Hiring was down sharply this week in the social gaming space. At least according to data from LinkedIn and other sources. Eight companies hired just 12 new employees in total. Most of the activity was in the form of single hires, with only Zynga breaking the trend with a trio of new team members. This week’s highest profile move was Braden Moulton, who was RealNetwork’s director of business development, but left to take a position at 5th Planet Games as the chief business officer.

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5th Planet Games

• Braden Moulton, Chief Business Officer – One of this week’s highest profile moves is Moulton, who left his position as director of business development at RealNetworks to take on a new position at 5th Planet Games.

CrowdStar

• Kari Wolkwitz, Consultant – CrowdStar brings on a single new face this week. Wolkwitz was formerly a research analyst at the Nevada Institute for Children’s Research & Policy.

Gameloft

• Adi Pratomo, Project Manager - Gameloft brings on one new face and move up another employee this week. New hire Pratomo was formerly a consultant with Competitive Capabilities International.
• Dwi Antoko, Android HD + Quality Assurance - Antoko moves up from his previous position as massports quality assurance at Gameloft.

King.com

• Martin Evald, Game Developer – Evald moves from GJS Applications where he was a programmer and designer.

Lolapps

• Skyler Leigh, Software Engineer – Lolapps also adds a new face, bringing on Leigh from Google where he was a software engineering intern.

Nordeus

• Igor Stojković, Software Development Engineer - A single hire at Nordeus, who bring on Stojković from his position at Ascendant Technology where he was a consultant, portal and websphere commerce developer.

Vostu

• Vincent Iadevaia, Designer – Two new hires at Vostu. First up is Iadevaia who moves from The Barbarian Group, where he was a production artist.
• Daniela Álvarez, Community Analyst - Also joining is Álvarez, who comes from Círculo Huggies.

Zynga

• Colin Fogle, Quality Analyst - A trio of new hires at Zynga this week. First up is Fogle, who was formerly a quality analyst at Edge of Reality
• Vianney d’Hostel, Forum Moderator - d’Hostel also comes aboard, moving from the Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce where he was a manager assistant.
• Özgür Bayraktar, Community Specialist – Finally, Bayraktar who was a founding partner and director at Krombera.