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  • Improving Recruitment For Over A Decade - Crytek Case Study

    13 Sep 2024

    Improving Recruitment For Over A Decade - Crytek Case Study

    Crytek has seen success using the Games Jobs Direct platform for nearly 14 years. Find out more and see how we still got great results during one of the industry's toughest years.

  • 5 Tips to Build Resilience and Practice Self-Care

    08 Nov 2023

    5 Tips to Build Resilience and Practice Self-Care

    Looking for work can bring some unique challenges when it comes to supporting your mental health and wellbeing: it’s a competitive sector, and that can often come hand-in-hand with a lot of rejection. Looking on the “bright side” and staying positive in this situation can be really challenging, which is why we’re here to help.

  • What lies ahead for the once-thriving gaming world?

    03 Nov 2023

    What lies ahead for the once-thriving gaming world?

    It's a distressing trend that's sending ripples of uncertainty and job insecurity throughout the industry. The future remains uncertain for countless talented developers, leaving us all wondering what lies ahead for the once-thriving gaming world.

  • #LevelUpMentalHealth

    20 Oct 2023

    #LevelUpMentalHealth

    Games Jobs Direct collaborates with Safe In Our World

  • 5 Job Hunting 'Bugs' to 'Patch' Today

    13 Oct 2023

    5 Job Hunting 'Bugs' to 'Patch' Today

    5 job hunting bugs to patch up to secure your person role.

  • 5 Tips To Adapt To Change

    05 Oct 2023

    5 Tips To Adapt To Change

    Sergio Buenaventura, Executive Producer at Life Is The Game, gives us 5 tips to adapt to change.

  • Signs That It's Time To Advance Your Career In Games

    20 Sep 2023

    Signs That It's Time To Advance Your Career In Games

    We spoke to Dan from leading games recruitment agency, Aardvark Swift to hear some of the telltale signs that it's time to start the process of finding an exciting new role!

  • Gameforge supports Indie Game Developers with "IndieForge" Initiative

    17 Feb 2023

    Gameforge supports Indie Game Developers with "IndieForge" Initiative

    Gameforge has announced its IndieForge publishing label and revealed upcoming single-player games Tiny Thor, Clicker Guardians, and Crimson Dawn.

  • Top Tips to Create a Killer Portfolio

    22 Nov 2022

    Top Tips to Create a Killer Portfolio

    What should your portfolio include – and exclude – to get you noticed?

  • VR games publisher increasing ALL salaries by £1,000 to address rising energy bills

    29 Sep 2022

    VR games publisher increasing ALL salaries by £1,000 to address rising energy bills

    nDreams calculates £795 per-household deficit in government support package and announces plan to help 180 staff cover increased winter fuel costs

  • New company: Soul Assembly Established

    19 May 2022

    New company: Soul Assembly Established

    New company established in Leamington Spa, UK, to deliver innovative games for VR and the metaverse

  • InnoGames – Join the Team!

    13 Apr 2022

    InnoGames – Join the Team!

    InnoGames is Germany’s leading developer and publisher of mobile and online games. The company was recognized as one of the Best Employers in IT 2020 & 2021 by Germany’s Great Place to Work Institute.

  • TapNation Celebrates Three Years of Growth and 500 Million+ Lifetime Downloads As It Looks To The Future

    30 Mar 2022

    TapNation Celebrates Three Years of Growth and 500 Million+ Lifetime Downloads As It Looks To The Future

    Hyper and Hybrid casual mobile gaming publisher is looking forward with new look and expansion planned for 2022 and beyond.

  • Meet Araib Saleem, Senior Programmer

    16 Feb 2022

    Meet Araib Saleem, Senior Programmer

    I’m an Animation Programmer. I implement engine features that help designers and animators to create awesome animations. This involves programming and 3D mathematics knowledge.

  • Build New Worlds with Build a Rocket Boy!

    02 Feb 2022

    Build New Worlds with Build a Rocket Boy!

    Build a Rocket Boy are continually looking for talented professionals who thrive on the challenge of disrupting the industry to join them in their studios where they create and develop the new future in video games.

  • nDreams Studio Spotlight

    18 Jan 2022

    nDreams Studio Spotlight

    A developer and publisher working at the cutting edge of virtual reality, nDreams are developing and publishing titles across a whole spectrum of genres.

  • Gameforge – navigating the pandemic in Germany

    21 Dec 2021

    Gameforge – navigating the pandemic in Germany

    For game studios, a pandemic is the brainchild of a script writer, not something they would typically account for in their strategic plan. However, Gameforge really went above and beyond placing the wellbeing of their workforce above all else.  

  • RELIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MODSQUAD'S BIGGEST EXTRA LIFE EVER!

    16 Nov 2021

    RELIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MODSQUAD'S BIGGEST EXTRA LIFE EVER!

    ModSquad are coming off of a fun-filled 25 hours supporting Extra Life — for the eight year running! This annual gaming marathon brings together players and supporters in a live streamed fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

  • WORKING WITH STUDIO GOBO & ELECTRIC SQUARE

    08 Nov 2021

    WORKING WITH STUDIO GOBO & ELECTRIC SQUARE

    Looking for more insight on the studios you could be working for? Check out our newest highlight on this months homepage takeover, Studio Gobo and their sister company Electric Square!

  • Games and Interactive Salary and Satisfaction Survey 2021

    03 Nov 2021

    Games and Interactive Salary and Satisfaction Survey 2021

    Each year our friends at Skillsearch gather information from people in the games industry across a range of topics: salaries, benefits, remote work, priorities, and much more.


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