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GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop needs your crazy prototypes
GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop needs your crazy prototypes
The perennially popular Experimental Gameplay Workshop returns to GDC in 2015, and the event's organizers have issued a call for submissions of new "experimental" video games and prototypes.
Nov. 7, 2014
Learn how thatgamecompany recruits top talent at GDC 2015
Learn how thatgamecompany recruits top talent at GDC 2015
Thatgamecompany's Sunni Pavlovic has a truckload of experience finding and retaining top game dev talent, and she's coming to GDC 2015 to explain how she does it -- and how you can do it too.
Nov. 7, 2014
Get a job: Be a Programmer for The Workshop
Get a job: Be a Programmer for The Workshop
Generalist game dev programmers, take note: The Workshop is looking for multiple coders of varying experience levels to join its Marina Del Rey, CA studio and work on console titles.
Nov. 7, 2014
New YouTube video game network touts focus on transparency
New YouTube video game network touts focus on transparency
3BLACKDOT, an entertainment company founded by some big-name video game YouTubers, today launched JETPAK, a new multi-channel YouTuber network that the team says will have transparency at its forefront.
Nov. 6, 2014
INVEST+PUBLISH, a new mobile game publishing program
INVEST+PUBLISH, a new mobile game publishing program
A couple of free-to-play game industry veterans have founded a new mobile games investment and publishing initiative, through which they plan to identify promising new mobile developers and help them bring games to the global market.
Nov. 6, 2014
Square Enix has had a great year so far
Square Enix has had a great year so far
Square Enix today reported a notable leap in profits for the first half of the current fiscal year, and revised its full year profits, suggesting it may double its original forecast.
Nov. 6, 2014
Capcom vet leads Japanese hitmaker Gumi's expansion into Canada
Capcom vet leads Japanese hitmaker Gumi's expansion into Canada
This week the Japanese mobile game giant made good on its global expansion plans with the launch of its second Western office, a development studio led by a Capcom expat in British Columbia, Canada.
Nov. 6, 2014
Zynga earnings meet analyst expectations amid ongoing transition
Zynga earnings meet analyst expectations amid ongoing transition
Zynga is continuing to weather rough financial waters as it adjusts course to focus on mobile titles instead of the browser games that have long been its cash cow.
Nov. 6, 2014
The founder of Zynga has a new venture: Superlabs
The founder of Zynga has a new venture: Superlabs
Zynga founder Mark Pincus can't seem to stop founding things. Six months after stepping away from his role as Zynga's chief product officer, the serial entrepreneur has launched a new venture.
Nov. 6, 2014
Overseas markets drive big profits for South Korean game firm Com2us
Overseas markets drive big profits for South Korean game firm Com2us
South Korean gamemaker Com2us reported outsized profits this week thanks to the global success of its mobile and social titles, especially its recently-released Summoners War and Ace Fishing games.
Nov. 6, 2014
King sees better-than-expected Q3 as it moves beyond Candy Crush
King sees better-than-expected Q3 as it moves beyond Candy Crush
The company beat analyst expectations but reported a drop in both revenues and profits for the quarter as it continues to diversify its game catalog to decrease its reliance on Candy Crush Saga.
Nov. 6, 2014
Get a job: Petroglyph Games is hiring a Producer
Get a job: Petroglyph Games is hiring a Producer
Grey Goo developer Petroglyph Games is looking for a producer to work on a new project alongside the team in its Las Vegas studio.
Nov. 6, 2014