God Speed!

Recent proceedings at Vigil & Relic have been well documented, and things such as this are never easy. Both companies have lost some serious talent, talent that others will benefit from.

So, in an attempt to aid those needing to find a new place, I thought I’d compile what I’ve found out there, from recruiters to people directly at companies.

Most of the information below was gathered from www.polycount.com (awesome site for artists), the rest was from linkedin & twitter.

I’m going to add to this page, as anything new comes up. Good luck everyone.

>> Vigil Games Work Fair <<

Vigil Games is planning a work fair in Austin for those affected, hopefully this will help you meet with people face to face.

When is it?

Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Where is it?

River Place Country Club : 4207 River Place Blvd. Austin, Texas 78730

Link to the event: Vigil Games Work Fair

 

RECRUITERS

 

Person	Company	Email / Link / Twitter Name
Michelle Gallego	Activision	@gallego115
Lucy Philips	Datascope	lucy@datascope.co.uk
Christina Nichols	Vicarious Visions	cnichols@vvisions.com
Sharon Allen		sallen100@austin.rr.com
Andy Cheren	Digital Artist Management	andy@damagents.com
Michael Maxfield	EA	mmaxfield@ea.com
Michelle Rawicz	EA	mrawicz@ea.com
Michael Nichols	THQ	Michael.nichols@thq.com
Aaran Pate	Timegate	pateaa@timegate.com
Elena-Veronica Popescu	Ubisoft	elena-veronica.popescu@ubisoft.com
Karl Teasdale	Ubisoft	karl.teasdale@ubisoft.com
Heather Holmes	Ubisoft	@hholmes79
Andrew Wilson	Ubisoft	@h1lson
Louise Selfe	Gravity	louise@gravityrecruitment.com
Lindsey Raye	Big Huge Games / 38 Studios	http://www.facebook.com/superflylinz

 

PEOPLE

 

This is some of the direct people who’ve put their names forward as potential leads to new things:

 

Person	Company	Email / Link / Twitter Name
Adam Bromell	Ubisoft	adam.bromell@ubisoft.com
Bradley Kachel	Ubisoft	Bradley.kachel@ubisoft.com
Lenny Grossi	Blizzard	lgrossi@blizzard.com
Robert Bowling	Ex-Infinity Ward	@fourzerotwo
Si Donbavand	Evolution Studios	si_donbavand@scee.net
Brandon Boldenow	Backflip Studios	bboldenow@backflipstudios.com
Howard Tang	Sony Santa Monica	htang57@gmail.com
Jonathan Hawkings	Sony Santa Monica	jonathan_hawkins@playstation.sony.com

 

COMPANIES

 

Company	Link
Activision
Riot Games	http://www.riotgames.com/careers/job-openings-0
High Moon Studios	http://activision.taleo.net/careersection/00003/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en&portal=8160110982     Andrew Zaferakis
Insomniac	http://www.insomniacgames.com/careers/job-openings/
Kingsisle	http://www.kingsisle.com/jobs
Irrational	http://irrationalgames.com/studio/careers-at-irrational/
Rockstar	https://www.rockstargames.com/jobs
Blizzard	http://jobs.blizzard.com
Sony Santa Monica	SonySMRecruiting@playstation.sony.com
Bungie	http://www.bungie.net/Inside/aboutus.aspx
343 Industries	http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/343-Industries-Jobs/190537/?utm_source=jobfair&utm_campaign=343
Ready at Dawn	http://www.readyatdawn.com/jobs.php
SpaceTime Studios	http://www.spacetimestudios.com/content.php?119-Jobs
Timegate Studios	http://timegatestudios.catsone.com/careers/
Spark Unlimited	http://www.sparkunlimited.com/jobs_currentjobs.html
Moonspider	http://www.moonspiderstudio.com/
Neversoft	http://www.neversoft.com/hiring.html
Petroglyph	http://petroglyphgames.com/careers
Naughty Dog	jobs@naughtydog.com
Illfonic	jobs@illfonic.com
Epic	jobs@epicgames.com
Guerrilla Games	http://www.guerrilla-games.com/jobs
Creative Assembly	http://www.creative-assembly.com/jobs/
Sucker Punch	http://www.suckerpunch.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=91
PopCap	http://www.popcap.com/job-opportunities
5th Cell	http://www.5thcell.com/jobs/
Harmonix	http://www.harmonixmusic.com/jobs
Junction Point	http://www.disneycareers.com/en/search-jobs/advanced-search/
Zenimax	http://jobs.zenimax.com/
Crystal Dynamics	http://crystald.com/en/jobs.html
Bioware	http://www.bioware.com/careers
Capcom	https://uscareers-capcom.icims.com/jobs/intro?hashed=0
Respawn Entertainment	http://www.respawn.com/careers/
Lucasarts	https://www.lucasfilm.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.searchJobs

Taking More Than 9 Shots

Recently I spent some time over with the chaps at Game Informer, you know, that small gaming magazine. While there, I did a Replay episode with Phil and the gang for 50 Cent: Bulletproof.

Replay: 50 Cent Bulletproof Article

I originally turned down the chance to do commentary on the game, but I changed my mind after thinking about it. Well, it may have been either guilt, or Phil Kollar’s silky tones that titled my judgment…I forget. Anyways, it was  a fun exercise in facing one’s dark past.

I also got the chance to choose a secondary game from their awesome game vault collection (believe me, it’s an impressive place). I did want to play Maximum Carnage, but after trying the cartridge, we found that it didn’t work; fail! Skipping that, we decided to go with the follow-up to that game; Separation Anxiety (snes) in which, Spidey and Venom team up to beat Carnage’s group of cronies. It’s not as good as MC, but it was fun to look back at a project, on which, I still dabbled in doing art! Yes, I’ve also worked as an artist on games too.

It felt like I took more than 9 shots in this interview, but it was all in the name of fun. Enjoy.