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Notes on hiring and the games business.

Short perspectives on recruitment, advisory and the wider entertainment market, from WebCube.

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Introducing WebCube

Who we are, what we do, and how recruitment through Pixel Movement sits alongside commercial advisory.

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Schell Games cuts 49 jobs as studios trim staff from Bristol to Tokyo

Schell Games, the Pittsburgh virtual reality studio behind I Expect You To Die and co-developer of Among Us 3D, confirmed a second round of layoffs this…

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What pubs and leisure venues can borrow from game design

With few hard openings or administrations reported in the past week, operators are still facing the same question the games industry has spent a decade…

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Flutter to close Sky Bet's Malta hub and pull Betfair from Brazil

Days after opening consultation on up to 1,400 UK and Ireland redundancies, Flutter is winding down Sky Bet's Malta commercial base and closing Betfair's…

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EA to close BioWare and cut about 3 per cent of global staff

Electronic Arts is shutting its Edmonton RPG studio and cancelling early work on the next Mass Effect title as part of a wider studios rethink, while Don't…

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Lane7 opens second Sheffield venue at Meadowhall as leisure catchments widen

Competitive socialising operator Lane7 has opened a boutique bowling site at British Land's Meadowhall centre, extending a city-centre brand into a regional…

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Flutter puts up to 1,400 UK and Ireland roles at risk after betting tax rises

Flutter Entertainment has opened consultation on cutting as many as one in six jobs in its UK and Ireland division, citing higher remote gaming and betting…

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Ubisoft proposes closure of RedLynx as Finnish Trials studio faces up to 52 job cuts

Ubisoft has opened change negotiations on shutting its Helsinki studio RedLynx and has cut roles at Ubisoft Singapore, while Liquid Swords entered…

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