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Blizzard is Hiring for “Unannounced AAA Multiplayer” Game
If there is one entirely fair criticism that has been made towards Blizzard over the last few years, it’s that they haven’t been prolific enough in releasing new gaming titles. And even when they have, they have often gone down like lead balloons with the community (recalling a certain out-of-season…
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Japan Uses Remote Control Robots to Address Labor Shortage
If there is a problem that could potentially be fixed with robots, then it’s not exactly surprising that Japan would be one of the first countries to try it out! – As you may or may not be aware, however, ironically Japan’s biggest issue at the moment in terms of…
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NASA Advertises Job to Isolate on Fake Mars for 8 Months
Based on the current COVID-19 situation, I daresay that many of us are starting to feel like self-isolation experts. On the plus side though, this could potentially lead to a new and exciting career with NASA! Following a post on their official website, NASA is actively advertising vacancies for a…
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Valve Lists Some New (and Really Weird) Job Vacancies
Did you ever want to work in the games industry, but didn’t necessarily go down that specific road when you went to university? Well, there may be some hope for you yet! Following new job listings on their official website, Valve is looking to hire both psychologists and economists. Why…
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Game Company Suggests To Put Achievements on Your Resumé
If you’re anything like me, then whenever you have applied for a job your enjoyment of ‘video games‘ has been a subject you’ve preferred to keep a little quiet. You don’t, after all, want an employer to think that you use your spare time for such frivolous purposes right?… Well,…
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Amazon Game Studio Sacks ‘Dozens’ as Projects Get Scrapped
Amazon Games In 2014, Amazon announced that they were looking to get into the world of video game development. As such, a studio was created, staff were hired, and they looked to start producing games. Admittedly, exactly what type of ‘games’ we could expect was unclear. Given the resources of…
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EA Confirm 350 Staff Redundancies To Help Balance The Books
EA To Sack 350 Employees In terms of game developers, EA is (without a doubt) one of the most hated companies out there. Admittedly, there are a lot of others who get a lot of ire from the gaming community *cough* Bethesda *cough*, but EA does have something of a…
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Blizzard Layoffs Are Affecting Nearly All Departments
Blizzard Job Cuts Found To Affect Various Departments Last month it was revealed that due to a poor financial year predicted for 2019, that Blizzard was set to impliment a ‘belt-tightening’ process to try and balance the books. As you might expect, such methods usually begin with staff being let…
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Blizzard Jobs Cuts To Continue With Lay-Offs In France
More Jobs Cuts Expected From Blizzard At the beginning of the month, there were rather disturbing rumours circulating that Blizzard Activision was looking to undertake a rather sweeping level of job cuts. At the time, it was believed that around 200 jobs were at risk. This was a figure blown…
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Blizzard Activision Reportedly Set to Axe Hundreds Of Jobs
Blizzard Activision There has been more and more evidence in the last 6 months that financially, Blizzard Activision (or Activision Blizzard, if you prefer) might be entering a period of financial difficulty. This isn’t just idle speculation either. There has been more than a few confirmed matters that have a direct…
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Tesla Announce 7% Job Cuts With Poor Q4 Expected
Tesla Announce Jobs Cuts Towards the middle of 2018, it appeared that Tesla may have finally been moving in the right direction. Production was up and (heaven forbid!) the company actually reported a profit! It seems, however, that the latter part of 2018 hasn’t been quite as good as the…
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Job Listing Indicates Diablo 4 Is In Development
Job Listing Likely For Diablo 4 At Blizzcon last year, Blizzard dropped what will likely be remembered as one of the biggest gaming clangers in recent memory. Using their keynote speech, the company had been ramping up news for weeks that a huge announcement was coming. Everyone was hotly anticipating…
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Apple Confirm Bad Sales Have Led To Less Hiring
Apple Are (Probably Not) Hiring! 2019 might still be less than a month old, but it so far hasn’t been particularly good for Apple. With the company confirming a massive drop in demand for their products (particularly iPhones), their share price took a pretty substantial hit. It seems, however, that…
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Facebook Hires Former Deputy Prime Minister As Global Chief
Facebook Hires Former Deputy Prime Minister As Global Chief There’s nothing quite like losing a pretty nice job and being able to find yourself getting an arguably better one. It is, for most of us, the dream in terms of working! It seems, however, that Facebook has appointed a new…
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Amazon Announces Plans For 1000 Tech Jobs In The UK
Amazon Announces Plans For 1000 Tech Jobs In The UK Amazon is already well on the way to becoming one of the most prolific employers in the UK. With their warehouses dotted throughout the country, many have found work ensuring that online orders are fulfilled. It seems, however, that the…
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