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"When you piece together a team of exceptional talent, and create the right environment for them to shine, that’s how great games are made."

Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP’s November/December issue.

Richard Wood, senior development manager, sat down with Aardvark Swift to talk about what makes Firesprite such a great studio to work for.

Taking a new opportunity in the industry can open a door to the job of your dreams. We catch up with a recent career mover at the start of their exciting new role through recruitment specialist Amiqus

The team at Creative Assembly debunks some common dev role myths. This month, Mohrag Taylor, principal technical artist explains how the role requires a modern-day renaissance woman, with a love of both art and maths

This month, MCV looks into how attitudes to maternity leave can have an enormous effect on the return to work success, and how your company can get it right when it welcomes staff back from their time away from work

Every month, we pick the brain of an up-and-coming talent. This month’s Rising Star is Anthea van Leeuwen, environment artist at Playtonic Games.

Wargaming UK’s Darren Tucker tells us about what being a vehicle artist entails, how he got there and what makes a difference when trying to get into the games industry

Every month, we discuss the unique process of making music for video games

We take a look behind the scenes of Asteroid Base’s co-op shooter. Discussing its debt to both Star Wars and Star Trek, its modest launch, why it wanted to be a tough roguelike, but how it eventually found success as a family favourite