will also lead investor relations, brings 20 years of experience to the role
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WoW composer Russell Brower made redundant
Position of 12 years eliminated but "there is an excellent chance I will continue to contribute to Blizzard's projects as a freelance composer"