Valued Cultures announces their survey and forthcoming white paper: "Current State of Gaming Studio Culture 2023." Valued Cultures is a startup focused on cultivating healthy, sustainable, and innovative cultures in the gaming industry. Co-founders Daryl Ogden and Mike Merrill, in collaboration with Senior Advisor Shannon Loftis, are deploying decades of tech, gaming, and leadership experience to produce a “white paper” that tests hypotheses about the relationships between culture, creativity, and gaming success informed by the experience and insights of 100+ North American gaming leaders. The Process: Participants will be asked to: --Answer an on-line survey (~12 minutes) --Participate in an interview (~60 minutes) All information provided will be kept confidential and all findings will be synthesized and anonymized to ensure that participants can speak candidly. The Outcome: We believe this white paper will yield valuable insights for the gaming industry, especially in helping studios tackle the challenges of optimizing creative efforts in an era often characterized by remote/hybrid work. All participants will receive: --Early access to the white paper --Invitations to various forums where participating gaming leaders will convene to explore the white paper’s findings and implications. Email mike.merrill@valuedcultures to participate or learn more.
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Congratulations to Dom Matthews and the entire team at Ninja Theory. To hear our recent conversation with Dom about his career as well as Hellblade: https://lnkd.in/g2mzwycJ
Wow. I am so proud of the entire team here at Ninja Theory for our 11 BAFTA Nominations for Hellblade II. Congrats to all the Ninjas! https://lnkd.in/ec8JFC84
Congratulations to our friends at Ludia on this important milestone!
How are game studios thinking about remote vs. in-person hiring? Lizzie Mintus of Here's Waldo Recruiting shares her insights into how what differing types of studios are navigating this crucial element of hiring top-tier talent. To hear the full interview: https://lnkd.in/gYruUuGX #videogames #gamedevelopment #remotework #hiring
It was great having you as part of our team, Martijn!
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What do you do after you win 3 DICE Awards? You aim even higher, of course! This week I had the privilege of joining Daryl Ogden ?? GDC and Mike Merrill ?? GDC of Kenning Associates/Valued Cultures in facilitating a leadership workshop for the team of directors at MachineGames in Uppsala, Sweden. Here is a team that realizes that building a great studio and a great culture allows you to build even greater games. Over the last days we talked about the tools for lasting, positive change, which we will be exploring further by supporting the team in the coming months. Thanks again to Jerk Gustafsson, Lars Johansson, Alexander N?sman and of course the rest of the MachineGames team for your hospitality, your trust and positive energy!
Today Daryl Ogden ?? GDC and Mike Merrill ?? GDC speak with Lizzie Mintus, founder of the boutique placement firm Here's Waldo Recruiting, now celebrating its 4-year anniversary.? Lizzie explains how an off-handed conversation led her to a career in recruiting, as well as to eventually founding her own firm, one based in the deeply customer-centric experience that she learned from her early retail work at Nordstroms.? https://lnkd.in/gCNtJ2cE Daryl and Mike explore with Lizzie what she’s seen in the 4 years of Here’s Waldo’s existence:? From incredible growth during the height of the COVID pandemic, to a slowing market now, and why and how she stays optimistic about the future.? They discuss evergreen themes of recruitment:? For example, how a studio needs to carefully define what they are looking for, but stay open to a variety of people who can not just fit their culture, but add to it. And they speak as well to current considerations:? Notably, how RTO affects both applicants as well as employers.? Finally, they consider what new technologies mean for the job market today. To learn more about Here’s Waldo:? https://lnkd.in/g_wGJ8Nc To download Valued Cultures’ report, “Winning Game Studio Culture in the Post-pandemic Era”: https://lnkd.in/gqTViFhS #videogames #gameindustry #recruiting
Congratulations to our friends at MachineGames for their big wins at #DICEAwards last night!
We're honored that #IndianaJones and the Great Circle won several awards at the #DICEAwards: Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Story, and Outstanding Achievement in Character!
Our Co-founders Daryl Ogden ?? DICE and Mike Merrill ?? DICE caught up with Axel Torvenius and Jim Kjellin of MachineGames here to represent for their 6 #DICEAwards nominations! Good luck, friends!
This past December in Manhattan, our co-founder Daryl Ogden ?? DICE celebrated 10 years of remarkable global results with the Block by Block Foundation’s Board of Directors.? The board convened with key partners to advance the Foundation’s mission: combining robust community engagement with the genius of Minecraft game technology to reimagine urban public spaces. #minecraft #philanthropy #urbanspaces
As Tanya X. Short tells our own Daryl Ogden ?? DICE, despite being small in numbers, Kitfox Games not only self-publishes, but helps other small studios publish as well. How do they do it? Listen to the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gpY_3czm #gamedevelopment #videogames #selfpublishing