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GamesRadar+’s reviews editor is now self-employed, EA names Laura Miele as EVP of global publishing and IO poaches Ubisoft director Ryan Barnard. Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+ Justin Towellhas just departed GamesRadar+ after ten years at Future to become self-employed. He joined the company in 2006, rising from editorial assistant to …

FIFA publisher EA has announced that Laura Miele is joining its executive leadership team next month. The firm’s CEO Andrew Wilson announced Miele’s promotion in a blog post on its website, saying that her new role would be effective start Q1 2017 (April 1st). This is also when Peter Moore …

ThePokmon Company strengthens its PR team, Sumo hires Karl Hilton to run its new studio and Future announces two appointments to its commercial and sales team. Enticknap and Bryant join ThePokmon CompanyUK team The firm behind the monster-catching series has just added two names to its PR team. First, Richie …

The creator of MotorStorm and Driveclub has closed its doors. Games Industry reports that Sony has closed Evolution. 55 jobs were cut at the studio almost exactly a year ago. What this means for the future of Driveclub, which suffered a calamitous launch, remains uncertain. We have reviewed and assessed …

5th Cell, creator of the Scribblenauts series has been forced to cut a number of positions. According to tweets from former lead animator Tim Borrelli, artists, programmers, designers, QA and IT workers are among the 45 staff laid off. Borrelli stated that the first round of losses took place last …

Ryan Barnard, the game director of Ubisoft’s most recent smash hit The Division, has departed the company and moved to the makers of Hitman, IO Interactive. Barnard is taking on the newly-created role of gameplay director, and according to publisher Square Enix will be heading up three of IO’s core …

The developer behind MMO Wildstar is confirmed significant job losses at its studio. NCSoft’s Carbine Studios, which was established to develop and run Wildstar, has according to Polygon chopped over 70 jobs, amounting to around 40 per cent of its workforce. Those who remain have also been told that further …

Free-to-play outlet founded a new Games arm last year

Nottingham location is Crackdown 3 dev’s second UK office and third global outlet

Former Vivendi and Take 2 CTO Jan Lindner takes over from founder Patrick Buckland