It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in the game industry. First, we had the news last week that EA was laying off 1500 of its employees worldwide. Then, we had the news today that EA was shutting down Pandemic. If you’re an industry veteran, I’d almost bet money that you knew someone that was affected – I’ve worked at EA in the past, and I had a few friends that were let go. If you’re a job hunter, it means that there is suddenly a lot more people looking for jobs. This can definitely be worrisome, but there ARE still a lot of people hiring. With EA’s acquisition of Playfish, the obvious question is whether or not a lot of jobs are just getting shuffled around to casual/social media/mobile game developers. I had a quick look at Playfish, Playdom and Zynga, and they seem to be hiring for a LOT of positions. I know, I need to get them to post here. 
They obviously don’t have 1500+ jobs listed, sooooo…I’m not sayin’….I’m just sayin’.
We’ve also had a bunch of new ads and several new companies posting at GameJobHunter over the past few weeks. Here’s a list of some recent activity:
- EA Mobile – Even with the layoffs, EA is still hiring
- CCP – The Eve Online developer signed up to GJH this week
- Longtail Studios – A few new jobs from Longtail went up
- Harmonix – They’re keeping busy with the posting (follow @HMXkfan on Twitter)
- SlateXP – New company that posted their first ad recently
- Total Immersion Software - Another first time poster
Good luck to everyone that’s looking!
Paul