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Microsoft Is Hiring For The Next Halo Game

While Halo: Reach is Bungie’s last hurrah in the Halo universe, Microsoft’s 343 Industries is keeping the dream alive, with 15 new positions opening today for qualified individuals seeking to “be part of the awesome”.


May 4, 2010
News

Seems Like A Fun Job

What does a video game designer do? At last, we have an answer.


April 1, 2010
News

NSFW: Is This The Most Violent Recruitment Site In Japan?

There are a lot of companies in The Land of the Rising Sun. The majority of them have boring recruitment pages. Not this company.

Shinji Mikami, the creator of survival horror series Resident Evil, has started a new game development studio called Tango. Mikami, who was previously based in Osaka, is setting up shop in Tokyo and looking for developers to flesh out his company.

What better way to do that than with a harakiri mini-game! The flash game has players see how far they can slice off Shinji Mikami’s head.

Hey, look! It’s No More Heroes developer Goichi Suda saying “Hana yori Tango!”, a pun on Hana Yori Dango, the landmark girl’s manga from Yoko Kamio.

(The site’s detailed recruitment page for Tango is pretty dull, though!)

With Tango obviously has yet to develop any titles (and is currently a few years off before it can show anything), Mikami hopes the studio will grow to be a 100 staffers strong in five or seven years.

Mikami is currently designing sci-fi game Vanquish for Osaka-based developer Platinum Games.

MIKAMI SHINJI PROJECT HARAKIRI 腹切り [Official Site via オレ的ゲーム速報@刃]


January 21, 2010
News

Forza Motorsport Developer Mentions Natal Platform Games

Developer Turn 10, the studio behind popular racing simulator Forza Motorsport, appears to be planning a new title for Microsoft’s upcoming Natal motion system game.


January 18, 2010
In Real Life

Chuck Norris, Master Chief, You Apply For Mass Effect 2 Job

Kotaku AU

Last week, a job ad went up on Seek calling for biotic-powered super soldier recruits to save the human race. Despite obviously being some viral marketing for Mass Effect 2, it seems plenty of people replied. Wanna see who?


January 14, 2010
In Real Life

Cerberus Recruits Assassins The Old-Fashioned Way

Kotaku AU

In Mass Effect 2, Commander Shepard tracks down an elite squad of assassins to join him/her on the most dangerous mission of all. But did you know you could also apply for the job?


January 12, 2010
In Real Life

Boy: Playing Xbox Will Get Me A “Nowhere Job”

An ex-NBA star recently asked a group of children where playing Xbox will get them. He was promoting fitness, so he probably expected a negative answer. And he got one.


January 11, 2010
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Report: “Large Scale RPG” Being Made For Microsoft

While the Xbox 360 isn’t exactly setting Japanese retail on fire, Microsoft Game Studios has made a valiant effort to release Japanese-style role playing games like Blue Dragon.


December 10, 2009
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Apple Want Someone For “Interactive Multimedia Experiences” On The IPhone

Gizmodo have turned up an interesting job advert for Apple, the computing giants on the look-out for somebody to handle a project involving 3D graphics & environments, character design and multimedia experiences. All for the company’s iPhone.


December 9, 2009
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Sledgehammer Games Goes Online, Needs Help

Activision’s newest studio, Sledgehammer Games, founded by original Dead Space creators Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, has been made extra official today, with the launch of the start up developer’s web site.