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Oculus has a new chief operating officer in the form of former Fitbit COO Hans Hartmann. Hartmann replaces founding COO Laird Malamed, who is relocating to Oculus’ Seattle office to serve as VP and GM. Hans joins Oculus at an incredible time as we grow out of our startup roots …
Read More »Revolution and Bullfrog veteran promoted to art director at Climax
Gary Welch has worked on franchises including Broken Sword, Theme Park, Harry Potter and Assassin’s Creed Chronicles
Read More »Oculus takes on Fitbit exec as new COO
Outgoing founding COO Laird Malamed moves to become VP and GM, saying: ‘We can safely say that ‘Day 0’ is complete, and we are well into Day 1 and beyond’
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: New marketing exec for Koei Tecmo
Nathan Mills joins from Stature PR, IGN’s Daniel Krupa is promoted to UK managing editor and GameSpot appoints a new video producer. Koei Tecmo hires new marketing exec The Dead or Alive publisher has hired Nathan Millsas its new PR and marketing executive for the UK. Mills stated: After obtaining …
Read More »The games industry employs fewer women than any other creative sector
The UK games industry is lagging behind other creative sectors when it comes to female employment rates. Creative Skillset’s Employment Census 2015 has revealed that 19 per cent of employees in the games industry are female – this lags behind every other creative sector in the country. That does at …
Read More »Industry vet Adam Roberts returns at Pole To Win
Former Vivendi, D3P and THQ exec Adam Roberts is back in the games industry. He has taken the role of European head of sales at QA firm Pole To Win International. Roberts has been involved in games since the early 1990s and has held senior roles at Vivendi (including EVP …
Read More »Platinum Games president Tatsuya Minami steps down, report claims
Reports in the Japanese press suggest that Tatsuya Minami, the president of developer Platinum Games, has stepped down from his role and currently left the company. Kotaku says that Japanese site Game Business reckons Minami left in March and that his position has been filled by former admin director Kenichi …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: New editor for eSports Pro
Mike Stubbs replaces Chris Higgins as editor of eSports Pro, AlexVerrey launches Big Boy PR and ERA appoints anew director of marketing and communications. New editor for eSports Pro Mike Stubbs has joined MCV as editor of eSports Pro. He joins from God is a Geek, where he started as …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: UKIE appoints new research analyst
Luke Hebblethwaite replaces Renevey, GMG hires new EVP of marketing and Nintendo boosts PR and marketing team. UKIE appoints Luke Hebblethwaite asresearch analyst Luke Hebblethwaite(pictured, right)has joined UK games trade body UKIE as a research analyst. He replaces Rgis Renevey, who left the company earlier this year. Hebblethwaite joins from …
Read More »Capcom designer makes jump to SNK ahead of King of Fighters return
Long-term Street Fighter designer Hidetoshi ‘Neo G’ Ishizawa has joined rival fighting game developer SNK. Destructoid reports that Ishizawa is credited on a huge list of titles including Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Darkstalkers 3. He’s also worked on other non-fighting properties series such as …
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