Employment Trends in Animation and Related Fields

What does it take to get a job with Square Enix? What is it like working at Square Enix? ACR takes a look:

About Square Enix

Square Enix is famous for the legendary Space Invaders video game, which has been around for decades. This global interactive entertainment company develops, publishes, and distributes Square Enix, Eidos, and Taito branded entertainment content around the world. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan-based Square Enix Holdings Co., LTD. Square Enix Holdings has studios around the world from Japan to the U.S. to Denmark.

What does it take to get a job with Nintendo? What is it like working at Nintendo? ACR takes a look:

About Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was introduced in 1985. Within two years, NES had sold more than 60 million units. In 1989, the company introduced Game Boy, which has sold more than 150 million systems worldwide. According to the company website, Game Boy is the most successful video game system ever released. In the years following Game Boys introduction, Nintendo released Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1991, 49 million systems sold worldwide), Nintendo 64 (1996, millions sold worldwide), Game Boy Pocket (1996), Game Boy Advance, (2001), tens of millions of units sold), Nintendo GameCube (2011), Game Boy Advance (2003), Nintendo DS (2004), Nintendo DS Lite (2006), and Wii (2006). According to the Nintendo website, Wii is the best-selling latest generation console system in the world.

What does it take to get a job with Electronic Arts? What is it like working at Electronic Arts? ACR takes a look:

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (EA) is a California-based interactive entertainment software company that has been in the business since 1982. This global company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software for video game systems, wireless devices, personal computers, and the Internet. According to the company website, as of 2010, EA had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. Five titles sold more than five million copies and include FIFA 10, Madden NFL 10, Need for Speed SHIFT, The SIMS 3 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

What does it take to get a job with Pipeline Studios? What is it like working at Pipeline Studios ? ACR takes a look:

About Pipeline Studios

Pipeline Studios is a leading Canadian animation company. It provides 3D and 2D animation services for feature film, television, and entertainment industries around the world. In addition to 3D and 2D animation, the full list of services includes series, TV and film production, concept development, storyboarding, designing, compositing and digital effects, and digital matte painting.