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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

29 August

18:12 Rare leaks out new Pinata card with Women in Games info

14:53 Beta version of Microsoft's Popfly launches

13:19 Google preps Android App store

13:06 Walmart urges developers to go green 5

09:55 Square Enix makes move for Tecmo

09:50 Key coding hires boost 'Halo Franchise Management Team'

28 August

15:36 Traveller's Tales looks to take Lego Batman to TV, iPhones

15:18 Registration deadline for Women in Games conference nears

14:47 EA, Take Two merger would 'spell trouble' for its development staff 2

14:07 Online games studios vs offline ones - who's the best?

12:49 Thriller writer James Patterson brands casual game design 'sloppy'

27 August

15:37 FXLabs opens outsourcing division 1

15:17 Resi 5 team: Music production at Western devs is 'ahead of Japan'

14:38 iPhone is the 'most powerful' mobile dev platform 2

14:31 Why has the industry been so slow to catch on to user-made content? 2

14:10 Gearbox being courted for 'Halo 4'?

13:54 EC-I picks Q

10:59 Studios avoiding platform exclusives as cost spiral, says report

26 August

14:52 Campaign begins for larger Ontario games tax credit

14:10 New game made using 3DMark powered by PhysX

14:00 Yerli to keynote GC Asia Conference

13:34 Bionic Commando's week one sales 'sends a message to developers' 1

13:00 Turbine picks Havok

11:31 NaturalMotion announces Morpheme 2.0

11:20 Wedgwood: Development in the UK was 'like a workhouse' 1

11:13 BigWorld opens European office

10:45 IGDA brands Mythic's credit snub as 'disrespectful'

10:22 Jamie MacDonald speaks out against games degrees once more 15

10:00 Russian studio to build virtual cities with BigWorld

22 August

15:41 Frozen Codebase signs multi-title Vicious Engine deal 1

14:59 GarageGames announces iTorque pricing

12:20 Neutron now iPhone compatible

11:53 Cider-powered games to get SecuROM DRM

10:08 Blitz supports a new ?Chain gang

21 August

14:01 Emergent targets casual gaming market

13:47 Newport graduates aim to put region on map 1

11:51 Shark 3D adds Wii compatibility

11:12 Tools firms look to aid education woes with free tech

09:34 Moledina to leave GDC

20 August

17:24 EA to build 200-strong sports game QA centre in USA 1

15:05 SCE Worldwide Studios' UK-made IP heads to mobile

14:49 GRIN becomes one of Europe's biggest independent studios

14:29 Music industry refuses to back games? illegal download battle

10:25 Developers demand £7.5m damages from file-sharers 5

09:40 EA Canada developing new Wii MotionPlus Tennis franchise

09:30 'A copy of Bejeweled sells every 10 seconds'

19 August

14:26 SCE teams up with National Geographic 1

14:05 Gamebryo adds PhysX support

13:46 AI.implant becomes commercial once more

11:37 All hail the iPhone Gaming Goldrush?

10:30 Koch picks eeis for MMO administration

10:18 Gamecues brings audio licensing online

10:06 After DIRT and GRID Codemasters turns to Asobo for FUEL

09:30 Ubisoft would hire 1,000 UK developers - but only if there was a tax break 2

18 August

19:45 Indian studio will 'transform' local industry, says EA 2

18:00 Ubisoft targets further studio growth

14:13 APB to use PhysX

14:00 Artificial Technology unveils EKI One

13:58 EA Games needs to embrace online 'as fast as it possibly can'

11:29 Perforce hits version 2008.1

10:32 Testology joins Tiga ranks

10:16 Games industry is consolidating 'like 1930s Hollywood' says Dyack

10:09 Engine Software unveils the Pulse Sound System 2

10:08 SK v Epic: 'Justice will be done' says Dyack 12

15 August

12:37 Nexon CEO to present GC Asia Conference keynote

11:50 Deep Silver signs two-year Havok deal

11:29 Rockstar: Hardcore/casual division 'doesn't make sense to us' 1

11:22 Harvey Smith to keynote Game Career Seminar

10:55 Latest issue of Develop out now 1

14 August

22:14 EA inks new global dev deals

21:46 Criterion Games jump-starts EA's 'direct to consumer revolution' 2

16:34 Microsoft looks to bridge the gap between XBLA and PCs

16:02 Activision-Blizzard's High Moon to lose staff too, says report

12:04 Xoreax releases IncrediBuild 3.30 1

11:11 UE3 powers new Brothers in Arms-inspired TV show

11:04 Gamebryo gaining ground

11:02 Activision-Blizzard shakedown continues: half of Radical to go 1

10:58 Rockstar studio growth has been 'pretty random' admits Houser 1

10:14 'Government should subsidise maths and computer science tuition fees'

09:53 Jobs go at NCsoft Austin

09:34 Dare to be Digital 2008 winners announced

13 August

16:10 AMD unveils 'Cinema 2.0' 1

15:13 Autodesk's product upgrade steamroller powers on

14:52 'Platform war' hits PC as Nvidia airs Larrabee concerns 1

12:03 Image Metrics' tech available to third-parties

11:26 Intel wants Larrabee in next generation of game consoles

11:16 Autodesk's Animation Academy adds Mudbox and MotionBuilder

09:33 Game BAFTAs return in 2009

12 August

22:50 London based Rocksteady developing Batman game for Eidos

19:58 No, wait, Yu Suzuki does work for Sega? 1

15:11 Autodesk rolls out product updates

12:07 Sega confirms Yu Suzuki exit

11 August

22:16 Axe falls on Midway Austin, but studio will remain open

18:01 Ready at Dawn picks ProFX

16:43 AMD shelves Close To Metal

16:21 NVISION 08 keynotes announced

15:09 EA continues cross-media talent push for Dead Space

13:11 Universally Speaking grows a pair

12:51 Monkey Ball for iPhone sells over 300,000 in just 20 days 6

12:03 Gaming audience will hit 2.5bn by 2011, says Deering 1

11:45 Beanbag and EA team up on Dummies

11:32 GameSpy: PS3 is 'definitely beating 360 in some areas of online' 22

10:04 Flagship vets form new studio

8 August

15:29 COLLADA 1.5 spec released

15:04 'Slow development of Dark Knight game cost EA $100m' 1

14:22 Centroid joins Tiga as affiliate member

14:00 Shigeru Miyamoto to keynote CEDEC 2008

10:38 Hudson releases PuzzLoop for iPhone

7 August

15:31 Total Immersion licenses Morpheme

15:12 Autodesk launches Mudbox 2009

15:06 Doublesix widens remit to include PSP and iPhone

14:36 10tacle declares insolvency but UK studio is 'unaffected' 2

10:54 Gosen gets Lippy about "gimmick" controllers 4

6 August

17:08 Havok signs 'perpetual' licensing deal with Microsoft Game Studios

14:57 Ultizen secures $6 million VC funding

13:45 Realtime Worlds urges Scottish developers to join Tiga

13:42 Microsoft: ?We?re investing to win in Europe? 2

12:56 HSC Labs picks HeroEngine 4

10:04 Midway Chicago studio head departs

5 August

15:07 Spacetime to lay off 50 per cent of employees

14:05 Traveller's Tales looking to create kids' TV show using game tech 1

11:58 Magenta signed for Disney quiz game

11:56 Valve willing to talk acquisition, but is also 'happy' with independence

11:10 Immersion expands to Mexico

10:20 SCE could open Indian development studio

10:13 Channel 4 launches mobile and flash game talent search

4 August

16:28 Wii successor already in the works, says Nintendo

15:15 Activision: Our independent studio system is 'long-term competitive model'

15:10 Intel unveils Larrabee architecture

14:53 Bizarre says ?dreadful? life as an independent forced acquisition

11:03 360 Avatars can only be used in non-violent titles 1

3 August

14:56 T3 takes control of Hellgate, Mythos development

14:18 GameShadow launches metrics service

13:57 PSAI to be unveiled at GC 2008

12:09 Braben questions game prices 6

11:57 trueSpace 7.6 set free 1

1 August

15:54 Google readying in-game advertising solution, says report

15:29 Autodesk sponsors Dare to be Digital

15:07 Neil Young's iPhone firm gets funding

14:11 Gosen to keynote UK Gamefest event

13:20 Why Elite 4 "has considerable potential", even 10 years later

10:18 Free ProFX licences available to Gamebryo users

10:02 'Tax breaks are the only answer to global pressures'