GameDuell presents what casual games developers can learn from Core Games at Casual Connect 4th & 5th February

Article supplied by Axel Schmidt, Head of Public Relations,  GameDuell GmbH

GameDuell’s new Art Director, Ian J. Bowden, will explain how design teams can create an outstanding brand experience for Social and Mobile Games

Berlin, 27/01/2015. From the 4^th to the 5^th of February 2015 GameDuell will be presenting at Casual Connect in Amsterdam. The Berlin-based developer and provider of web, social and mobile games will give an insight into its current Cross-Platform products from stand 405 of the “Beurs van Berlage” conference center. As part of the conference program, GameDuell’s new Art Director, Ian J. Bowden, will talk about his experience as the co-founder and former chief designer at Rockstar Leeds, where he was instrumental in Triple-A productions such as LA Noire, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3 and the GTA series. On Thursday afternoon at 3:30 pm he will present his lecture, “From Core to Casual – Hard Lessons Applied Casually”, explaining what Casual Game developers can learn from Core Games regarding production standards. His talk will focus particularly on how lead developers can optimize the skills of their teams, how design teams can create an outstanding brand experience and the issues to be considered in the production of graphic materials for cross-platform use.

Conference attendees will also receive the unique opportunity to have their portrait drawn by the former Art Director of Rockstar Games at GameDuell’s stand on Thursday from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm and on Friday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

GameDuell has a number of new productions for different platforms due for release in the next few months. For other upcoming projects, the Berlin-based games company seeks additional experts in the areas of web and mobile development, game design, mobile and cross-platform development, graphic design, IT, database architecture and product analysis. All current vacancies are advertised on the company website. Further information on Casual Connect is available on the conference’s website.

GameDuell are looking for people to join their team!

http://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/browse-jobs/gameduell

www.gameduell.com/jobs

Senior Games Artist needed to drive art direction and content creation for a mobile RPG – Bee Square, Barcelona.

December has been a busy month for the Bee Square team; December 15th saw the release of Run Sheldon Power Costumes (available in the app store now, check it out!) and they’ve restructured their office layout to facilitate better and quicker mobility in their projects teams.

As Christmas draws near they take time to focus on their new RPG project and have created an opportunity for a skilled games artist (and hopefully RPG enthusiast) to join the team!

As a game team Senior Artist you will be an integral and critical component of a development team, working through concept, pre-production and full production phases to produce a unique and innovative mobile RPG-type product.

Do you have an interest in and ideally experience working on RPG games?

Take a peek at the role and apply here on GamesJobsDirect.

Bee Square Barcelona – Hiring Programmers

Located in sunny Barcelona, Bee Square formed in June 2012 with a mission to create beautiful and meaningful games that would delight everyone; 2.5 years on they have assembled a talented and international team from industry veterans to create high quality games.

Hive of Activity

Right now, the team has 3 projects in production: – Run Sheldon major updates AND 2 new games based on their own new intellectual property!

Plus, heavy investment is been made in bringing their server-side development in-house to prepare for one of the new IP’s that will be an RPG requiring significant back-end work.

Programmers needed to join the hive

Bee Square have released 4 programming vacancies to help them achieve their goals over the months ahead, if you have industry experience and a passion for quality and disruption in gaming Bee Square want to hear from you – take a look and apply today!

Client Programmer Unity 3D

Client Programmer C++

Server Architect and Programmer

Server Programmer

Hailing from all corners of the globe, Bee Square is a dizzying collection of cultures and languages, this melting pot of values and experiences allows them to provide a perspective both locally and internationally – each Bee as the perfect little gamer that has one desire in life: great games! Learn more about the Bee Square team and living in Barcelona http://beesquare.net/about/

Senior Unity 3D iOS Games Engineer – come join a very experienced team and build something you can be really proud of.

TreasureHunt is a new mobiles games studio focused on bringing AAA quality titles to iOS that are fun for everyone. TreasureHunt’s senior team are leveraging the best creative talent and technology to produce really amazing content, do you want to join them?

Founded by a 10 year veteran in games industry with a creative background in console and mobile working on everything from FIFA to new franchises the team believe they’ve found a great market opportunity and have a very motivated and experienced early-stage team that has the ability to pull it off.

Senior Unity 3D iOS Games Engineer – come join a very experienced team and build something you can be really proud of.

TreasureHunt are looking for smart and talented Unity developers who share their vision of creating best-in-class interactive entertainment on mobile – here’s a quick snapshot of the role:

• Architect, implement, maintain and optimize new and existing game features for AAA mobile multi-platform titles based on state-of-the-art 3D engines
• Work within a cross-functional team, helping to realise and drive our vision through rapid prototyping and iterative agile development
• Make significant contributions in various areas of the game code to achieve highly polished and robust user experiences
• Maintain and extend the set of tools and plug-ins available to content creators

Benefits

• Work with a very smart and talented team that you can learn from every day
• We’re serious about creating very high quality products, processes, tools and everything in between – do some of the best work of your life at TreasureHunt
  Work and live in Berlin; Hands down one of the most creative, culturally diverse, beautiful and affordable cities in the world
• Amazing professional growth opportunities for joining a senior team in a young company
• Influence our direction – We’re a collaborative team and we’re early stage. These two factors combined mean every voice is heard very loudly
• We’re looking for senior people that we can hand over big challenges to. You own your work, the results and pride that comes along with it

Don’t delay, apply here today!

Gameloft Madrid, Recruiting Technical Artist (iOS games) and Online Developer

Gods of Rome, Gameloft’s next big hit, has been announced in Apple keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzC_A-L7ci8#t=942.  And, it’s being developed in Madrid!  Exciting times lie ahead for the Gameloft Madrid team, will you be there?

Gameloft Madrid returns to GamesJobsDirect.com this week promoting two opportunities to work on their iOS titles:

Technical Artist (iOS Games)

Creating shaders, tools and optimizing 3D asset creation pipelines as well as profiling versions, in collaboration with the production teams. A high proficiency in 3D Studio Max & Maxscript in addition to shading languages such as GLSL or HLSL are essential in this role.

Online Developer

Developing and launching online games or applications on iOS as part of the Programming Department including defining the social and online game features and designing and developing online servers.

Employee Benefits

Based in the centre of beautiful Madrid Gameloft has much to offer its team, benefits include:

• Opportunity to work in a professional environment with people who have a passion for creating video games!
• Fun, passionate and creative studio with a casual, friendly atmosphere
• International environment and open working climate with young, dynamic teams from around the world
• Salary based upon experience and merit
• Permanent contract, full-time job and social benefits
• Career Progression and Development Opportunities
• Relocation support
• Excellent working conditions in their studio situated in the center of Madrid

Check out Timeout Madrid for an insight to living in Spain’s largest and capital city:

And don’t forget to apply to their vacancies today on GamesJobsDirect.com.

Machine Zone are hiring!!!! Come join the most innovative tech-focused mobile gaming company in the world making games that players can’t stop playing.

Machine Zone is the leader in free2play community-based Mobile MMO games with hit titles including Game of War – Fire Age, iMob 2, Original Gangstaz, and Global War among several others.

Machine Zone is composed of a unique and highly talented team of free2play games experts and rock-star engineers focusing on building highly engaging mobile experience for its gamers.

This week they join GamesJobsDirect.com on the hunt for talented and driven individuals who are passionate about building and managing unique and highly engaging mobile MMO games.

You can find 42 (yes, 42!) Machine Zone jobs on GamesJobsDirect.com; check them out:

• Programming and Development (27)
• Marketing (13)
• Production (7)
• Business Operations (6)
• Web Development (3)
• QA & Localisation (1)

Come join the fun! http://www.gamesjobsdirect.com/browse-jobs/machine-zone.

About Machine Zone

Machine Zone games have been downloaded & played by 40MM+ gamers, with all games having been among Top Free & Grossing App Store rankings. Machine Zone games have one of the most active and vibrant in-game community (several billion friendships among gamers in each game) that drives the highest user engagement (several hundred million minutes of monthly gameplay for each game), and one of the most rapid growth.

Palo Alto is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. Palo Alto serves as a central economic focal point of the Silicon Valley, and is home to more than 7,000 businesses employing more than 98,000 people.

3 Game Masters Needed for Kabam GmbH Berlin

As Kabam push to align themselves with their European customers, 3 new job opportunities have been created within their Live Operations Team.

Sharp and energetic Game Masters with F2P game experience will ensure Kabam’s products are high quality and fun by supporting their In-game Promotions, Community Engagement, and Customer Service.

Europe is a key market for Kabam, they’re investing heavily in their European set up and these positions will be based within their new Greifswalder Straße office supporting a number of Kabam’s hit franchise games including: Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North, The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth, Fast & Furious 6: The Game, and Dragons of Atlantis: Heirs of the Dragon.

Kabam’s heritage lies in the strategy game category however it’s plans for diversification are effectively demonstrated with titles such as Fast & Furious 6: The Game; with more exciting new titles near to release a vibrant future lies ahead for Kabam’s mobile focused games (check out Moonrise, the beautiful new creature collector multiplayer RPG developed in by the veteran team at Undead Labs scheduled for an early 2015 release).

And you can be part of it! The 3 roles are Game Master, Senior Game Master and Game Master Russian Market

Get on GamesJobsDirect.com and apply NOW!

WildTangent Seattle – Searching for a Mobile Games Marketing Manager

In May this year WildTangent (www.wildtangent.com) announced it had become the largest Mobile Games network in the United States according to the April comScore Mobile Metrix 2.0 report. In April, the WildTangent Games mobile network surpassed 26.8 million monthly unique visitors to push ahead of Electronic Arts and Zynga.

“This is an exciting day for a company that transitioned to mobile a little over a year ago,” said Mike Peronto, WildTangent’s CEO on the company’s blog. “This ranking strengthens our position in an extremely competitive mobile ad market and we look forward to having discussions with the advertising community and building on this momentum in the months ahead.”

Hiring a Mobile Games Marketing Manager

If you’ve 3-5 years’ experience launching game titles (mobile a big plus) this is your chance to join the team in Seattle!

You can apply your expertise to ensure the successful launch and sustained financial performance of game titles; forming market strategies and campaigns, assisting with PR, increasing monetization and overall financial performance.

Apply now here http://is.gd/mZAs5w on GamesJobsDirect.com.

About WildTangent

WildTangent is a worldwide cross-device games company focused on the distribution and monetization of mobile, social and online games. The company has three main divisions: WildTangent Games offers a service that allows consumers to play thousands of premium games free, courtesy of brand advertisers, or they can purchase games. WildTangent Media  delivers a patented mobile and digital advertising platform that connects leading brands with highly engaged audiences through premium advertising solutions. WildTangent Studios develops mobile games for iOS, Google Play, Amazon and WildTangent Games, including titles Polar Bowler and Word Science.

Superb opportunity for a talented Senior Unity Developer (c#) to join London based Endemol Games

If you want to employ and extend your Unity dev skills working for a mobile apps and games developer whose products are well received on an international scale this is the one for you!

Endemol, the world leading creator, producer and distributor of multi-platform entertainment, is offering an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished Unity developer to join their multidisciplinary app development team producing the most successful branded games and apps for major high-profile brands across the world.

Core tasks include iOS and Android development, training less experienced Unity developers, developing materials/ shaders and particle systems, performance analysis and code optimisation across a range of mobile/tablet devices.

You will be passionate about game development, be comfortable taking the technical lead on a Unity

Sound like you?  More info and how to apply here http://is.gd/vfhwjS on GamesJobsDirect.com.

Senior Games Job Opportunity – Become a World Creative Director for Gameloft Paris and shape their Global Creative Vision

Headquartered in Paris we find the award-winning developer and publisher of mobile games, Gameloft. Gameloft’s extensive, diverse catalogue consists of many successful titles including Real Football, Asphalt, Bubble Bash, such Modern Combat, Despicable Me: Minion Rush, Dungeon Hunter, Gangstar plus a substantial licensed portfolio including Mission Impossible 3, Shrek 3, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, King Kong, Lost, and the list goes on…..

Essential to Gameloft’s continuing success is the establishment of a global vision for their game portfolio; this vision will direct the design team globally towards the common goal of making the very best games!

How will this be achieved?

Gameloft Paris are hiring a Creative Director or Lead Game Designer with a true love for their role and their industry.

As a key player in an industry Gameloft is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years so this will be a challenging and rewarding position requiring a very clear understanding of business in the current market. Reporting to their Senior Vice President of Production you will employ your expertise to establish a powerful culture of creative thinking among the design and development teams worldwide to establish, push every game to its maximum potential and achieve their vision.

Could you be successful in this role?

Read the full job description and apply here http://is.gd/1aMPdj on GamesJobsDirect.com.