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Sumo expands Indian operation with second location

Chacko Sonny, executive producer on Overwatch, has announced that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment in the latest of a series of high-profile departures at the company.

"We recognize that not all unauthorized uses of music merit the same treatment, and it is our hope that we can, as part of our agreements with music rights holders, take a balanced approach that supports creators on Twitch."

Celebrating its 10 year anniversary, Jingle Jam brings together the whole gaming community in an epic and emotional event that runs from the 1st to the 14th of December.

"There is a symbiosis between MY.GAMES' expertise in mid-core games and Mamboo Games' expertise which allows us to create successful projects in the hybrid casual genre."

Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's September issue.

"We are delighted to have attracted a candidate of Bertrand's calibre to lead Keywords through the next phase of its development in the video games and adjacent content industries"

[Apologies but we don’t yet have the photos back from our photographer, so I’ve stolen these from Twitter, feel free to ping a pic of your category and I’ll update, or we’ll have the proper ones from early next week] The last 18 months have been tough for everyone but …

Trisha Francis, production assistant at SIDE, talks about moving from the NHS to audio production after a long and patient period applying for industry roles

“It’s an absolute honour to be elected chair of the Ukie board"