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  • Tax breaks for the games industry not a high priority under a Tory government.

    Ed Vaizey, the Shadow Minister for the Culture and Creative Industries Sector, gave the clearest indication yet that the tax breaks requested by the UK games sector were unlikely in the early years of a new Conservative administration because of other demands on the public purse. Speaking yesterday at the “Best of British” event organised by Game [...]

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    Innteractive client CCP games has jobs in Atlanta, Iceland and Shanghai

    CCP Games has a number of top jobs to fill in Atlanta, USA, Reykjavik, Iceland and in Shanghai, china, Please contact your Interactive Selection consultant for details. You can also check possible future co-workers in this great promotional video put together by the team at CCP. David Smith first saw this shown by Senior Procucer ” [...]

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    Secondment to 2K Games in China. David talks to Czech Senior Producer Lukas Codr

    What’s it like working in games in Shanghai? David Smith, MD, Interactive Selection spoke with Lukas Codr, Senior Producer at 2K Games in Shanghai China during his recent visit to GDC China 11-15 October 2009.

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    Yannick Theler, HR Director Ubisoft Shanghai, interviewed by Interactive Selection

    What’s it like working in Asia’s largest games studio with over 400 staff? David Smith, MD, Interactive Selection interviewed Yannick Theler, HR Director Ubisoft Shanghai during his recent visit to GDC China 11-15 October 2009.

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    Shanghai calling! Gilles Langorieux, MD Virtous Games, talks to Interactive Selection

    Whats it like to work for the world’s leading games outsourcing company in Shanghai? Gilles Langorieux, MD Virtous Games, in Shanghai, China was interviewed by David Smith, MD of Interactive Selection, on his trip to GDC China 11-15 October 2009.

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    Recruitment consultant lap dance trial case thrown out by tribunal

    A former recruitment consultant who claimed her line manager forced her to have a private lap-dance with him in order to win business has had her complaint of unfair dismissal thrown out by an employment tribunal. The consultant said that her manager had forced her into accepting a private dance with him and the client [...]

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    DS Interactive Ltd add Games Publisher to its portfolio of information sites

    GamesPublisher.com exists to track games publishers worldwide. This complete listing of video game publishers by territory exists to help games industry professionals, business people, students and games players and fans reach the right people in the complex publishing world. If you are interested in jobs, careers or technical support or gameplay hints and tips, you can reach [...]

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    Games :: Tester adds latest jobs page to its popular site for game testers.

    Games :: Tester has for many years the unique news and information source for games testers and all those interested in playing games for a living. The site is GLOBAL with resource from the computer and video-games industry in the USA, Europe, the Far East and Australia. It features recent articles on testing, hints and [...]

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    Interactive Selection to attend GDC China 11-13 October in Shanghai

    David Smith, MD of leading international games recruiter, Interactive Selection will be off to Shanghai on Friday 9th October to attend the second Game Developer Conference (GDC) in China see http://www.gdcchina.com  After 3 days of conference sessions, David will be visiting the leading studios in Shanghai. Interactive Selection has been placing some of the worlds [...]

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