Today, we are doing a round up of some the recent news regarding various developer studios.
First, last week’s cuts at Sony Europe. After Sony’s official announcement of their intention to “streamline” their operations, various employees were given their redundancy letters on Wednesday. We have somewhat of a breakdown of the different Sony studios affected by […]
Over on Reality Panic (the blog run by Jason Della Rocca, IGDA’s Executive Director), you can find the “REAL Choice Awards Nominee List”: the actual developers behind the games nominated for the Choice Awards.
Jason highlights that the Choice Awards are one of the few industry awards which recognize and celebrate the talent behind the games. […]
In the LostGarden article “The Joyful Life of the Lapsed Game Developer”, the author estimates (in a series of back-of-the-envelope calculations) that over 50,000 developers have left the industry in the past decade. It is no secret that our industry has a terrible retention rate, and because of this today we present a new feature […]
Two games industry related sites to recommend today.
First is the blog Level Up, written by Newsweek journalist N’Gai Croal. Croal seems to have unfettered access to some of the most senior members of the industry. Have a look at his 3-part interview with Larry Probst (EA CEO), or another recent 3-part interview with John Riccitiello […]
Two class action suits dealing with overtime disputes in the IT industry have recently been settled. The first lawsuit was brought by 800 employees of Siebel (a software company recently purchased by Oracle). Siebel was accused of violating US overtime laws for nearly 6 years (Jan 2000 to Oct 2005), and settled the suit for […]
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