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It is estimated that the average US household owns at least one dedicated game console, PC, or smartphone, presenting a plethora of opportunities for consumers to experience the games industry. [...]

Video games aren't only for play; they also provide work. The workers, known as game developers, make a living creating the games you enjoy playing. Making video games is a [...]

An analysis of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) of firms in the French video game industry is conducted with a special view on the resource-based view of the firm. It was observed that, in the video game industry the creative individual HR due to their characteristics cannot be managed by established firms with externalization being the only alternative by the video games companies to combat the management issues associated to creative HR.

Byline: Ed Frauenheim A new trade association for recruiters in the video game world didn't form to save game developers from brutal hours. But the group, Professional Electronic Entertainment Recruiters, [...]

Not all that long ago, PacMan was the height of video-game sophistication. Compare the primitive dotgobbling yellow disk to today's elaborate, complex games such as Harry Potter or Lord of […]

William 'Bing' Gordon, the gaming pioneer who helped create the Sims, has left Electronic Arts after 25 years to become a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture [...]

AS ANY GAME STUDIO EXECUTIVE KNOWS, employment-related expenses make up the vast majority of their budgets. This expenditure comes down to paid hours, and it takes a lot of hours […]

KEEPING EMPLOYEE MORALE HIGH CAN be one of the trickiest challenges for any company, but it's also one of the most important things to nail. This is especially true in […]

ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFICULTIES Cryptic Studios has had as we've grown is finding and hiring good game designers. Whenever we posted a job ad for a designer position, we […]

Vivendi Universal's money-losing video games unit is set to cut its staff in France by an additional 89 employees, daily newspaper Les Echos reported Tuesday. A Vivendi Uni spokeswoman declined [...]

ALONG WITH LAWYERS AND USED CAR salesmen, recruiters often fall into the category of people we love to hate. But an experienced, ethical, and competent recruiter can mean the difference […]

IN AUGUST, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AFTER LAYING OFF 29 STAFF MEMBERS, THE San Rafael, Calif.-based LucasArts was forced to trim its force by 31 more people. After the […]

Amid further restructuring, troubled Vivendi Universal Games said Monday that it will eliminate 350 of its 900 North America-based employees. The games unit of Vivendi Universal said that 110 of […]

For those unfamiliar with the joys of using a joystick, the video game industry is big and getting bigger. And as the market grows so do the sales of companies [...]

PARENTS might reconsider telling their kids to quit playing video games. The industry has been one of the bright spots in the local job market, with the bigger companies in [...]