In this round-up, we highlight some of the notable jobs posted in big sister site Gamasutra's industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from Activision, Ubisoft and more.

Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly.

It will also be cross-posted for free across its network of submarket sites, which includes content sites focused on online worlds, cellphone games, 'serious games', independent games and more.

Some of the notable jobs posted in each market area this week include:

Online game publisher Trion World Network is collaborating with Universe at War developer Petroglyph on an upcoming unnamed MMORTS, the companies announced today.

The deal marks the first time that Trion will be working with a third-party on its Trion Platform. Trion, which did not reveal a release date for the game, will publish the MMORTS on a global basis.

Trion CEO Lars Buttler claimed that Petroglyph's upcoming game will be the "world's first truly high-end MMORTS." Trion has yet to launch a game, but the privately-held firm has raised $100 million in funding and recently struck a deal with the Sci-Fi Channel. The firm has also been hiring top-level execs in recent months.

Trion's specialty is creating server-based, live programming-driven games.

The Trion deal is Petroglyph's latest move into new areas in online gaming. In December, Las Vegas-based studio revealed Mytheon, an online action strategy game due in the fall that will implement a free-to-play, microtransactions-based business model.

Trion's Petroglyph partnership emerges just days after Trion president and co-founder Jon Van Caneghem "transitioned out" of the company.

[The preceding article by Kris Graft also appeared on Worlds in Motion sister site Gamasutra.]

Some recent announcements from MMO publisher Aeria Games:

- The publisher is to launch the MMORPG it recently acquired from nDoors, Luminary: Rise of the Goonzu, by the end of the month.

- The closed beta for Twelve Sky 2—the sequel to Aeria Games' currently available MMORPG Twelve Sky—is similarly to launch by the end of the month.

- It has acquired the rights to publish MMORPG DragonSky in North America from SonoV Entertainment, a developer best known for the MMORPG Shaiya (also published by Aeria Games). Applications to take part in the undated closed beta are now available.

MMO portal MMOABC has announced that Ultimate Soccer Boss, its MMO soccer management title has been publically launched in North America.

The title is a free-to-play, browser-based football management title powered by Digenetics technology, which allows players and clubs to evolve over time, affected by variables such as number of plays, training matches, and club management.

The most recent updates to the title during its beta have included new payment options, evolving player traits, tactics, game flow, shop items, commerce system, and stadium upgrades, and future updates to the live game are to include game play animation, game flow overlay, player evolution charts, club statistics, game music, and an updated friendship invitation system.

“The closed and open beta events were a major milestone and success for all partners involved in Ultimate Soccer Boss,” said MMOABC CEO Andy Tong. “Many critical features have been refined since open beta and we believe that thousands of both current and new managers will enjoy these updated features.”

MMO publisher OGPlanet has announced that its game cards are now available at 7-Eleven stores.

OGPlanet game cards can be redeemed online for Astros, the virtual currency used across all of OGPlanet's massively multiplayer online games.

In addition, the company has also announced that it has released two new maps for La Tale, its massively multiplayer online side-scroller: Owl Castle and Saurus Fields.

"Partnering with 7-Eleven makes it even easier for players to get enough Astros to buy their favorite in-game items. Now when you run down to your local 7-Eleven for nachos and a drink, you can stock up on OGPlanet Astros while you're there," said Don Choi, COO of OGPlanet. "By offering these cards, 7-Eleven stores bring tremendous distribution and support for online gaming, which is a fast-growing segment of prepaid services."

German MMO publisher Cooee has announced the launch of a North American open beta for its 3D chat world Club Cooee.

Apparently an "OnHollywood 100" winner and "Red Herring 100 Global" finalist, the title requires the download of a client, after which players can customize an avatar, chat with other users and decorate their own virtual space, which also allows them to embed music, pictures, video and links to websites.

In addition, browser game portal Bigpoint has partnered with the publisher to allow its user exclusive features such as a user specific news service and Bigpoint-related virtual items.

"Club Cooee transfers all the possibilities of classical instant messaging into a lively and fascinating 3D online world running right on the user's desktop," said a representative. "The customizable avatar not only enables users to chat with friends just like in any normal messenger, it also gives you the possibility to make new friends in Club Cooee and express your feelings with a multitude of animations like dancing, cheering or waving."

San Jose-based online game publisher, OnNet USA (which runs the MMO portal GamesCampus) has announced that its licensed baseball title, MLB Dugout Heroes, has officially launched, with a new item mall available for microtransaction purchases.

In the item mall players can purchase items such as Power Grips, Batter/Pitcher slots, Team Name Changers and Coaches' Advice, and GamesCampus is to give away millions of bonus "Nuts", MLB Dugout Heroes' in-game currency, to those who purchase their microtransaction currency Campus Credits.

MLB Dugout Heroes is also launching an affiliate marketing program through Sharesale, where GamesCampus will accept affiliate partner applications from sports content-driven websites, blogs and online stores. Once approved, GamesCampus affiliates can begin earning commission payments from their websites.

In other news, OnNet USA has announced that it has launched a second closed beta for its pool simulation MMO Cue Online, and that it has launched a new Player vs. Player test server for its MMORPG Asda Story.

New York-based Rebel Monkey has announced that its browser-based casual MMO CampFu has reached over 100,000 registered users since its launch in February.

Announced demographics include that users come from 110 countries worldwide, and spend on average over 60 minutes playing games and socializing on the site per session.

To commemorate the 100,000 user milestone, Rebel Monkey is to launch new parts of the CampFu CampGround and a full site re-design, with more co-op games, social networking features and ways to customize avatars and cabins to come "later this spring."

"CampFu is a fun and fresh online hang-out that is different from anything else out on the market,” said Margaret Wallace, CEO of Rebel Monkey. "Players have really responded to the look of our avatars and that you can actually use your avatars inside of the games in real-time – unlike a lot of online multiplayer sites out there where avatars are usually relegated to the sidelines.”

MMO publisher Ntreev USA has announced that it has re-launched Pangya, the online casual golf game, in North America.

Previously known as Albatross18 in North America, the new beta for Pangya includes the content from "Season 3", a newer version of the game than was previously available, and Ntreev USA have stated that Season 4 is to be launched "before summer" featuring new characters, locations and customization features.

Members who previously had accounts for Albatross18 are to be able to transfer their accounts over to Pangya, and all accounts setup during this beta phase are to transfer over when the game launches commercially in May.

"Pangya has enjoyed worldwide success and popularity, including its tremendous mainstream popularity in the U.S. market," said Chris Lee, CEO at Ntreev USA. "Pangya offers a unique golf experience that is easy to pick-up-and-play, and appeals to a wide variety of skilled and casual players alike. We are excited that we could bring it back to the North American players who love it."

Sulake, developer of the successful younger teen-oriented virtual world Habbo Hotel, recently launched Bobba, a virtual world for smartphones.

But Sulake is not stopping there – speaking to Gamasutra, Sampo Karjalainen, Sulake co-founder and CCO mentioned that “We’re working on an iPhone version that should come out hopefully this summer,” which was recently hinted at - but the company will also bring the virtual world to PC.

Bobba targets an older demographic than Habbo’s 13-16 year old main demographic. The virtual world, which is similar in concept to Habbo, currently runs on certain Nokia smartphones, and aims for a demographic of age 16 and older, providing a place where users can meet, date, party, work together, and otherwise network socially.

Users can create their own spaces, providing “a few more possibilities than Habbo,” for building and customization.

In this round-up, we highlight some of the notable jobs posted in big sister site Gamasutra's industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from Raven Software, Infinity Ward and more.

Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly.

It will also be cross-posted for free across its network of submarket sites, which includes content sites focused on online worlds, cellphone games, 'serious games', independent games and more.

Some of the notable jobs posted in each market area this week include: