20 December

10:43 PlayFirst secures $16.5 million funding

10:21 10tacle ensnares The Games Company

10:00 UK Government breaks silence on tax breaks

09:53 TIGA Awards set for January

09:50 3D Realms takes Duke multi-platform

19 December

16:30 Momentum builds for 2008 Develop conference

13:44 BioWare builds Qube into Dragon Age pipeline

11:34 More GDC talks revealed

11:13 Illuminate Labs joins Epic?s IPP

09:47 MTV Games and Jerry Bruckheimer found game studio

18 December

21:17 Second China GDC set for Beijing

15:24 Pandemic licences Havok Behavior

11:03 Abertay joins with Izmir Universiy of Economics 1

09:46 Alienbrain hits version 8.1

09:32 Emerging Entertainment on outsourcing binge

17 December

17:00 Codemasters readies its 'Strike Team'

16:55 Ignition to open new studios in Japan and USA

16:54 Trinigy celebrates new licensees

16:37 Linden Labs CTO departs

15:34 Japanese developers lagging behind the West

13:05 Take Two confirms new California studio

11:41 Developers to use Wii?s Balance Board for new games?

10:37 FXLabs acquires knibble.com

14 December

17:11 GRIN opens new studio in Sweden

13:40 Fishlabs wins German Developer Award 2007

11:30 Rovio picks Peppermint P

11:06 US Army opens game technology office

10:43 DEV TOOL ROUND-UP: Source & build control

13 December

16:26 Sakaguchi discusses the development of Final Fantasy 1

15:45 Eidos execs on how shared tech supports global growth

15:06 Dark Water partners with Instinct 1

12:32 XNA Game Studio 2.0 launches 1

12:02 Auran shuts up shop 1

10:53 Free XNA Creators Club trial for academics 1

12 December

15:46 Bioware Austin picks Wwise

15:05 Spielberg?s Boom Blox to showcase at GDC 2008

12:15 Sega develops facial animation tool

11:51 EC official games tax break details in full 2

10:50 'Your move, Gordon'

10:47 Sandblast licenses Kynapse

10:45 Tax break a 'historic turning point for French games industry'

09:00 EC approves French tax credit for games

11 December

16:49 Autodesk launches Maya 2008 Extension 1 1

15:47 Hudson to develop iPod Touch titles

14:51 Academy of Interactive Entertainment signs endorphin deal

14:18 Hansoft upgrades integration SDK

09:53 Develop 79 available now

10 December

17:38 Gravity establishes L5 Games

16:36 NanaOn-Sha to develop Wii title

15:55 Marvel to increase game development presence? 3

15:42 Nintendo continues grip on UK retail

13:10 Dare to be Digital gets £1m expansion 1

12:03 Auran confirms staff cutbacks

8 December

13:36 Hollywood's new model for game development?

7 December

14:17 Former FASA boss opens new studio

12:50 Creat Studios to publish PSN titles

11:34 Video Games Live returns for GDC 08

11:00 Euro devs sign ?video game manifesto? 1

10:36 Cometa gambles with Cashcade

6 December

16:46 Spov celebrates work on Call of Duty 4

14:50 Stainless casts spell on Wizards of the Coast

14:23 Dare to be Digital hits the airwaves

14:03 Sierra Online using BigWorld tech

14:00 Codemasters gets EGO boost

13:53 Gameloft CEO to present GDC Mobile keynote

12:13 Auran facing cutbacks?

11:31 ProFX hits version 2.6

11:28 Marko Hein joins THQ International

10:45 Lyon GDC hailed a success

5 December

12:14 PathEngine upgrades to 5.13

11:49 2008 Independent Games Festival finalists announced

11:02 Terminal Studio rebrands 2

10:53 Perforce rolls out new SDK

10:15 EA systems engineer joins 38 Studios

10:08 Dave Jones to present GDC 08 session

10:02 Mindark plans IPO

4 December

12:21 Lyon GDC: Play All aims to avoid Criterion and Epic pitfalls 3

10:50 Lyon GDC: The method behind the madness of Rayman Ravin Rabbids

10:43 Lyon GDC may be a standalone event for 2008

10:00 Kynapse adds Wii support

09:30 Games business network for East England launches

3 December

15:35 Lyon GDC: Dyack discusses the 'one console future inevitability'

15:16 Lyon GDC: Crystal Dynamics on sharing design skills across teams

13:32 Lyon GDC: How to succeed in casual games

09:49 Lyon GDC: Crytek's Cervat Yerli on innovation and iteration

08:00 Kuju opens new studio to make kids' games 1

07:55 Plans build for GDC Mobile 2008

06:00 Autodesk's 3December returns this week

2 December

22:50 GDC 2008 details speakers for single-track summits

20:12 Kuju and Testronic parent acquires US-based QA firm GameInstinct

17:39 Vivendi Games and Activision to merge