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Indeed: How demand for game jobs has changed in 5 years

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Demand for augmented reality and virtual reality jobs skyrocketed in the games industry in the past five years, but that growth has tapered off as consumer demand for those new technologies has been weaker than expected, according to a study by job site Indeed.

Indeed is one of the largest job web sites in the world, and it has turned its attention once again to its data related to job postings in the game industry and search queries by job seekers. (See the original data from our 2017 story, “Where in the world are the game jobs?” and another one from last year.)

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.