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Sam Cooper shared thisWe are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Director of Product to be a key part of the leadership team on our exciting next project. Great opportunity to be part of something cool, details below:Sam Cooper shared thisNaturalMotion Games ARE HIRING for a SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT for our London Studio! We are looking for an exceptional Senior Director of Product to join our studio to drive our next project's product vision and strategy. This person will have expertise in mobile free-to-play games, business acumen, and critical thinking to build and evolve immersive experiences to keep players engaged. 💫Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e6dMPKgp #directorofproduct #londonjobs #hiring #productmanagement #directorproductmanagement #zynga #naturalmotion #gamingjobs #gaming #bestplacestowork #londonhybrid
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Sam Cooper shared thisWe are hiring for a Director of Product to join the team - really great opportunity, we are working on some cool stuff!Sam Cooper shared thisWe are HIRING for a DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT for our London Studio. ✨💫 We are looking for an exceptional Director of Product to join our studio and help drive our next project's product vision and strategy. This person will have expertise in mobile free-to-play games, business acumen, and critical thinking to build and evolve immersive experiences to keep players engaged. 💫Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eUd5aDS8 💫 #directorofproduct #londonjobs #hiring #productmanagement #directorproductmanagement #zynga #naturalmotion #gamingjobs #gaming #bestplacestowork #londonhybrid
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Sam Cooper shared thisWell done to everyone involved in bringing this to life - very proud to be nominated and receive a Silver Award last night from the prestigious The Clios for part of our launch campaign for Star Wars: Hunters earlier this year. Great work Kevin Flynn Jamie Conners Ben Good Sam Fry Dominic Estephane Rich Kemp and many more!Sam Cooper shared thisDelighted that our Star Wars: Hunters launch campaign received Silver at the Clios Entertainment Awards last night. It was an absolute joy to work on and fantastic to see it recognised. Congratulations to the whole team involved in bringing it to life (HT to Diva Agency, Publicis Media, Global Street Art, Overall Murals, ENERGY.)
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Sam Cooper shared thisCongratulations to everyone on the Hunters team, exciting to be nominated for this and make sure to get your votes in!Sam Cooper shared thisStar Wars: Hunters has been nominated for the 'Still Playing Award - Mobile' category at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024. The winners will be revealed globally on all major streaming platforms on Thursday November 21 2024. Voting is live now - https://lnkd.in/dWJ6CHy #games #gaming #starwars #starwarshunters #goldenjoystick #goldenjoystickaward #awards #vote
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Sam Cooper reposted thisSam Cooper reposted thisWe’re incredibly excited to share that we have been nominated for three categories at the 2024 Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards! Star Wars™: Hunters has been nominated for the ‘Game of the Year’ and the ‘People's Choice’ awards. NaturalMotion Games has been nominated for the ‘Best Developer’ award. Voting closes 22nd July: -Game of the Year: https://lnkd.in/eewRs-49 -People's Choice Award: https://lnkd.in/dxCtZsKU -Best Developer: https://lnkd.in/eekkPvSq #pocketgamer #pocketgamerawards #pocketgamerawards2024 #naturalmotion #starwarshunters
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Sam Cooper shared thisEarlier this week, we released Star Wars: Hunters on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch to players around the world. Congratulations to everyone at NaturalMotion Games, Zynga and our great partners at Lucasfilm, who have all been a key part of developing and bringing this fun game experience to life! Im proud of everyone involved and the great reception we are seeing from players - and we have lots more exciting stuff to come! You can download it now for FREE! #starwars #mobilegames #nintendoStar Wars: Hunters | Official Launch Gameplay TrailerStar Wars: Hunters | Official Launch Gameplay Trailer
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Sam Cooper shared thisWas sad to hear the EA news last night about Apex and Battlefield Mobile. For anyone looking for their next career move in gaming, we have a range of great roles open across Zynga. Specifically on the Star Wars: Hunters team, we are looking for great Product and Design candidates at all levels, to be part of our first ever cross platform franchise for the company. Please share with anyone in your network who is looking for their next opportunity. DM me if you are interested, and I can point you in the right direction or chat more about the roles. #hiring #gamingjobs #starwars #jobalert #productmanagerjobs #gamedesign https://lnkd.in/e9PbCyvS
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked thisAlways a great moment to see you and your teams name in the Call of Duty credits! It was a very busy summer ! #hellospark #MW4 #callofduty #XBOXgames
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked this#BrainyFredTeam 👨🏻💼 Meet Ken Shuck, Strategic Advisor at BrainyFred, a kids’ mobile RPG for social-emotional learning and mental health. For more than 20 years, Ken has helped turn ambitious game ideas into global, long-running products. His career spans senior roles at Electronic Arts, BioWare, Mythic Entertainment, and Zynga, bringing together creative production, technology, operations, finance, and the people behind the games. As Senior Vice President at Zynga, he oversaw more than 700 people across studios in the UK, Turkey, and India. His portfolio included titles such as Merge Dragons!, FarmVille 3, and CSR 2, alongside cross-platform projects including Star Wars: Hunters. At Electronic Arts, he served as COO and Head of Production at Red Crow Studio, the one behind The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Ken’s connection to BrainyFred goes beyond his professional experience. As a father of seven, he has seen firsthand how growing up has changed and the challenges children face today. That perspective makes our mission particularly meaningful to him. At BrainyFred, Ken brings a practical understanding of what it takes to navigate the complexities of making a game while protecting its creative vision. For him, this is an opportunity to help create something that matters to children and their families. “I really like the idea of a game world that can benefit a child’s well-being and hopefully strengthen the connection between them and their parents.” 👉🏻 Read about Ken on page 43 of the print edition of BrainyFerrets Magazine, available online: https://lnkd.in/dDnbQDxs
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Sam Cooper liked thisEnd of an Era Congratulations to all the teams, internal and external, who brought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to this day - from the studios and publishing teams to the agencies and creative partners. Having been part of every premium Call of Duty game launch, it was a unique privilege to experience this final title I worked on from two perspectives: on the inside during early planning and development, and from the outside, watching it reach players around the world. I couldn’t be prouder of the people behind it. It feels almost poignant that as the Modern Warfare series reaches its close, so does my own era at Activision. Over two decades, I had the extraordinary fortune of sitting front row as interactive entertainment transformed - from the rise of Call of Duty, to the music gaming phenomenon of Guitar Hero, the magic of Skylanders bringing toys to life, and SO much more. We’re at another transformational moment, with technology opening doors to possibilities we have yet to imagine. What looks like the end of the caterpillar is really the beginning of the butterfly. Did the caterpillar dream it would one day fly? I’m excited for the next wave of dreamers and creators in gaming. I’m equally excited for the blank page in front of me and the opportunity I’ve had to sketch what comes next. More to share when the time is right. For now, I’m grateful for the extraordinary journey and the people who made it what it was. #Gaming #Activision #CallofDuty
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked thisSUPER proud to celebrate the launch of my 11th Call of Duty game! Massive congratulations to the team at IW, all the support studios and publishing for making this such a success!
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked thisWhen I posted about my retirement 5 weeks ago, I mentioned that I would jump back on LinkedIn and share what I decided to do with myself post T2/Zynga as I figured it out. Well, I have signed up for my first gig and am excited to share that I have joined BrainyFred as a Strategic Advisor! Sergii Rybak and the talented team that he has assembled shared with me their vision to develop an engaging game that would support children's social-emotional learning, provide parents with more insights into their children's feelings and challenges, and ultimately build stronger relationships between children and parents. As a parent of 7 children and a a game maker, their mission and passion for making it a reality completely resonated with me. I'm looking forward to supporting the team in the development and live operations of this amazing game and getting it into the hands of children to experience!
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked thisProud of our team and this awesomesauce collab with Capcom!! Its great to have a clash of the competitive titans with Apex Legends + Street Fighter coming together for this event. The Apex Legends team at Respawn Entertainment continues to grow as we are passionately committed to delivering the best experience for our players...and also helping to shape what is next for the future of our franchise!:) 🕹 Check out the open roles here: https://lnkd.in/gYTSNSih
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked thisHey everyone, I just wanted to share that I have recently made the decision to retire from Zynga/Take Two. I feel incredibly lucky to have worked at two of the best game companies in the world over my 20+ year career in the industry (EA and Zynga/Take Two) and to have worked with so many talented and passionate co-workers. Their camaraderie and support has definitely sustained me through all of the ups and downs that you inevitably will have in the pursuit of making great games. I wish I could thank you all personally, but there are just too many. From the beginning, I have been blessed with the best mentors that I could have asked for….each of them taught me different things along the way that have helped me be successful. I am forever grateful to Steven Chiang and Philip Holt from my EA Tiburon days, Rob Denton at Mythic/EA, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk at Bioware, and last but certainly not least Frank Gibeau and Matthew Bromberg at EA and Zynga. The question that I have heard the most over the past few weeks has been “So what are you going to do next?”. In honesty, I have no idea. I have been working for 35+ years straight at this point (game development was actually my 2nd career) so it’s a bit surreal and exciting to have this much space to contemplate. I have considered a whole lot of ideas from taking up my hobbies full-time and driving my wife and kids insane with all of my free time to finding another job in the game industry. Somewhere in the middle sits the possibilities of doing some sort of part-time consulting or fractional COO work. I would also love to advise and support early stage/startup game companies in some way and share any of my experience and knowledge that could help put them on the path to success. When I figure out the answer, maybe I will come back here and let you know. In the meantime, thanks again to everyone who has been part of the adventure! Picture of my wife and I celebrating retirement with a recent trip to Italy that we have always wanted to make....
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Sam Cooper liked thisSam Cooper liked thisA few years ago, we created 2K Sports Lab, a project with great ambitions to explore what’s next in sports gaming. Today, we are officially unveiling what that project has become: Small Axe Studios, our newest AAA development studio, based in Vancouver. Led by Aaron McHardy, Small Axe Studios will endeavor to build 2K’s next blockbuster sports franchise. The studio combines the passion of a startup with the scale of 2K to redefine the future of sports video games. By leveraging our proven expertise with AAA franchises like NBA 2K, WWE 2K and PGA TOUR 2K, Small Axe Studios has the ultimate foundation and long-term commitment to do just that. The team we’ve assembled hold an immovable belief in the power of the collective, have an unmatched passion for sport, and the hunger to take on the industry’s boldest challenges. To get involved, check out our open roles on 2K's careers' page.
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