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The former gaming editor for online outlet Digital Spy, Matthew Reynolds, has moved to No Man’s Sky studio Hello Games. He has joined the developer as its communications manager, handling press, PR and marketing. Reynolds joined Digital Spy in 2008 as a reporter, before his promotion to gaming editor in …
Read More »Guy Cocker to join Stuff magazine
Former GameSpot editor Guy Cocker is joining Haymarket’s tech publication Stuff. Cocker will be serving as the publication’s global editor-in-chief, replacing Will Findlater who is moving to Bike Radar as its global editor-in-chief. He starts on December 2nd. Cocker has been working in games and tech journalism for nearly ten …
Read More »Mind Candy closes Brighton office
Moshi Monsters developer Mind Candy has closed its Brighton office. Games Industry reports that it hasn’t been confirmed how many jobs have been lost as a result, although at the last known headcount 26 employees were based there. The suggestion is that employees will be offered the chance to move …
Read More »Former Joystiq writer Sliwinski joins Bithell Games
Prominent independent developer Mike Bithell has hired a chief operating officer to help run his company, Bithell Games. Announcing the hirevia his blog, the developer named formernews content director at the now-closed Joystiq Alexander Sliwinski as his new COO. It’s time to start some new things,” writes Bithell. It felt …
Read More »Zynga CFO departs despite company exceeding financial predictions
Social games firm Zynga has announced the departure of its chief financial officer in spite of the publisher posting financial results exceeding its expectations. Zynga forecasted $155m to $170m for the quarter, and beat these predictions by recording bookings of $176m. This is an increase of $1m year-on-year – in …
Read More »Avalanche Studios suffers layoffs ahead of Just Cause 3 launch
Just Cause and Mad Max developer Avalanche Studios has laid off a number of employees at its New York and Stockholm offices. In a statement toGame Informer, a spokesperson said 12 employees had been let go at its US branch. A similar number were also let go at its Sweden …
Read More »MD Mick Morris leaves Audiomotion after 17 years
Audiomotion MD Mick Morris has left the company after 17 years to pursue a new and fresh challenge”. Operations director Brian Mitchell will now take the reins at the Oxfordhire-based studio. Morris joined Audiomotion in 1998, and became MD in 2003 after the company left the GBH/Kaboom group. The mo-cap …
Read More »David Haddad promoted to Warner Bros games boss
The head of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment David Haddad has risen to become the president of the publisher’s games business. His promotion was announced by DC and Warner Bros Consumer Products boss Diane Nelson and the president of WB Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution Ron Sanders. Haddad joined Warner Bros in …
Read More »Testronic has a new CEO
QA and localisation firm Testronic Laboratories has hired Brett Morris as its new chief exec. Morris leaves his previous role as CFO for Catalis Group, the organisation that owns Testronic and UK developer Kuju Entertainment. He has worked at Catalis for four years, alongside CEO Dominic Wheatley. Prior to this, …
Read More »NewBay names new European management team
NewBay Media has named four new senior directors to its reorganised European team. Andrew Wooden has been appointed Interactive Entertainment Content Director, managing the editorial for MCV, Develop, Toy News, PCR and more. Wooden is a former staff writer on MCV, and has worked on Future’s T3 publication. He was …
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