mdshare Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Press Release Karlsruhe, February 18, 2009. All signs point toward growth: Gameforge, world-wide leading independent supplier of online games, is looking for 200 new employees for the areas of game development, graphics, support, quality management, product management, and online marketing. Unlike the traditional gaming industry, the young company remains unaffected by the financial crisis and will realize a turnover in the three-digit million range in 2009. In order to find qualified and creative heads, Gameforge has now started a number of comprehensive recruitment measures. Within the scope of promoting the young, Gameforge will also again award scholarships for the study of Computer Science/Game Development at SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg. The recruiting activities will be started off by the participation in the talent fair 'Making Games Talents', which is also supported by Gameforge as main sponsor. The event takes place from March 7-8 within the scope of the 'Olymptronica' video game convention in Frankfurt, Germany. Newcomers will have the opportunity here to contact the gaming industry directly and get information on universities specializing in game design and development. Over the course of the year, Gameforge will be involved in further business contact fairs as well as offer own recruiting events. For more information on the advertised vacancies please refer to the Internet at www.gameforge.de/jobs. Klaas Kersting: "We will significantly expand our recruiting activities this year. The economic success of our company is enabled solely by our qualified team. So Gameforge is constantly on the lookout for talented new people and employees who enjoy making progress together with us. The jobs are not limited to the Karlsruhe location though. As a modern Internet company, we also offer many options to external employees." In the course of promoting new people, Gameforge also continues the cooperation with SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg and again awards several scholarships for computer science/game development ? this time for the winter term 2009/2010. In doing so, Gameforge covers the tuition for the most talented students for the three-year study and also offers the scholarship holders the opportunity to complete the practical tri-semester at Gameforge. Interested high-school graduates and students can send their application documents to [email protected]. Please refer to http://web.fh-heidelberg.de/de/fh-heidelberg/4724.html for additional information on the course of studies and scholarships. Prof. Dr. Tobias Breiner, chair of the game development branch at SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg, says: "The gaming industry is rapidly gaining ground. With our focus on game development we want to purposely take countermeasures for the lack of specialists in this sector. So scholarships also include clear practical references." Gameforge CTO Alexander R?sner explains: "We are aware of the role model function we hold due to our market leadership. We therefore consider it to be our duty to also look after the new generation in game development." With a growth rate of 350 percent, Gameforge offers any number of exciting prospects for the coming years. Last year, the successful company model of Gameforge gained important economic awards such as 'Technology Pioneer 2009', 'Red Herring 100 Europe', 'Deloitte Technology Almost 50 Rising Stars', and has been appointed 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2008'. About Gameforge: Gameforge is the largest independent supplier of browser- and client-based MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games) worldwide. The company offers more than 12 games in over 50 languages. More than 65 million players have already registered for Gameforge games, and more than 15 million people actively play the company?s online titles. OGame, a strategic space simulation game with thousands of players across the world, is one of the best known browser-based MMOGs from the Karlsruhe gaming specialist. In addition, Gameforge offers a catalogue of top titles such as Ikariam, Legend Online, WarpFire, Gladiatus and BiteFight to the rapidly growing market of browser-based games. The company also publishes client-based online titles such as the action-oriented Metin2, Europe's biggest MMOG. Klaas Kersting and Alexander Roesner established Gameforge in December 2003. The investment firm Accel Partners has claimed a share in the company since August 2007. In 2008 Gameforge was awarded 'Red Herring 100 Europe', 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2008' and 'Technology Fast 50 Rising Stars'. Gameforge was selected 'Technology Pioneer 2009' by the World Economic Forum. More information about Gameforge is available at www.gameforge.de. Press contact Gameforge AG Brigitte Koetting Phone: +49 721 354 808-216 [email protected] Quote
Lithium Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Gameforge looking for 200 new employees too bad that those are pretty much unreadable! ehehe "ich sprechen nicht deutsch!" Quote
mdshare Posted March 23, 2009 Author Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Gameforge looking for 200 new employees The jobs are not limited to the Karlsruhe location though. As a modern Internet company, we also offer many options to external employees." There are already paid employees outside Germany without German language knowledge. Quote
Lithium Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Gameforge looking for 200 new employees i went there and the job openeings point to a german speaking... i got myself looking at it and wondering if they were calling names or something hehe. i only know 2 or 3 words on german so i can't really read it :| Quote
Cronus Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Gameforge looking for 200 new employees If it wasn't for them wanting me to move to germany, I would completely try for a job, as I have too much free time and not enough money. But I am already studying computer science here in Ohio, and moving to Germany is completely not possible. :| Most of the things people do here on ce are self-taught and self-owned so it doesn't really count for much in the job world(as I have found out). So even if myself, or a few others here that just run games, there would be almost slim to no chance to take a spot. Quote
ChenZen Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Re: Gameforge looking for 200 new employees You don't have to move to Germany, Gameforge has also an office in San Francisco.Maybe you can get the job in USA Quote
Cronus Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Re: Gameforge looking for 200 new employees San Francisco is still across the country for me, and I'm enrolled at school here so it would be very hard to do so. Quote
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