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Generalist Programmer
Negotiable DOE + Relocation + Bonus
UK - North East

29 June

14:30 US games industry 40,000 strong

14:30 Lightplay Studios on the market

14:30 Gearbox to use Moven

13:45 Rockstar confirms Euphoria use in GTA IV 5

13:45 Never Mind The Polygons heads to Brighton

28 June

15:00 Firaxis to Revolutionise Meier's Civilisation

14:30 Woodward: UK devs being beaten by Canada

14:30 Get your Develop Awards tickets here

14:30 CCP appoints in-game economist for EVE Online

14:15 Microsoft set for casual games and 'peripheral based' push

27 June

15:15 Develop conference early bird deadline looms

14:30 More funds for Funcom

14:00 Nintendo confirms WiiWare

12:30 Now Full Sail joins NaturalMotion?s educational scheme

09:00 Devs invited to boost Wii download service

26 June

17:45 IGDA unveils Leadership Forum

15:00 Handheld God of War first to access PSP's new dev power

12:30 Vicious exhibiting at Nintendo Developer Conference

25 June

22:30 Fonix joins Wii third party tools program

22:00 Trio of developer deals for IGA

16:15 Mobile Entertainment launches daily email service

14:15 New games production studio opens in Spain

11:15 Goldsmiths confirms MSc in games and entertainment

11:15 Chinese outsourcing firm gets $1.5m funding

10:30 Jaffe helping Incognito boss set up new studio? 2

10:15 Australian game dev association unveils 'Games Week'

09:15 Kuju Sheffield re-branded as Chemistry

22 June

13:45 Animazoo expands mocap tech base

13:30 NaturalMotion gears up for Siggraph

10:30 THQ CEO discusses gaining 'developer trust'

10:30 Swedish Games Industry association formed

21 June

17:30 Sega signs up Bioware for Sonic DS game

14:15 New studio opens in Wales

14:00 EA Tiburon launches fantasy football site

11:15 New platform for music licensing in games

11:00 BAFTA opens call for entries

20 June

16:45 Valve set to overhaul Steam service

16:30 D3P acquires Vicious Cycle

16:00 SCEA San Diego refocuses around PSN titles

15:45 Warner Interactive to build development team in Europe

15:00 MumboJumbo to develop game based on The Office

14:45 Ubisoft CEO reaffirms importance of third party studios

14:30 EA UK set for changes following corporate restructure?

13:00 Splash Damage: 'In-game ads fund customer support' 1

13:00 Big Blue Bubble enters service sector

12:30 GDC China speakers announced as registration opens 1

12:00 Exclusive deal for Epic and Chair

11:30 3DCS toasts first year of success

11:00 nDreams adds Lovell and confirms console plans

11:00 Epic to tour Europe with Autodesk

10:30 THQ starts using Universomo's Cell

10:30 New role for EA's Paul Lee

10:30 Glu expands development operations

19 June

10:45 Recoil teams up with 3D Realms

10:30 Valve signs up Bizarre Creations

10:30 Rebellion: PSP focus 'just happened'

07:00 Intel invests in online games developer

18 June

22:15 EA restructures and adds Central Development group

21:30 First GCDC speakers announced

17:45 Three new execs for IGDA board 1

16:30 Emergent releases Gamebryo 2.3 1

15:15 10tacle raises forecasts for 2007

12:15 Extra Mile gets Vicious

12:00 Skillset to fund Escape Studios' VFX course

11:45 Submissions open for Independent Games Festival 2008

11:45 OBE for EA's Gardner

11:30 Lara Croft gets top billing in XBLA's first episodic game

15 June

14:30 Edinburgh Interactive Festival casts wide web

13:30 Valve confirms EA UK dev duties on PS3 HL2

12:00 Sony's open Home

11:00 Australian game design competition opens to the public

10:15 Quantic Dream expands mocap facility

10:00 Koch on the acquisition trail

10:00 Jobs in Develop

09:30 Five new members for GDC advisory board 1

14 June

19:00 Ubisoft to expand Casablanca studio 2

15:15 Gamecock talks alternative E3 event

15:00 Nokia courts devs in China and Japan for N-Gage

14:45 Singapore fund to back casual games developers 2

14:45 Indian MMO firm gets investment boost

14:00 Neova CoreEngine rolled out to Wii

14:00 1,200 expected at July Casual Games event

10:00 More money for Codemasters

13 June

18:00 Blair says games makers need 'social responsibility'

15:00 Q&A Blitz talks push behind in-house training

15:00 Blitz unveils in-house Academy

14:45 Tax breaks for Texan devs 1

14:45 Big Rooster talks big business plan

13:45 Jobs in Develop this month

12 June

17:45 Mechner might get back into games

17:15 Telltale gets $6m investment boost

16:30 Sega Rallies Bugbear for PSP game

14:15 Jobs in Develop this month

14:00 CDC to open new dev studio in China

14:00 Bioware's MMO due for release in 2009

11:30 Neon ? Codemasters? guiding light

11:00 Q&A: Richard Garriott on the future of MMOs

10:00 Garriott to be Guest of Honour at Develop Awards

11 June

22:00 EA chooses TransGaming for Mac push

19:00 id unveils new engine at Apple event

17:45 Digital Domain deal for NaturalMotion

13:15 Nintendo's development charm offensive paying off

12:30 £7.76m investment boost for In2Games

11:00 Develop 73 available now

10:30 UK Writers Guild announces video game script award

10:15 Q&A: FreeStyleGames talks Red Bull deal 4

10:15 Disney to triple games development spend

10:00 Red Bull and FreeStyle announce co-development deal

10 June

12:45 Insomniac's Resistance raises church row

8 June

15:00 Sponsors signed for Develop conference and expo

15:00 MCV launches new trade website

14:45 Hollis: 'Downloads revitalise the industry'

13:00 Digi-Guys deal for Vicon

11:30 Tilted Mill to develop new Sim City

10:30 Jobs in Develop this month

10:00 New hires lead Disney dev charge

09:30 Develop Awards finalists revealed 1

09:00 Develop adds daily service

08:15 Vicarious Visions California closed

7 June

11:00 Game concept deal for Disney and Stan Lee

11:00 Dare to be Digital 07 kicks of

10:15 Emergent gives Russian dev scene a boost

09:45 More speakers for Hollywood Games Summit

5 June

22:30 EA forms new division for casual games development

17:45 Eurocom Pirates game storms UK chart

16:15 June event offers Olympic consultation to devs

14:45 Game Connection bags Tokyo Game Show deal

14:00 10tacle buys Hungarian studio Stormregion

4 June

13:00 Speculation ends as Smoking Gun gets fired up

1 June

14:00 French dev sees UK MMO subs soar