Babel Media -- the game localization and outsourcing company that serves as QA test partner for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo -- announced it will be "significantly expanding" its Montreal facility, adding to the company's already impressive roster of 350 contract QA testers and 400 in-country translators worldwide. In addition to the Montreal facility, Babel Media currently [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 22, 2009
Microsoft will cut 1,400 jobs today, with the intention of cutting an additional 5,000 over the next 18 months. VentureBeat reports that "[t]he cuts are coming in research and development, marketing, sales, finance, legal, human resources and information technology," and "will reduce the company’s annual operating expense run rate by approximately $1.5 billion and reduce [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 22, 2008
Want to be a game tester at Activision? How about for Guitar Hero? Over at Gamasutra, there’s a new job posting listed under Infinity Ward/Activision, but the job description makes it pretty obvious that it’s really to test some Guitar Hero (or upcoming other music) game. How? All of the non-obvious qualifications (like great communication skills) [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Nintendo may be sitting pretty on top of the fat stacks of cash it made from selling 800,000 Wiis this Thanksgiving week, but out in the greater business world it's not all fun and games. Today, Sony Corporation announced that it has "embarked on a series of measures to strengthen its corporate structure and bolster [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
As Benjamin Franklin once said, nothing is certain but death and taxes. But considering that the video game industry is still on comparatively sound footing in the world market, you can probably rest assured that Microsoft will make another Xbox... and Sony a PlayStation 4. And if, knowing that, you ran across a Sony job posting [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
GameCyte is hiring a New York editor! We are looking for dedicated gamers with an appetite for breaking gaming news, a sense of industry trends, extraordinary writing skills and a sense of humor. This will be a full-time position, offering a competitive salary and benefits. Applicants must live in the New York area, ready to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 7, 2008
MTV Multiplayer's multi-part interview with Diablo III lead designer Jay Wilson has, day after day, solidified his company's position on the game's controversial new direction. 52,000 petitioners will not change Blizzard's mind. Those photoshopped visions would be boring and unplayable. The Necromancer has realized his full potential. But even as Wilson speaks of solidarity, news has [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
While we still don't have the definitive word on where Flagship Studios' intellectual property has actually gone, a pair of job postings have surfaced that point to a HanbitSoft victory. T3 Entertainment, the majority stakeholder in publisher HanbitSoft, is "searching for creative minds to passionately continue development of Hellgate: London and Mythos," and is going [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 2, 2008
It's said that you should never let money come between you and your friends. By that token, the folks at Eyes Out Entertainment would like to be your very best friends in the world. If it has long been your dream to work in the game industry without the corrupting influences that come of being [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Got a demo reel and a pocketful of dreams? Now's your chance to attend a game industry trade show and meet recruiters, free of charge.
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