As part of our continuing expansion of the Game Developers Conference State of the Industry report (download it for free here), we take a closer look at eSports. From the Capcom Cup's inclusion at the PlayStation Experience to League of Legends' impressive competitive viewership numbers, eSports are clearly a viable business. But for what sorts of companies are they viable? And for how long?
We combed through hundreds of anonymous responses from the more than 2,000 developers that answered the State of the Industry survey to give you a picture of what the game industry thinks of the business of eSports in 2016.
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Product Marketing Manager (Published Games), Digital Extremes
Location: Costa Mesa, California
As Product Marketing Manager you will be responsible for the inbound and outbound marketing activities for our published games. Your master craftsmanship of messaging and positioning …
The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!
Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.
Product Marketing Manager (Published Games), Digital Extremes
Location: Costa Mesa, California
As Product Marketing Manager you will be responsible for the inbound and outbound marketing activities for our published games. Your master craftsmanship of messaging and positioning …
The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!
Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now.
PlayStation Tools Programmer, Sony PlayStation
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Come join the award winning team at Sony Santa Monica Studio as a Tools Programmer!
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Film distributor A24’s next film is all about the danger of missionary work, especially when it involves being trapped by an evil mastermind in a deadly maze designed to test your faith. Heretic, a psychological-thriller directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as two Mormon missionaries who fall into the trap of Mr. Reed–played by Paddington 2’s Hugh Grant–a well-mannered man who forces the pair into a cat-and-mouse game designed to make them witness a “miracle”.
Heretic was first announced in June 2023, with details on the project being kept under wraps. Beck and Woods, who also wrote the script for this film, already had Grant locked in for the role of Mr. Reed, while Thatcher and East were cast shortly after. All three actors hav…