What is the average salary of game developers in the market, how many of them are women, does higher education affect wages — these and many other questions are answered by a new salary study from Talents In Games and App2Top.ru .

Another wave of cuts in Activision Blizzard. On Tuesday, the company announced the dismissal of 50 employees involved in organizing esports tournaments and other offline events for Overwatch and Call of Duty. But journalist Jason Schreier talked to his own sources and said — in fact, there may be much more dismissed.

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO) has approached Activision Blizzard with a proposal to increase inclusivity and interview at least one representative of racial minorities for each vacancy. The company called such an initiative unworkable.The essence of the AFL-CIO’s proposal is to include non-white citizens and women with relevant experience in the list of candidates for open vacancies.

In honor of the successful 2020, Riot Games decided to reward its employees. The company will give all official employees an Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch console to choose from. And she will also transfer them a one-time bonus of at least 10% of their salary.

Recruiters of gaming companies 4Friends, 101XP and Chillgaming — with the support of the Odnoklassniki social network – told about possible ways to get into gamedev.

For 10 years in the industry, Supergiant Games has become one of the most notable indie studios. Competent management helps the company to stay afloat and develop games like Bastion and Hades. Management does not force employees to overwork, but at the same time forces all team members to take regular vacations.Supergiant shared her principles in an interview with Kotaku, which was published last year.

Electronic Arts has released a report on the company’s internal processes. Among other things, EA talked about the publisher’s annual revenue, employee benefits, recruitment, and her understanding of the gaming audience.

At the end of the year we — App2Top.ru and Talents In Games — we conduct a large-scale salary study of the Russian-speaking gaming industry. We invite you to take part in it.

In 2020, the gaming company Playgendary implemented an original HR initiative. The company has divided the HR department into small HR departments. Everyone is self—sufficient and works exclusively with their own business unit. Playgendary shared her new experience in an interview with App2Top.ru .

Alibaba Group declined to name the positions because they negatively affect internal communication and initiative within the company. They were replaced with so-called “functions”.In Russia, Cainiao Network, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, joined this experiment.

You can find out what challenges a game producer should be ready for from the Pixonic test assignment published today. The document was published on Facebook Maxim Fomichev, who heads the War Robots project in the studio.

Last week, the award for gaming HR specialists “Game Dev HR Awards” was held. At it, the participants of the event — various gaming companies — told and defended the HR projects that they had implemented.

The online event “Gamedev HR Awards 2020” will take place tomorrow at 12.00. It is dedicated to achievements in the field of personnel management in the gaming industry. The participants of the event will present and defend their implemented HR projects.

The HR Awards Game Show will be held in September. This is a competition for HR projects in the gaming industry. Applications are being accepted for it now.

A table in which Blizzard employees shared their salaries was publicly available. Now the document contains information about almost 400 specialists.

Has the amount of work increased during self-isolation? Do employees want to return to the office after the pandemic? How has remote work affected efficiency? These and other questions are answered by the results of a study that was jointly conducted App2Top.ru and the job search and recruitment service Talents In Games.

The second “Gamedev HR Awards” has been announced. This is an annual award dedicated to game recruiting and working with people in the industry. As a year earlier, it is conducted by the recruiting platform and the agency Talents In Games.

The other day, an intra-corporate event started at MYTONA for the second time. It’s called MYTONA Heroes. In it, the participants set themselves a goal that they have long dreamed of achieving, and after seven weeks they achieve it. In your column on App2Top.ru the company told how and why it was held for the first time a year earlier.

Today, from 11.00 to 19.30, a conference is being held on the WN Hub platform, which is dedicated to working with personnel. At it, experts from Banzai, Larian, Belka Games and other companies talk about various aspects of HR work.