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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 January

13:09 Quazal celebrates record year

11:27 IBM to host GDC08 tech and dev pavillion

09:59 Rebellion toasts chart success

09:47 Tiga Award winners named

09:45 David Gardner is new Atari CEO

09:38 Enzyme Expands

08:00 New Tiga CEO named

30 January

16:44 Free Lunch Design acquired

15:26 Paris GDC dates and venue confirmed

14:00 Kuju opens studio in San Francisco

12:46 Can Backbone take on Nintendo at their own game? 2

11:23 Silicon Knights planning big expansion drive

11:14 Key UK devs discuss the trials and tribulations of Britsoft

10:46 Stringer and Kotick sceptical of of in-game ads

10:42 Chair nabs rights to Ender's Game

29 January

18:01 Valve unveils free publishing and development tools

15:45 Futuremark opens games studio

15:45 Crytek to show off CryEngine 2 ports at GDC08

15:39 PopCap appoints Microsoft and Apple vet as VP of engineering

11:01 EA dissolves partnership with Marvel

10:59 Nintendo responds to third parties' concerns 8

09:39 Gamecock signs second Firefly deal

28 January

21:28 Nintendo boosts Japanese Wii development teams

17:54 Virtools launches Wii Solutions 1

16:13 Microsoft soliciting XNA feedback

15:05 Jagex plays with FunOrb

14:21 Jump nabs Manchester Utd. license for $100m

13:25 2008 ION Game Conference registration opens

10:53 Top games development jobs this week

10:35 EA Chicago GM lands at Microsoft

25 January

14:45 THQ targets RPGs in Big Huge deal

14:34 Juan Montes joins Telcogames

14:17 Another new studio targets WiiWare

12:53 IGA clinches Football Superstars deal

12:25 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel embraces Steam

00:00 Paris GDC confirmed

24 January

14:26 Creative Assembly composer to present Melbourne talk

12:54 Big names sign up for Game Connection America

11:35 Epic vs SK fight widens as UE3 licencees get subpoenas

09:50 New Tiga CEO will be named next week

23 January

22:54 THQ's development revamp hits full swing

10:49 Search begins for Flash game rockstars 5

10:39 Deadline unveils new IP

10:33 Epic details GDC08 participation

10:03 CCP signs for Steam

10:01 Autodesk and EA partner for digital media masters degree

09:59 Skillset Scotland offers career makeover

09:57 Japanese dev stars head to GDC08

09:27 M&C Saatchi guru joins nDreams as non-exec director

22 January

14:36 Blitz Open Days attract record numbers

14:19 Lightsprint SDK 2008 released

13:46 Hare: 'Games are now sold as products, not fun' 2

12:26 Nik Nak signs two-game deal with Codemasters

11:16 Microsoft to hold Xbox Live Arcade Awards at GDC08

10:32 Smash Brothers honcho Sakurai reveals development trials

21 January

15:15 Gosen leaves I-play

12:14 Geomerics CTO to talk at GDC08

11:00 Top games development jobs this week

10:05 EA DICE embraces retail-free business model 6

09:56 Tiga Awards finalists revealed

18 January

15:55 UK games development salaries on the rise

14:59 More GDC sessions detailed

14:16 Capcom asks GRIN for more Bionic

14:15 AIAS announces 2008 awards nominees

12:27 Carbonated head moves to horseplay

10:00 Ultizen buys M-Star

17 January

15:35 New games degree for the Philippines 2

15:22 Apple 'has no game plan'

14:39 Virtuos opens Chengdu office 1

14:09 XBLA portfolio chief says demos must be better

13:20 More studio support for Wii Ware

13:06 Gamecock lands in Europe 1

16 January

15:07 Nintendo talks Wii development at GDC08

14:45 Turner backs Dare to be Digital 2008

10:29 GameHorizon announces two-day June conference

10:17 Foundation 9 wants to improve product quality

10:09 Disney adds SVP of production to exec games team 2

09:53 Gamecock moves indie games event to Texas

09:36 Midway: Austin studio layoffs are 'routine'

09:25 Writers Guild announces nominations for inaugural games award

15 January

17:56 Xbox Live boss signed for GDC08 keynote

17:00 Square Enix looking to acquire Western developer?

12:03 Perpetual quits work on Star Trek Online

11:27 Majesco reveals plan for Majesco Studios

10:18 THQ buys Big Huge Games

14 January

17:52 Hasbro wants to shut down Scrabulous 1

16:02 Tusk opens for business

15:13 PathEngine hits version 5.14

14:34 Chinese firm helps workers establish independent studios

13:56 NCsoft cancels Spacetime Studios MMO deal

13:46 Sign the perfect publishing deal

13:22 Top games development jobs this week

13:01 New UK agency opens for games writers

11:55 EA to open game studio in Korea

11:19 Epic Games set for expansion

11:06 Nokia's Vanjoki to present GDC08 Mobile keynote

10:40 Casual games firms set for Amsterdam conference

11 January

15:53 Charity poker match to feature at GDC08

12:11 David Jaffe throws his hat into the ?one console? ring 5

11:11 Autodesk Developer Conference details emerge

10:31 Outspark secures $11 million funding

10 January

17:56 Sega signs Eurocom for next Olympics game

16:32 Valve buys Turtle Rock

14:59 Sign up here for licensing news

14:12 Shin'en offers WiiWare audio outsourcing

11:07 More GDC08 talks announced

10:26 Another award for Havok

10:00 Tokyo Game Show 2008 dates announced

09:49 XNA team wants games for upcoming showcase

9 January

17:09 Ron Gilbert joins Hothead as creative director

17:05 Engine looks to WiiWare and hints at service's March launch

15:39 UK's Teesside set for game job boom?

15:31 Silicon Knights backs Niagara incubator

15:21 Gimme5games and Mochi Media back Jayisgames' casual games contest

14:52 Antix Labs unveils mobile gaming technology 1

13:01 Codemasters looks to possible US studio acquisitions 2

09:44 Merscom inks WiiWare/XBLA dev deal

8 January

14:49 Gearbox pledges $50k to The Guildhall at SMU

13:06 Take 2 acquires Illusion Softworks 7

11:45 Nintendo 'faces a moral dilemma' over developer relations 4

11:40 SCE Japan to layoff staff?

11:02 New Year, New Job?

10:06 Ubisoft to support amBX 1

7 January

15:00 NaturalMotion uses PhysX in Backbreaker

14:53 Mousechief patents narrative method

14:06 Iwata: 'Stories and better graphics don't grow game audiences' 3

14:02 EA completes BioWare Pandemic acquisition

14:00 Sony Online picks Gamebryo 2

13:21 Astraware acquired

13:15 Protoype boasts 7.1 audio

10:53 XBLA 2007 sales chart shows old favourites sell best 1

10:18 Rockstar joins Steam

4 January

13:48 The perils of multi-format games development

12:11 Nintendo dominates Christmas developer chart

10:00 'UK Government must act on tax breaks'

09:50 Pirates of the Caribbean director talks game/movie crossover at DICE

3 January

17:10 Unreal Tournament III used to teach game design

13:59 Ray Kurzweil to provide GDC08 keynote

12:42 Harmonix: 'Making a fun game just isn't enough to be successful'

12:30 Funding boost to help Zeetoo mobile games joystick

11:23 Jade Raymond interviews Hideo Kojima 14

11:01 SPECIAL FEATURE: Character animation tools

10:54 Game Connection America deadline looms

2 January

17:00 GDC08 ramp up begins

15:33 Nokia delays new N-Gage yet again

15:02 $4.5m funding boost for MMO firm IGG

14:58 Former Hitman devs reveal new casual title

13:51 Microsoft's Ensemble to relocate

11:42 The 10 New Studios to Watch In '08

10:31 'Games development too expensive'

10:20 Nvidia is Forbes' 'Company of the year'

10:16 Robert Garriott rises at NCsoft 2

09:33 Red Mile to use UE3