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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 August

15:13 Kwari launches ?anti-social FPS? 3

15:01 Telco buys Viva

14:38 Havok toasts physics-heavy Wii title

14:14 GameHi labs to use Touchdown's SDK

14:02 IGF launches mobile event

30 August

14:28 Lyon GDC puts out call for papers

12:24 Gamefest 2007 videos now online 2

11:59 Indie MMO Conference speakers announced

11:17 Ukrainian casual games event unveiled

11:05 Revenues rise for 10tacle

10:50 Frogames readies CS: Warriors and Commoners

10:29 Game Connection Europe early bird deadline looms

29 August

12:29 Virtual Worlds Forum plans confirmed 3

11:50 Epic?s Rein praises success of Unreal-powered Bioshock 27

11:30 N-Gage will 'build a new industry' for developers and publishers 2

11:23 PathEngine upgraded to version 5.11

10:41 Source licensed by ACE Team

10:18 D2C Games gets $6m cash boost

28 August

15:41 Creative Assembly Australia picks Parabuild

15:25 One week until GameHorizon's All Stars event

15:12 N-Gage set to Crash 1

14:32 PopCap reveals latest research

14:29 Red Mile to acquire IR Gurus

27 August

15:46 Toronto Independent Games Conference moves to 2008

15:27 De Montford ramps up games focus

15:08 Gamecock signs Pirates vs Ninjas game

14:50 Gameshastra wants to make Indian version of Guitar Hero

14:31 Eidos signs Backbone for Monster-sized Wii IP

14:20 SINA signs for SNAP

14:14 Capcom signs up for N-Gage

24 August

14:39 Rockstar London's Manhunt 2 cleared for release in US 1

14:10 GDC Mobile 08 opens call for submissions

14:04 EA still unconvinced by game design degrees 7

13:24 Namco Bandai gets product development VP

13:13 Canadian polytechnic to offer part-time XNA course

13:12 Deering joins Geomerics

13:07 Call for ?fringe? events at LGF

23 August

19:44 AMD announces DirectX 10-supported game dev tools

18:39 SAE Institute launches UK games course

18:10 Perry, Nexon, Xbox audio guru and Trek writer signed for Austin

17:13 Xaitment mounts US expansion

16:39 Cologne University of Applied Sciences to open Game Lab

15:06 Havok appoints worldwide sales VP

14:16 EA Tiburon developing new game IPs 5

12:51 GDC China gains new keynote speakers

11:34 Replay Studios signs with Gamecock

10:59 Sony Ericsson launches remote testing service

10:34 Pixel Mine unearthed in Austin

10:21 New book profiles leading game designers

22 August

21:40 NaturalMotion moves into games development

16:55 Anark releases Gameface 4.0

15:29 Harrison: 360-to-PS3 ports are dying out

14:31 Study reveals control expectations for Wii gamers 1

14:06 Games That Matter acquired by Koch Media

11:53 Crytek threatens to move from Germany 1

10:36 Polish push for Emergent?s Eastern European expansion

21 August

15:49 Imagine Cup adds game development category 13

15:23 Vivox to roll into Dungeons & Dragons Insider

13:38 Stainless Games offers XBLA development advice 1

13:28 Viacom appoints videogames VP

12:55 SpeedTree RT sprouts new licensees

10:07 I-play commits to N-Gage development

20 August

23:33 Epic acquires majority interest in People Can Fly

12:34 Tories: ?We?ll come to industry?s rescue?

12:18 Data Design opens Popcorn Arcade studio

11:54 Microsoft & PopCap bolster IGDA Casual Committee

11:44 XLGames picks CryEngine 2

17 August

17:36 GC Developers Conference anticipates record attendance

16:34 Clever Nintendo tops UK developer chart

12:41 Call for submissions for GDC 2008

12:00 Sumo Digital bought by Foundation 9 18

10:47 Dare to be Digital winners announced

10:08 MTV pledges more than $500 million to game development

16 August

14:56 Red Storm creative director joins Bungie

14:37 Double Fine game details leaked

13:51 Rebellion to develop new Aliens/Predator game 2

11:33 GameSpy joins Epic?s Integrated Partners Programme

10:33 Illusion Softworks signs to D3Publisher

15 August

17:18 Emergent signs deal with Winking Entertainment

13:43 EA, Sega, Kuju and Babel back new QA conference

10:53 Wideload opens splinter firm

10:29 Ubisoft signs up Left Field Productions

14 August

17:49 Animazoo opens Second Life shop

17:46 Heavenly Sound: Profiling Ninja Theory's audio production

14:54 New Wwise licensing model for smaller titles

11:35 Bartlett: ?Developers don?t plan enough for advertising?

10:11 Nikitova branches out into game development

13 August

21:37 Digital Chocolate's double swoop

20:08 Microsoft opens game IP for non-commercial projects 1

17:42 Microsoft reveals XNA Game Studio 2.0 1

15:09 Miyamoto: Games should be fun, not difficult 2

13:22 Beds Uni launches computer animation course

13:08 Graffiti gets XBLA go ahead 1

11:39 Siggraph news round-up online now

11:29 Ensemble founders to deliver Leipzig keynote

12 August

22:00 Apple readying iPhone for game development? 1

10 August

17:12 Take 2 renames Irrational offices

15:24 Courvoisier Future 500 looks for talented games developers

15:18 Crytek signs Inon Zur for Crysis audio

14:59 OpenGL 3 officially announced

13:56 UK prize winners confirmed for Industry All Stars event

13:26 Rockstar Leeds looks to next-gen 2

13:01 Develop 75 available now

10:52 Trinigy expands to US

10:44 CRI readies FileMajik for DS

09:20 SCE London Studio execs to deliver Edinburgh keynote

9 August

20:33 Nevercenter launches Silo 2.0

20:14 Microsoft to webcast Gamefest sessions 1

17:28 Epic files counter claim against Silicon Knights

15:34 New NVIDIA server breaks visual records

15:27 Montreal Game Summit set for November

15:15 Schappert takes up new MS Live role

14:44 Toru Iwatani to speak at Japan International Contents Festival 1

12:52 Codemasters expands to Guildford 1

12:41 AI.implant clarifies licence-free tool deal

12:15 EA?s power at Ubisoft increases

8 August

23:05 Games:EDU '07 celebrates successful show

16:53 WB ramps up game development focus

15:39 Serious games firm Virtual Heroes nabs EA exec

15:34 Cryptic Studios sets up board of heroes 2

12:41 Volition developers split for Blazing Lizard

10:56 Oxygen opens Wii and DS studio in London

7 August

23:27 Scott McCloud: storytellers have only 'scratched the surface' of games

22:04 Vicon sharpens with Blade

19:39 Allegorithmic unveils new version of ProFX

18:23 Future of game graphics could hinge on user-made content 1

18:00 Parappa developer branches into iPod game development

17:55 Luxology launches TV site

16:55 Mercury releases MultiCore Plus SDK for PS3

16:29 Digital Chocolate opens casual Café

14:26 Valve and id deal gets complicated 1

12:15 Tsutomu Kouno: 'There are barriers to creating original concepts'

05:22 Animazoo demos new mocap kit in San Diego 1

04:43 Red 5 adds Morpheme to pipeline

01:13 2008 editions of 3ds Max and Maya unveiled

00:38 New features for Softimage's XSI and Face Robot

6 August

15:09 10tacle takes a stake in Climax

15:01 Autodesk acquires Skymatter

14:41 BBC denies development push

14:38 FinBlade opens its doors

12:19 Multiverse launches MMOG development middleware

11:33 Dream Build Play finalists announced 1

10:55 QuakeCon news round-up

06:25 BBC to get back into games development?

4 August

01:07 id signs up for Valve's Steam service

3 August

14:23 Allegorithmic?s MaPZone hits version 2.6

13:32 Insomniac opens R&D website

13:14 Singapore university partners with local game developer

11:09 Tokyopop eyes game development

2 August

22:13 Development delay for GTA IV

15:27 Triple-A games line-up revealed for EIF ?07

11:20 Fork Particle joins Xbox 360 Tools & Middleware program

11:15 ZeniMax opens new MMO studio

11:13 Codemasters signs with GameTap

11:01 Rockstar finally appeals BBFC?s Manhunt ban

1 August

13:08 NVidia updates development tools

12:27 Former MumboJumbo veterans form new studio 2

11:48 Virtual Heroes gets UE3

10:50 Game Connection TGS deadline nears

10:40 SNAP Mobile launches gaming competition