Games Jobs Direct are WFH: Week 2
We checked in with the Games Jobs Direct team to see how Working From Home Week 2 has been going. We also got some great pictures of the Games Jobs pets to take a look at - because why not?!
02 Apr 2020
We checked in with the Games Jobs Direct team to see how Working From Home Week 2 has been going. We also got some great pictures of the Games Jobs pets to take a look at - because why not?!
01 Apr 2020
The video games industry, in general, seems to have been able to pivot to a flexible working from home model relatively easily compared to other sectors. Although work may be able to continue a normal for some, what about their hiring practices? We asked some of the studios we worked with how they're coping with this massive change in the way the industry is working.
26 Mar 2020
The Games Jobs Direct team - along with all the workplaces that can - have started working from home. This is our quick Week 1 update to let you know how it's going, that the games industry is working largely as normal and we're here to answer any queries you have, the same as always!
23 Mar 2020
Our Homepage takeover partner for the month of March is the fantastic mobile game developer Gram Games. With two studios and a myriad of perks and the opportunity to make incredibly popular games - find out more about this Zynga studio.
09 Mar 2020
Announcing the launch of the brand new Games Jobs Direct Podcast! Chatting to studios around the world about their culture, hiring practices and what they do best. Released every month!
02 Jan 2020
Our find homepage takeover of 2019 is the British Publisher Team17. Known for their fantastic games across multiple platforms Team17 are a titan of the British Games Industry. Find out more about them:
12 Dec 2019
Games Jobs Direct is more than a job board. Here's a list of just some of the ways we showcase your vacancies and amplify your studio to attract the best candidates from around the world.
12 Nov 2019
Our Homepage Sponsorship partner this month is Creative Assembly. They've got a number of fantastic roles available at the moment but what is it actually like to work for the award-winning studio? We asked Head of Talent Emma Smith about everything Creative Assembly
25 Sep 2019
Electric Square are the Games Jobs Direct homepage sponsor for September 2019. We took a closer look at the studio, their projects and what it's like to work for them.
18 Sep 2019
Diversity in video games is important as the stereotype of 'young straight white male' does not describe the variety of people who play video games around the world. Representation in popular medium is important and it's time that video games embraced reflecting the diversity of their audiences. Currys PC World has taken a look at how far video games have come, and how much work there still is to do.
09 Sep 2019
Here is our Sept 2019 round up of Video Game programming vacancies from studios across the world.
02 Sep 2019
Games Jobs Direct attended Gamescom for the first time in 2019. It was a tiring, exciting, ridiculously busy few days filled with games, game and more games.
24 Jul 2019
GamesJobsDirect.com works with some amazing video game studios in Germany and we wanted to do a quick round up of some of the very best that Deutschland has to offer.
23 Jul 2019
Our homepage takeover partner for July 2019 is the fantastic studio, Rebellion! Read more about their projects, and why you definitely want to work for them in our blog!
16 Jul 2019
Sales Manager of Games Jobs Direct, Jamie Clarke, spent the week at Develop:Brighton and had a fantastic time in the at the seaside in the sun chatting to game industry folk and attending the Game Dev Heroes Awards.
17 May 2019
Check out the Games Jobs Direct featured placements all available to purchase on the pricing page.
14 May 2019
For the fifth year running, Skillsearch have released their annual Salary and Satisfaction survey. This one has been their biggest yet, with games professionals from around the globe contributing to data on salary, flexible working, commuting and loads more. We've had a look through and picked out some of the most interesting bits of data for you to take a look at.
25 Apr 2019
With the release of Sony's new zombie-horde extravaganza Day Gone, we decided to have a look at some of the best and most-iconic games in the history of Zombie Games.
28 Mar 2019
The Top 50 selling games of all time have been revealed and not one of them includes a female protagonist. Despite the fact that 38% include a male protagonist and the number 1 best selling game of all time has no lead-character at all.
21 Mar 2019
With over 2,000 games companies in the UK, you can understand why the UK remains a top destination for games industry jobs seekers around the world. From small studios creating stellar indie and casual games to world-renowned industry heavy-weights creating some of the most popular IP on the planet.
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