In the name of transparency, game developers and companies have recently committed to sharing their salaries. Alongside the rampant worker abuse allegations and anti-union sentiment of big companies like Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft, there have also been massive company-wide lay-offs from large companies, but I’ve got a feeling we’ll be covering more on that another day! Possibly today, we’ll see.

In addition to the salary reveals promoting transparency, they in my opinion, also highlight the vast wealth inequality between designers and CEOs. Essentially calling for reevaluation and discussion of why certain roles should or shouldn’t pay more than others.

The hashtag #GameDevPaidMe is currently trending on Twitter, mostly covering the pay developers and designers make per year of work. Below, you’ll find some from Christopher Giroir, a software engineer for Airbnb with 7 years of past experience at Activision Blizzard.

#GameDevPaidMe
Pre-Games
2007 – 65k First job
2012 – 95k

Blizzard
2012 – 65k Associate
2014 – 90k Mid
2015 – 115k Senior
2018 – 150k Senior II
+ Profit Sharing

Improbable
2019 – 170k Senior
2021 – 196k Principal
No bonuses

Post-Games
2021 – 250k Staff + Bonuses + RSUs

— Christopher Giroir (@kelsin5) December 5, 2021

From what I’ve seen so far in the hashtag section, most salaries in the late 2000s and early 2010s average around $25k to $45k a year. That’s around £18,850 to £33,930 for us limeys. It’s good that more recent salaries have been heading up to the hundreds of thousands, but most of the salaries are PEANUTS compared to the literal millions (and hundreds of millions in the case of Bobby Kotick) made by many CEOs who don’t always necessarily put in the same level of effort into a product.

While most companies are quite closed-off regarding publicizing employment salaries, Nintendo has been open with an annual report of it’s worker salaries that released last year, so gold star to comrade Nintendo for that!

In other news, SEGA has reportedly asked over 600 employees to retire, also cutting their salary recently, so in that sense, I guess SEGA really does what Nintendon’t!

I made a spreadsheet because I think there is important info other than Pay and Position. #gamedevpaidme

Fun Fact: 4 of these companies no longer exist. pic.twitter.com/eW3EeSqvce

— Tom Cassera (@Hildogen) July 29, 2021

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The studio behind Crash Bandicoot have posted positions on its career site

Toys for Bob, the studio most famous for the Skylanders franchise and rebooting the Crash Bandicoot trilogy, has recently posted job listings on its career site for a brand, new project.

There are no clear indications for what the new job positions will be working on, however, there are clear signs it will be a non-Call of Duty project.

Toys For Bob

If you were not aware, Toys For Bob recently transitioned into a support studio for Call of Duty, specifically for the massively successful free-to-play game Warzone. However, the positions listed on Toys For Bob’s career site does not list Call of Duty next to any of the positions listed, while other current jobs listed, and others in the past, tend to do so. The job listings simply have “Toys For Bob” next to their titles.

At the moment, the jobs listed that aren’t for Call of Duty are Senior Concept Artist, Environment Artist, and Network Software Engineer.

So what are Toys For Bob getting prepared to work on?

The studio is known for developing charming, whimsical AAA games and has been doing so since 1989. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time was the latest release in the Crash Bandicoot franchise and since the franchise is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year like most other PlayStation exclusives, could there be another game in the pipeline? Or maybe Toys For Bob have a brand new franchise in mind.

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The Finnish video development company is expanding its company to gain more Nordic talent

Remedy Entertainment, the Finnish video game developers that have brought us games such as Alan Wake, Control, Max Payne, and most recently CrossfireX, has announced it will be opening a new studio in Sweden.

Due to the global pandemic, a lot of video game developers have had to make drastic changes to maintain work and keep safe, and Remedy Entertainment was no exception in this. Now it is transferring its hybrid work model to its Swedish subsidiary.

Remedy Entertainment in Sweden

The video game developer announced on its website that the company has embraced a more hybrid model of working and that multiple Sweden–based senior game developers have joined the new studio working fully remotely from the “second-best Nordic country”. The developers have been led by Johnny Mang, the General Manager of the company’s Vanguard project since last year.

There were new job listings for Remedy Entertainment back in October, but the Finnish developer stated it is still looking to hire up to 25 developers in Sweden by the end of 2022. The company is planning to open a new workspace during the first half of 2022 for its Sweden-based developers so that they can meet together in the office when needed.

 

We understand that everyone is different, and has different needs, on different days. Some days are best spent focused, headphones on, working on something cool, whereas other days, such as when teams are working on planning, perhaps would benefit from in-person facetime. The hybrid model is about letting people choose the method that works best for them, on any given day.” – James Salt, Game Director.

 

Sweden is home to hundreds of video game companies as any enthusiastic gamer would know, so having Remedy Entertainment expand its offices to the likes of Stockholm is a great way of expanding the company. Remedy Entertainment recommends Sweden-based developers should keep an eye out for its Careers page to know when the company are hiring for its future projects.

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