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Services News Testronic gets new game sales exec Game QA specialist Testronic has welcomed Tulay Tetiker to the firm, who joins as new games sales executive. Tetiker will be responsible for driving sales in games QA and localisation, helping Testronic in its quest to become ‘the go-to point’ for game testing worldwide. David Hooker, senior VP of sales and marketing for Testronic Labs, said: “Tulay is an invaluable addition to our sales team. She combines exceptional multinational games expertise with excellent communication and management skills, all of which are required to ensure that new projects get off to the best possible start. We are continuing to grow our games testing at an exceptionally fast rate and Tulay will help maintain the momentum.” “Joining Testronic Labs is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a global player in the field of quality assurance,” said Tetiker. “I am looking forward to working with some of the biggest names in the industry and to share our services as the perfect choice for our clients.” www.testroniclabs.com ANIMAZOO LAUNCHES NEW MOCAP SYSTEM Brighton-based mocap company Animazoo has launched a new product, the IGS-190H, which combines their powerful IGS190M system with a new Ultrasonic system, ExacTrax, and the Animazoo Jump Injector, a suite of patentpending editing and auto cleaning tools. The company claims that the Jump Injector can perform 80 per cent of post-processing and cleaning in a point and click environment. The new system has recently been tested in a shoot of capoeira performers, something that’s notoriously difficult to mocap because of the high speed motion in the air during jumps. It was the first time an inertial gyroscopic system had been used to capture capoeira, and resulted in 200 moves and 1,500 in-game shots captured in just two days. “The IGS-190H is the next generation for motion capture,” said Ali Kord, founder and Chief Technology Officer of Animazoo. “Users will notice the step change in the quality of their data, even in challenging scenarios such as fast-paced action or movement off the ground. Not only is the data more accurate, it is also more lifelike, we’ve added extra sensors as well as our most advanced software yet.” www.animazoo.com SPECIALMOVE APPOINTS NEW PROGRAMMING EXECUTIVE Games industry recruitment consultant Specialmove has itself recruited New Zealander Grant Mark (pictured) as its recruitment executive for programming. Previously a programmer himself, Mark has been involved in the development of internap proprietary technology, tools and pipelines on multiple consoles and for a PC casual downloadable game framework. His most recent title was Speed Racer on the Wii, and has also worked on Jackass for the PSP and PlayStation 2. Also moving up the ladder is Matthew Hill, who has been promoted to head of recruitment at the Glasgow-based agency. He joined in 2006, after ten years within the industry, and has already secured big accounts such as Sega, THQ and Gamestation in his short time at the company. Andy Campbell, Specialmove’s chief executive officer, commented: “Specialmove was established in 2005 to offer the highest level of recruitment services available on the market. Our aim was to deliver quality candidates who match the exact needs of our clients. We do this by using our industry experience and investing time in gaining greater insight into the clients business and by not falling into the bad habits of other recruiters. I am delighted that our approach has been so successful and the business has continued to grow. The assembled team at Specialmove now has 40 years combined experience of actually working within developers, publishers and retailers. This gives us a unique position in the marketplace which we are set to continue to expand upon.” www.specialmove.com 76 | JUNE 2008
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