Insomniac Games: A Great Place to Work
What’s one of the best video game companies to work for in California? Insomniac Games, according to this year’s Employers Group “California’s Best Places to Work” survey. In fact, according to this survey Insomniac is the only game company to make this year’s list. This is the eighth year in a row that Insomniac has landed on the list since 2005, named the fifth best place to work in the state. There are other companies on this list, of course, but who cares? They don’t make Ratchet & Clank or Resistance, after all.
As an Insomniac’s unique culture, the company will celebrate its 15th anniversary by treating employees and their significant others to an all-expenses paid cruise to the Bahamas. But beyond the cool benefits, royalty programs, catered lunches, and massage therapy, every employee in the company gets to have a say in the direction of the company. That kind of atmosphere is why its employees want to retire from there.
But don’t take my word for it - Scott Jones can give you a first-hand account of what it is like to work at Insomniac in his Intern For Day: Insomniac Games report.
So, you thought the PSP was dead, eh? Or at least living on borrowed time? Not so, says Sony, especially if its recently announced 2009 lineup is any indication. According to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Sony’s Little Handheld That Could will be chugging along uphill in 2009, as some of the most popular titles on its PlayStation 3 big brother get shrunken down for new PSP releases.
