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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

28 September

17:45 Garriot going into space 1

17:24 Real readies casual console assault

15:49 TorqueSchool opens its doors 1

15:08 Ageia launches PhysX SDK support scheme

14:18 American McGee becomes Unreal licensee

14:11 Scaleform arrives for Wii

12:07 Square Enix: 'It's crucial for us to expand globally'

10:40 Blade Interactive moves into publishing

27 September

14:34 Epic: Silicon Knights' claims are 'disingenuous'

14:29 Now Emergent expands to Japan

14:03 SCi results reveal development ramp up

14:01 CasualGameStore relaunched

10:32 Seeds blossoms into Platinum Games

26 September

15:51 Activision buys Bizarre

15:44 Firebrand opens Florida office

15:13 Million-pound boost drives NCSoft UK expansion

14:43 Babel to expand Brighton and Montreal offices

25 September

16:43 First B2B site arrives for European licensing industry

16:14 Registration opens for Lyon GDC

14:15 Pajitnov to appear at GameCity

13:12 TT Games moves into new studio 1

12:59 Havok toasts Heavenly Sword

10:55 ?Developers should be claiming more R&D tax credits? 1

10:20 This week?s studio profile: Sidhe

09:02 2007 nominees for game BAFTAs named

24 September

17:07 CliffyB on getting into the games industry 1

14:00 Sidhe signs up Emergent's Wii tools

12:51 Twintime licences Trinigy's tech

11:02 Capcom looking to expand in-house engine

11:00 GameHotel attracts Ubisoft, EA, Bizarre, Harmonix and Crytek talent

10:16 IGDA forming Localisation special interest group

10:04 Square Enix hunts for Western content

09:55 Softimage XSI 6.5 available 1

09:49 Autodesk upgrades AREA

21 September

16:00 Realtime Worlds clarifies Crackdown sequel stance

15:37 Nintendo to sponsor Handheld Learning Conference

15:32 TT Games looking to seal Lego Batman deal soon

12:15 Nokia's SNAP gets Japanese development partners

12:12 Virtual Worlds Forum to bring first SXSW event to Europe 2

12:03 The Easy Company opens in Prague

08:35 Havok: Acquisition by Intel ensures independence

08:00 Ubisoft launches second annual design competition in Canada

20 September

17:07 Rumble controller finally confirmed for PS3

16:54 Home delayed until 2008

14:33 EA eyes up Japanese developers

13:48 GarageGames CEO: "We're not selling out" 1

10:15 Sony promises better developer support

09:39 London Games Festival adds Working With Games event

08:30 Sony buys Evolution and Bigbig

19 September

13:22 Raph Koster unveils virtual world platform Metaplace

12:55 Digital Chocolate wins ME award again 1

11:02 Fury to boast Australian Made brand

10:51 Partnertrans founders split from UK office

10:29 Avalanche unveils new game engine

18 September

10:19 Canadian competition helps independent developers

10:01 Emote gets £4m VC investment

09:40 Media firm takes majority stake in GarageGames

17 September

17:36 Speakers confirmed for Game Republic event this week

16:31 Agatha Christie casual game downloaded 10m times in six months

15:47 Intel paying $110m for Havok, says report

15:13 Coventry's Serious Games Institute buys virtual world tech

15:03 Emergent: 'We've levelled the playing field for games developers'

14:30 Ubisoft opens new Chinese studio

14:22 This week's studio profile: Shin'en

13:52 Crytek grants first educational licence for CryEngine 2

15 September

15:40 Intel buys Havok

14 September

15:24 Game Connection unveils Level Up scheme

14:56 Eyetronics expands to Canada

14:37 EA CEO tells TV industry: ?You?re just as violent as games?

14:18 Satchell: Industry must wake up to giving gamers IP rights

13:11 Reloaded Studios to use CryEngine 2 for first MMO

10:45 SK vs Epic legal battle rages on

10:33 Blitz licences Kynapse

10:11 EA's Dead Space very much alive

10:06 Australian developers renew call for government support

09:45 GDC China to return in '08

13 September

15:56 De Montford celebrating Machinima Europe interest

15:34 Blitz wins training award

14:31 Web development firm Linking People moves into games production

14:30 Global devs team up to fight online game piracy

12:37 Perforce gains mobile foothold

11:31 Microsoft actively working towards YouTube-like games service

10:11 FASA Studio closes its doors

12 September

17:15 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Game Engines

17:07 UK devs discuss engines and Epic vs. SK

15:20 Tiga: EC games fund "a step in the right direction"

14:47 Wii is world leader 5

13:15 European Commission creates ?1.5m game fund 1

12:42 Gamebryo swings onto Wii

12:20 Japanese developer exclusives touted for 360

10:32 Modo upgraded to version 301

10:16 Sony Ericsson talks possibility of 'PSP phone'

10:12 Hall back with Warner for UE3-powered TV show 1

11 September

17:20 Deadline signs huge ten game deal with Eidos

15:20 NaturalMotion reveals more Backbreaker details

15:05 Square Enix ventures into ad-supported casual games

14:46 Dare to be Digital entries released

12:01 Cobra's Dastardly plan for Japan

10:19 Now Take 2 gets into casual games

10 September

16:41 Another licensee for Unreal Engine 3

16:36 Warner underlines value of development in games push

16:09 UK midlands' game industry booming 3

15:24 This week's studio profile: Oxygen Studios

12:59 Foundation 9 discusses further expansion plans

11:04 Million-dollar prize for Perry's Top Secret

10:59 TwelveJ launches training for game developers

10:46 Develop 76 available now

09:24 Feb launch touted for Sony Ericsson game phone

7 September

14:25 FEATURE: Sega's in-house devs on publisher support and sharing tech 1

11:25 $200,000 up for grabs in causal games dev contest

11:02 Key hires boost Avalanche's Central Tech Group

10:14 $11.6m Wii and DS deal for Kuala Lumpur dev 1

10:06 10tacle and MTV paired for Asian online push

10:03 Warner unveils new internally-developed title

6 September

14:50 Realtime Worlds chats about Crackdown creation challenges 12

14:30 Emergent unveils new dev platform for online games

12:44 IGN launches ModCenter

5 September

21:09 Classic iPod redesigned 'for games' 1

17:45 EA Sports developing free online quiz 1

17:12 IO signs Morpheme to fill toolchain gap

15:56 EA devs launch Sims community site

15:44 Pixel Mine premieres first game and Vivox partnership

15:34 Autodesk backs Korean online game developers

15:31 Havok 5 rolls out

15:04 Frontier's Braben to open GameCity '07

11:26 Free Nintendo handheld audio tech from Game Audio Australia

10:09 Kwari uses BigWorld in 'cash for kills' FPS

09:45 Lee: UK developers should "stop moaning"

4 September

11:50 Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2007 builds momentum

11:16 Outerlight to develop The Ship sequel 1

11:07 New Double Fusion tech puts game ads in existing titles 1

10:56 New Game Republic event announced

10:34 Speakers announced for Tokyo Game Show CoFesta Forum 1

3 September

15:33 Hirai: PS3-exclusive content gives games ?extra flavour?

14:49 10tacle speeds in with EA Boulder Dash deal

13:46 SCEE swoops in to All Stars

12:39 Cobra Mobile launches online game portal