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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

30 November

20:59 Harvey Smith departs Midway Austin

11:32 The Game Company gets Nintendo certification

11:28 AcroGames licences Unreal Engine 3

11:00 The French Revolution? 13

10:25 Deus Ex 3 to use Crystal Dynamics game engine

29 November

20:09 2K forming new studio around ex-BioShock staffers

14:43 Thinglefin swallowed by Big Fish

14:05 Nintendo has no plans to grow Western development teams

12:08 PowerChallenge signs up Hansoft

28 November

17:55 'Montreal hasn't drained industry talent' - Invest Quebec boss 4

16:36 Moledina reveals more GDC speakers

14:58 Sony Online Entertainment to open Indian studio

13:53 Last week to register for Lyon GDC

13:30 Kuju rolls a Double Six

10:00 Hollywood's striking writers to turn to games?

01:33 Another games firm opens Montreal office

27 November

20:43 Developers creating unhealthy 'McDonalds-like' experiences - Blow 2

15:49 Super Mario Galaxy director talks 'Player-Based Design'

15:22 Total Immersion Software licences Kynapse

15:13 1C buys Akella's in-house dev team

15:10 Games development grows in Australia

26 November

22:00 Eidos Montreal officially opens 1

21:55 Audiokinetic teams up with Emergent

14:46 GSC becomes licensed 360 developer

11:34 Online Game Development Conference 2008 calls for speakers

11:12 Australia to start charm offensive on world's developers?

10:30 Outsource Media to offer concept service

10:02 Amusement Cyanide expands to Montreal 1

09:00 One week until Lyon GDC

23 November

15:34 More funding for Nordic games developers

13:54 Monumental?s prototype licence proves popular

12:53 Pivotal takes aim at FPS genre cliches

12:49 Can in-game ads aid level design? 1

11:55 UE3 Wii port in development

22 November

15:12 Jeff Minter disappointed by poor Space Giraffe sales 14

15:02 IR Gurus rebrands to Transmission Games 2

14:48 Trinity College, Dublin to host free XNA event

10:16 Pixologic boosts ZBrush support

09:53 HB opens new studio

21 November

13:46 Microsoft launches XNA Game Studio 2.0 beta 1

13:00 Visual Studio 2008 released

12:51 Omegame seals licensing agreement with THQ

12:11 Gamefest set for 2008

10:30 Sony London Studio's Beats leads new PSP Store

20 November

14:49 Tayside games firms set for jobs explosion?

14:33 Quantic Dream buys Vicon tech

14:23 Plans build for Worlds in Motion Summit

12:08 Warner Bros vet joins Sparkplay

11:50 Virtools gets PSP optimisation

10:14 SOE signs Kynapse

19 November

15:25 Quazal to roadie for Rock Band

15:25 Disney prepares to ramp up Prague mobile studio

14:41 Ubisoft to rave about Rabbids at Lyon GDC

14:30 Qantm College opens doors

10:10 Firebrand signs with Peppermint P

09:55 Puzzle Quest sweeps GDAA Awards

09:35 Crytek signs education and teaching deal

09:32 Sony halves cost of PS3 dev kit

16 November

11:23 Microsoft to make more 'family focused' games 2

10:34 SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY FEATURE: Artificial Intelligence

10:29 In2Games takes a Gamble

10:28 Imagine Cup calls for entrants

10:21 Softimage opens free 30-day XSI trial 5

09:33 Terminator rights holder opens new game studio 3

15 November

17:45 UT3 modders get SpeedTree for free

17:29 Quantic Dream to show off Virtual Actor Studio at Lyon

16:50 Ageia unveils new APEX development platform

12:19 Retail still the main revenue source for development

11:34 GDC Russia 'not authorised' by CMP

11:23 id goes mobile

10:37 Marvel Universe canned?

10:03 Cyanide ramping up internal development

09:43 Terminal Reality and Redfly to develop new Ghostbuster title 2

09:34 NCsoft to double size of Euro studio

14 November

15:40 Game studios 'cannot supply demand from publishers' 1

15:24 Jagex eyes global expansion 9

14:50 GDAA continues tax break campaigning

14:41 Interplay reopens in-house dev studio

09:53 Atari quits game development

13 November

15:42 Tiga to host third Playing for Keeps event next week

15:18 Kongregate nabs five indie exclusives

15:15 NaturalMotion teams up with Games Academy

13:24 $7.8m funding boost for Vivox

10:19 Menus Master updated to version 2.6

09:58 DICE 'Power Hour' sessions to focus on dev tech

12 November

17:55 Google launches $10m dev challenge for best Android app

15:52 Epic Games signs up GameSpy for UT3 1

15:08 THQ targets internal studio revenue growth

15:00 Spencer: DS development can aid our design skills 1

14:45 Disney CEO says cross-media talents will help games push

10:38 Kuju 'performing much better than expected'

09:40 Develop inks GDC 08 deal

9 November

18:00 Traveller's Tales cost Warner at least £100m, say reports

14:12 Microsoft Game Studios GM: 'Quicksand in our foundations? No way'

14:05 Developers suspect Fox will return to games industry

13:27 Assassin's Creed and Heavenly Sword composers get MIDEM keynote

12:13 EA moves to quell job fears

10:21 DEV TOOL ROUND-UP: Security tech

8 November

14:58 Double whammy ad deal

13:12 Bandai Namco bolsters dev capacity via Banpresto amalgamation 1

12:00 Bungie 'actively engaged' in creating new IP and new Halo titles 5

11:45 Wii-like control tech for Western mobile devs 3

10:57 SouthPeak signs 'landmark' UE3 deal with Epic

10:55 Sony Online Entertainment adopts database analysis system

10:54 Develop 78 available now

10:26 Valve updates Source SDK

09:27 Warner Bros buys Travellers' Tales

08:00 myGDC launches

07:39 Cory Barlog departs SCEA

7 November

11:57 Majesco to open in-house development studio

10:58 BeanBag Studios established 3

6 November

23:53 NCsoft opens new Californian studio

19:05 Harmonix releases iPod music game

18:41 EA Chicago to close

18:38 GDC "has not extended an invitation to Jack Thompson" 4

16:05 EA's BioWare Pandemic gets okayed

13:50 Destineer signs up for UE3

11:19 O?Donnell: 'We don?t want games to be more like films'

11:00 Visual Studio 2008 release date confirmed

5 November

18:57 Jack Thompson set for GDC 08 keynote? 1

17:36 Ubisoft buys DS specialist Digital Kids 1

14:11 Bungie execs discuss split from Microsoft

12:00 Special offer as Develop jobs board arrives

10:50 Australian developers get another political pledge

09:10 New MMO firm spun out of Iron Realms

2 November

16:31 BAF Game 2007 lineup revealed

16:11 N-Gage service delayed

15:30 Developers unconvinced by 'single games format' notion 3

15:08 Sony Computer Entertainment CTO departs? 1

13:24 Oberon to launch OpenSocial gaming wrapper

12:37 Nintendo keen to help out third-party developers

11:47 Rockstar in crediting controversy

11:32 Job losses from Chertsey closure 'minimal' says EA

1 November

21:35 EA to close Chertsey, UK base as part of revamp

13:43 Playlogic signs another SCEE development deal

13:28 Courts deny motion to dismiss UE3 case

12:43 New PR agency for developers opens

12:21 Game Connect Australia adds publisher pitching session

10:00 Riccitiello: 'Embrace a new revenue model'