Tombola launches game development academy
Wearside-based bingo operator teams up with Sunderland College to recruit graduate developers
Online bingo operator Tombola has announced it has hired its first in-take of graduates following the launch of its new games developer training academy.
The Tombola Academy has been launched in partnership with Sunderland College and will based out of its Wearside headquarters which is currently home to 200 employees.
And Tombola has revealed it has hired an initial group of 19 apprentices and graduates with the operator pledging to educate and train the new recruits in the art of online game design and development.
“We launched the Tombola Academy to nurture local talent and provide graduates and apprentices with the foundation for a career in the software industry at Tombola,” Phil Cronin, Tombola chief executive, said.
“We’re eager to find technology specialists and enthusiasts alike to work with us to originate new games and develop our overall online proposition,” he added.
In July, Tombola also unveiled a new rapid-play variant of its bingo product on all devices designed to appeal to customers on-the-go.
Pulse consists of nine quick-fire 36-ball games, each starting at staggered times with entries between 10p and £2, in order to significantly reduce player waiting times, which on other games can last for as long as four minutes.
Last year tombola placed number 35 in the eGaming Review Power 50 and also picked up the awards for social responsible and bingo operator of the year at the 2013 eGR Operator Awards.