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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 October

13:14 Tag Games ramps up following investment

13:10 BioWare tech to aid other EA studios?

12:52 Nadeo signs three-year in-game ad deal

30 October

21:48 New The Sims 3 and Harmonix game secrets set for GDC unveiling 1

16:14 Montreal workforce grows 177 per cent in two years

15:08 AiLive introduces new Wiimote dev tool

14:17 LucasArts teams up with BioWare

11:24 Casual games industry worth $2.25bn a year

11:20 Konami head joins Krome Melbourne

11:06 Nikitova ramps up for Wii, DS and PS2 development

29 October

15:09 Full Playing for Keeps report published online

13:07 Suda 51 is PALs with Rising Star

09:44 UK may challenge Canada tax breaks via WTO legal action 5

08:43 New games boss for Testronic Labs

08:00 $300m funding boost for Bethesda MMOs

26 October

15:35 Jobs to go at EA 1

12:13 Engine revs up for Wii development

11:24 Hodge sends mixed messages to developers 2

11:15 Developers don't like pre-owned games 11

10:34 Lyon GDC roster firms up

10:00 Nordic Game Programme sees huge interest

25 October

14:50 Disney: ?The era of relying on a licence to sell games is over?

14:14 DoubleFusion partners with NCsoft

13:00 Audio deal for Activision

10:44 Game Connection Europe continues to grow

09:40 Vollee to stream games to mobile

24 October

12:04 Will Wright explains Spore's protracted production 2

11:50 Astro Boy SNAPs to it

09:55 Codemasters signs up to Steam

09:36 Wii Sports wins six BAFTAs

23 October

16:05 PayPal exec becomes Jagex CEO 6

15:40 More details on Oberon's MySpace move

15:30 Digital Chocolate to produce ad-funded games

14:55 Dyack wants a single format too

14:38 IGDA opens GDC08 scholarship programme

10:00 CDC expands to Japan

09:49 Oberon signs MySpace deal

22 October

12:40 EA looking to open game studio in India 2

12:35 US online revenue will treble to $583m in 2007 says report

12:07 Blitz announces more educational open days

12:00 MochiAds partners with MyGame.com

10:21 Oz devs get promise from opposition government

19 October

12:06 N-Gage looks towards user-generated content

11:56 Wii's motion sensing 'has not affected' any BBFC rating decisions

11:30 Mobile Entertainment unveils revamped website

10:59 Monumental offers new prototype licence for MMO devs

10:51 The Economist gives innovation award to Miyamoto

10:45 WildTangent casual titles added to HP hardware

10:24 Red Mile secures top talent for Sin City game

10:11 Microsoft to focus on "smaller" acquisitions

18 October

17:03 Sumo to make new Sega tennis title

15:09 Sony: 'Our development platform has staying power'

13:59 Bungie dethrones Nintendo in UK developer sales chart

13:24 Itheon Network Emulator upgraded

11:44 Ubisoft Paris to use Hansoft

10:40 Google exec added to Tiga LGF event roster

10:37 Avatar Reality picks StreamBase

17 October

22:19 Apple to open iPhone and iPod Touch to developers 1

15:46 MochiAds opens to public

13:29 Oberon buys two casual game studios

12:34 Achievements mean games sell better, says study

11:54 Wright to present BAFTA videogame lecture

11:46 Super-Ego reveals PS3's first episodic game

10:33 Acclaim gets multi-million dollar investment

16 October

15:28 LucasArts to use Trolltech's development platform

14:27 Autodesk's acquisition of Skymatter complete

12:16 Crytek's Cevat Yerli set for Lyon GDC keynote

10:24 Qube! updated to support Maya 2008

10:13 Capcom signs up GRIN for Bionic comeback

10:02 Umbra joins Epic?s Integrated Partners Programme

15 October

15:33 Namco signs up new Japanese middleware

15:27 Crytek nabs another academic partner

13:10 UK game studios under threat, says Government report

11:53 Fishlabs targets community-based mobile games 1

11:04 Will Wright gets BAFTA Fellowship 1

09:27 UK roost for Gamecock

12 October

15:35 Japanese developers wary of Wii?

15:31 Bethesda sets sights on Europe

14:44 Game Connection names Level Up winners

14:22 Bizarre to work on non-racing property for Activision, too

10:00 SN-DBS goes free to PlayStation devs

08:38 EA to acquire BioWare and Pandemic for $860m

11 October

15:31 NaturalMotion's Morpheme adds Wii support

15:25 Wideload to deliver exclusive game via InstantAction

15:12 Capybara granted Nintendo developer status

14:16 Wii Ware courts huge developer interest

12:36 Warner Bros pledges $500m for development in UAE

10:31 Evolution cost Sony £16 million

10 October

15:36 PopCap to release best casual games at retail

14:31 Casual game ad deal for IGA

14:00 Japanese We Love Golf dev invests in US mobile firm

11:28 Skills Week to take place during London Games Festival

10:38 Sierra to use SpeedTree

10:21 Foundation 9 merges The Collective and Shiny

10:08 Firefly signs up NaturalMotion's Morpheme

09:57 Multi-million funding deal for Blade

9 October

16:04 Game Arts picks BigWorld for online RPG

14:07 This week?s studio profile: Milestone 1

10:00 Design and machinima workshops set for LGF

08:10 Vietnam to see development sector boom?

08:00 WiiWare and PSN not impacting XBLA popularity says Edery

07:55 Luxology licences Pixar tech

8 October

17:01 Game Connection Europe deadline looms

15:29 GDC 08 officially dated

14:47 Sony opens in-game advertising business unit

14:01 Activision CEO defends independent studios

12:21 Hands-On launches new developer programme

11:46 XBLA chief brushes off 'bottleneck' reports

10:29 SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY FEATURE: Motion capture

10:20 Management change at Turbine

5 October

17:24 EA acquires online gaming tech firm 1

16:03 Bungie severs cord with Microsoft

15:02 More names added to Montreal Games Summit line-up

14:44 Riccitiello and Kim rolling to DICE

11:28 Activision: 'Bizarre buy is just the beginning'

11:14 Latest issue of Develop available to download now

10:43 NCsoft opens Carbine Studios

4 October

15:36 Writers Guild of America to recognise game writing

15:25 New games audio file format in the works

14:54 New XNA physics engine launched

14:52 Indian firm preps 'aggressive' outsourcing assault

14:07 Traveller's Tales talks up Wii lightsaber

3 October

15:43 CyberConnect 2 partners with Kyushu University

15:42 CCP expands into US

15:39 PathEngine v5.12 available now

15:16 Tiga CEO Hasson to step down

14:49 Kuju and Testronic owner set for corporate restructure.

14:37 Halo 3 developed using Havok Physics 1

12:07 Bethesda discusses Oblivion development and Japanese deployment

2 October

14:31 Premimum Pogo service launches in UK

14:20 More speakers for Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 1

14:15 Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2007 registrations open

14:10 FinBlade unveils first game

12:32 Playyoo launches mobile game development competition

1 October

14:36 Free Radical paying its staff overtime 1

14:05 Lyon GDC chief: Developers must improve market knowledge

12:36 Rare licences PathEngine

12:19 Autodesk increasing multi-core processor and outsourcing support 1