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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

29 February

10:42 Bioshock cleans up at GANG awards 2

10:13 GDAA continues to lobby for Australian tax credits

09:50 Monumental partners with world management firm

08:47 SCi set for studio restructure 1

28 February

23:00 Pivotal to close or be sold, say rumours 1

22:53 Carbonated shows first Microsoft Surface game

20:23 Lack of funding causes Iron Lore closure 1

20:21 Record attendance for GDC08

14:56 Could games development utilise open source art assets?

14:44 iTrinegy launches hardware network simulator

14:17 Invite-only press attendance at future GDCs? 1

12:00 Gamecock's UK execs on Euro expansion

27 February

22:30 Kotick predicts 'more developer and intellectual property consolidation'

16:17 38 Studios picks BigWorld 2

15:30 Jagex launches FunOrb 1

14:41 Nintendo continues to dominate UK developer rankings

10:04 Games:Edu doubles up for '08

09:47 Games Grads returns

26 February

16:55 Indie-style titles the focus for EA Blueprint 2

16:27 Endemol USA appoints game director, targets casual games 1

15:56 Games could get tax credits in the UK

15:41 Dassault launches 3DVIA MP

15:15 Work for hire is 'no way' to do business - Gamecock

15:10 4,200 meetings held at Game Connection America

14:52 SOE courts female developers

11:48 New advertising firm targets casual games

11:40 Intel acquires Project Offset

25 February

14:49 Phil Harrison to leave Sony Studios 2

24 February

19:37 GDC08 round-up online now

19:05 Nintendo fleshes out WiiWare ethos

19:02 'Pay & Play' service headed to Nintendo WiFi Connection

18:37 Nvidia to host 2008 event toasting visual computer arts

16:28 Bizarre Creations starts charity effort 1

22 February

15:15 Insomniac reveals tech-sharing initiative

14:45 2009's GDC dates set

03:05 How WiiWare challenged Square Enix to rethink teams 1

02:59 Dave Jones unveils APB

01:55 "Developers need to prepare for exponential tech growth"

21 February

15:25 Havok goes free on PC

15:15 EA signs Starbreeze for classic franchise revamp

14:50 Babel expands to provide MMO services

20 February

21:24 Seven community-made games arrive on Xbox Live

19:59 Microsoft unveils Xbox Live Community Games 3

19:58 Epic shows off Unreal Engine 3 upgrades

19:57 Zune goes gaming with XNA

19:56 Lionhead unveils cross communication XBLA-to-Fable 2 game

19:30 Molyneux aims for casual players with Fable 2 co-op mode

17:36 Softimage launches new community site

17:20 Nurien to make UE3-powered virtual world

17:00 Audiokinetic unveils Wwise Motion

14:54 May 12th launch for US WiiWare

14:32 THQ signs Blue Fang for new DS, Wii and PC IP

14:23 NaturalMotion upgrades Morpheme to 1.3

14:00 Frontier unveils first WiiWare title

08:16 Havok confirms Cloth and Destruction tools

02:43 'The PC market is not dying' says newly-formed PC Gaming Alliance 4

01:50 HeroEngine beefs up

01:14 Five new modules for xaitment

19 February

22:41 Emergent celebrates 2007 success

22:29 Autodesk to buy Kynogon

18:18 Nokia's Vanjoki on 'the new paradigm for gameplay' offered in mobile games

14:00 id chooses IGA for in-game ads

09:29 'Centralising tools and creative management doesn't work' - Riccitiello

08:45 Rein: "$1bn? We're not that cheap" 4

08:40 Bill Gates unveils free development tools for students 11

08:13 "Jury still out" on Big Media's chances in games development

07:39 Square Enix forms new mobile studio

07:32 Stainless and Mind Control signed for Magic The Gathering games

06:47 New games outfit plans to make games devised by best-selling authors

06:30 Net-Z, Rendez-Vous and Spark now support MacOS X

06:24 PopCap to make multiplayer mobile games for SNAP

02:07 Microsoft unveils XNA Live Arcade extensions

00:47 Adobe looking to tempt devs with new 3D tech say reports

18 February

22:40 Speculation mounts over 'new' Xbox Live 1

22:28 Ex-Naughty Dogs create new studio

20:52 PlayFirst CEO says casual games industry needs more innovation

19:59 Scaleform joins Epic's IPP

19:01 Mobile games market hasn't slowed down, says Guillemot

04:53 Activision rebrands one of its internal studios

03:14 Amazon to launch Steam, GameTap competitor?

02:27 Korea's Dragonfly is latest UE3 licensee

02:25 User-generated content comes to N-Gage

15 February

16:20 Get ready for GDC

12:27 Nvidia to port PhysX to its GPUs 1

11:00 Save the date: Develop Awards return in July

10:52 iPhone development 101 1

10:22 Scaleform teams with GameSpy for Scaleform Lobby

14 February

16:04 Gearbox licences morpheme

14:39 'iPod is Apple's game gateway' says insider 1

14:30 Nvidia's buy of Ageia a done deal

13:00 Eight new tech partners for Gamebryo 1

12:47 New studio head for Kuju London

12:10 Torque Wii gets upgrade

11:38 UE3 to aid architects

11:03 Geomerics launches Enlighten

10:19 Sparkplay gets $4.25m funding

09:59 Wraps come off Disney's first driving game

13 February

17:06 Epic's Unreal Engine 3 gets Morpheme integration

16:01 Canadian studios get $1m prototype funding 1

14:48 Why Big Media's arrival in games is good for independent studios

13:47 OneBigGame names board of directors

13:22 A mobile Zeevolution?

12:09 Ideaworks3D's Airplay gets OpenKODE certification

11:55 Top game development jobs this week 3

10:52 Qube unveils pricing incentive

10:45 Allegorithmic unveils Substance

10:25 Field lands at Relentless

10:00 Licensing Show leaves New York

10:00 Autodesk separates 3ds Max into games and design versions

12 February

18:56 Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel and others to form PC Gaming Alliance 5

16:21 Benchmark boasts $500m fund

16:07 DEV TOOL ROUND-UP: Character animation tools

16:03 Braun switches SimCity for Sin City

15:10 2K to use UE3 in new titles

14:32 Can game developers improve mankind?

14:29 Last week for Game Connection America registration

13:50 Babel to use Javaground Xpress 1

11:56 EMI looks to get tracks into games

10:49 Softimage launches education services

10:12 Dead Head Fred wins WGA award

10:07 Halo and Battlefield vets form Tyrant Studios

11 February

22:00 Ubisoft plans to open studio in Singapore

15:06 Speak your mind on Develop 2

14:00 Biodroid picks Gamebryo 1

13:59 EA unveils first Hasbro games in development

12:02 Level 5 makes cross-media push

10:33 £10m boost for UK's creative industries

09:53 EA CEO: "We blew it," when it came to acquisitions 1

10 February

19:29 EA to target social networks

9 February

14:12 Guardian: UK ministers will 'plan clampdown' on games 3

8 February

17:47 Monumental partners with GNi

17:16 Splash Damage to double in size

16:29 Fancy working for MCV or Develop?

15:52 GDC08 debut set for Vicious Engine 2

12:06 Antix Game Player to launch on Motorola phones

11:52 Infinity Ward reigns over AIAS awards

10:44 Vision Engine 6.4 to launch at GDC08

10:31 Kojima Productions targets girl market

7 February

17:26 Madden lead producer leaves EA

16:07 Electroplankton creator's Tenori-On gets design award nod 1

13:33 Scaleform and IDV join Emergent's partner program

12:44 CASUAL CONNECT: Brand overhaul for Real's casual sites 1

12:42 Dave Perry awarded honourary PhD

12:40 CASUAL CONNECT: Gamers enjoy ad-supported games, says Real

12:04 DICE08: 'It is time for the auteur of gaming,' says Verbinski 1

11:24 'Casual gamers are mobile gamers too' 1

11:11 CASUAL CONNECT: 'Innovate, don't iterate' says Microsoft casual boss

10:36 CASUAL CONNECT: India gets first casual gaming portal

10:21 Quazal adds new data centre

10:19 Kynapse 5 to launch at GDC08

10:15 GCDC puts out call for papers

10:08 Hansoft levels up to 5.1

10:01 West Canada's studios want same tax deal as Quebec 3

09:41 CASUAL CONNECT: 'Casual games need to evolve' - PopCap

09:34 Blitz signs up 3rd Dimension Creations for new Arcade title

6 February

22:16 CASUAL CONNECT: Spill signs Double Fusion for casual game portal ads

22:12 CASUAL CONNECT: FlowPlay nabs $3.7m funding

22:02 CASUAL CONNECT: King.com crowns growth boom 1

21:58 CASUAL CONNECT: Freeze Tag unveils winter catalogue

21:49 CASUAL CONNECT: Former GameTrust boss becomes Arkadium VP

21:44 CASUAL CONNECT: Last Day of Work developing Virtual Villagers 3

21:41 CASUAL CONNECT: PlayFirst unveils dog-based Diner Dash spin-off

18:00 3D Realms working on XBLA Duke Nukem

15:48 Where next for NVidia and Ageia? 2

14:27 Casual games developers flock to Amsterdam

14:17 EA and Spielberg formally announce Boom Blox

14:00 Havok's new Cloth and Destruction tools set for GDC08 unveiling

11:16 Frontier to hold Open Day

11:06 EA opens Madrid testing centre

5 February

20:51 After several delays N-Gage finally launches 1

20:27 Iwata: 'Third party devs are not struggling on Wii' 1

19:53 Microsoft Game Studios branches out with SpeedTree

19:42 Foundation 9 unveils 'Total Quality Initiative'

16:30 Meet the Game Changers 13

14:10 Sawyer settles Atari suit 8

14:05 Emote to unveil social gaming tech at GDC08

14:00 Can James Patterson and Jane Jensen bridge the genre gap?

13:42 Workshop for game animators hits London next week

13:21 Geomerics launches Enlighten trailer

12:33 Play All head: ' engine independence is critical' for future of dev biz 2

12:28 Rocketscience heads to GDC08

10:35 Develop 80 out now 1

09:56 GDAA to host Australian networking event at GDC08

09:52 Rebel Monkey raises $1m

4 February

22:37 Nvidia to buy Ageia

13:28 Q broadens middleware's horizons 2

13:20 PSP dev costs halved 7

10:45 Top game development jobs this week

10:05 EA's Entis on Epic's UE3, Spielberg and exploring new biz models

09:51 $1,750 up for grabs to indie devs

2 February

21:46 Square Enix's Wada looks to India and China for acquisitions

1 February

20:39 Jim Ward leaves LucasArts

15:13 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences launches games scholarships

14:16 Platinum Games heads to Facebook

11:57 Climax Kingston closed

10:57 Riccitiello 'investing in quality'

10:41 GarageGames releases Torque Game Builder 1.7

09:42 EA Partners posts strongest quarter ever