Mar
06
2009
From gamesindustry.biz:
Eidos has released its financial results for the six months to the end of December 2008 with a relatively strong statement, including revenues up over 26 per cent and losses cut to just GBP 1 million.
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"The first six months of trading this year were characterised by an incredibly competitive and increasingly challenging [...]
Mar
06
2009
From gamecareerguide.com:
Jean-Francois Lévesque is a game play programmer at Ubisoft Montreal, who worked extremely hard to be where he is today.
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We exchanged a few emails. I asked him about his experiences in climbing up the industry ladder. I knew Lévesque had been featured on sister site Gamasutra for the remarkable work he and [...]
Mar
05
2009
From igda.org:
For his funny but down-to-Earth presentation, Clint took the angle of demographics, and tried to shed light on the "typical groups" that we call "generations". As he presented numbers of working people in each "gen", he explained the historic context that came with them: the War Gen, Baby-Boomers, Generation X and, finally, Generation Y. [...]
Mar
05
2009
From kotaku.com:
The developers of Army of Two and SSX On Tour (oh, and Boogie) are ready to announce their next title. What is it? You’ll find out March 12th, according to an invite from Electronic Arts.
The publisher has invited local press to visit the offices of EA Montreal next Monday, then spill all [...]
Mar
05
2009
From gamersdailynews.com:
Award-winning Babel Media, the games industry’s leading outsource company, announced today that it is significantly expanding its Montreal facility. Babel will be creating high quality employment opportunities for functionality and localization video games testers based in their centrally located Montreal facility.
In this period of economic crisis Babel is continuing to grow to [...]
Mar
05
2009
From businesswire.com:
FremantleMedia, one of the largest creators and producers of global entertainment brands, today announces a strategic minority equity investment in Ludia, a leading developer and publisher of interactive casual games based in Montreal, Canada. The deal is part of FremantleMedia’s ongoing expansion into the high-growth video games market. It also follows a range [...]
Mar
05
2009
From cyberpresse.ca:
À l’instar d’autres studios de jeux vidéo comme Beenox, Ubisoft et Longtail, Sarbakan reçoit de bons commentaires de ses employés sur RateMyEmployer.ca.
Le portail RateMyEmployer.ca annonce ses couleurs dès que le visiteur accède à sa page d’accueil. «Pourquoi les contrôles de référence et les vérifications pré-emploi devraient être réservés uniquement aux employeurs?»
Jadis, les [...]
Mar
02
2009
From joystiq.com:
Ubisoft announced a partnership with Gold’s Gym to market the new Wii exercise game Gold’s Gym: Cardio Workout, due out March 31. The Balance Board-compatible game includes "cardio boxing, running, sit-ups and other activities" as well as calorie and weight tracking. The new game will include a coupon for one week at Gold’s [...]