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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

30 June

22:39 'Ng:como will feel like first-party for iPhone games' 1

16:30 UK is "ridiculously expensive" for studio expansion, says Kotick 4

16:21 Young founds iPhone games publisher

15:59 Microsoft releases XNA Robot Game

15:43 Are developers overlooking the opportunities that lie in kids games? 1

14:12 Sony goes public with 2.40 PS3 firmware details

13:47 Project 'Top Secret' winners announced

13:44 J Allard now 'Chief Experience Officer' at Microsoft

11:16 Develop Awards early bird deadline ends today

27 June

13:36 Black Rock hires Glancey as franchise design director 2

11:16 The Game Creators launches asset store

10:57 Panzar Studios picks CryEngine 2

10:21 2K Games takes out multi-title Havok licence

10:03 Game Tribe outsources MMO management

26 June

11:28 Develop Awards early bird deadline nears

11:19 Games are catching up with cinema, says Pixar

11:05 Realtime Worlds gives $1,000 to fansite

10:06 Tag Games offers money-back guarantee scheme

25 June

16:56 Paris GDC dubbed 'most popular European GDC to date'

12:49 Develop Conference early bird deadline nears

12:12 Capcom licenses Unreal Engine 3

11:40 Chimera gets Xbox, Wii and DS dev licenses

10:57 Ubisoft to open studios in Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis next? 2

10:56 CRI announces free PS3 middleware 1

10:16 Sony working on PlayStation Phone?

09:51 Autodesk presents Heavenly Sword production talk

09:44 EA Sports peripherals on the way

24 June

17:19 Ubisoft chooses Brazil for 20th studio 4

13:20 Big shake-up in mobile as industry giants unite Symbian OS

11:37 'Great game design is making bad decisions in pursuit of good ones'

11:16 Abertay hits back at Games Up 12

11:10 ?Graduates from accredited courses three times more likely to get a job? 4

11:06 We're at the cusp of an online revolution, says Cousins

09:01 NCsoft Europe picks ProFX

07:09 Industry campaigns for government-assisted work-placement scheme

23 June

22:43 Bioshock 'was a sequence of failures and errors' 8

13:55 Obsidian: 'Mod makers won't tolerate poor toolchains' 4

13:08 Tiga demands response to Wisconsin tax break for games development 1

12:24 'Our engine is better for designers than Unreal,' says Call of Duty 5 dev 4

12:13 Media Molecule on ?doing more with less?

11:53 The Secret to Singstar?s Success 1

06:52 Dave Perry picks finalists for his Top Secret competition

20 June

16:01 Who is the UK?s brainiest dev team?

15:45 Development sector is losing its youthful edge, says 'insider' 8

15:40 New games industry social network launched 1

11:47 Tiga: Schools need to promote maths and sciences

10:43 Babel appoints new QA director

19 June

20:33 UK-developed game in plagiarism row

15:33 Sony heralds developer-driven download era 1

14:39 Driver IP has 'inherent value'

14:05 BioShock's creative team to keynote Develop conference

13:43 Skillset calls for game studio contributions to 2008 survey

13:04 Gamebryo adds XSI support

12:19 SpeedTree 4.2 hits 'mature beta' 1

11:46 Wisconsin introduces tax breaks

10:07 GANG launches new social network

08:31 Neil Young leaves EA

18 June

15:45 Some PS3 2.4 firmware details confirmed by Sony

15:15 Sony's Macdonald calls for educational Centres of Excellence 7

13:24 Jagex to make a game a week for FunOrb casual portal 2

13:17 Microsoft saw XNA advocates as ?heretics?

13:08 Runescape developer Jagex working on new MMO 37

13:02 Microsoft: ?Poor workforce diversity slows games industry growth? 1

12:54 Media Molecule VS Ralph Baer - the Q&A

09:38 Ninja Theory picks Morpheme

07:00 Develop Mobile conference details confirmed

17 June

15:47 Making the intelligent decision

12:57 Tiga calls for more dev industry statistics

12:38 Blazing Lizard signs with biz dev specialists 1

11:27 Tecmo faces another lawsuit

10:11 T-Entertainment sides with UE3

08:09 Sony execs were reluctant to greenlight first PlayStation, says Yoshida 1

08:04 Sony Ericsson unveils new motion sensor gaming phone

16 June

17:46 Ken Levine renegotiating deal with Take Two, says Variety 1

15:18 Scottish Screen heralds local games industry

15:15 Regional agency for northwest UK pushes into games

15:06 Zoë Mode starting Konami's Revolution

13:15 Lack of online influenced Sony decision to cancel Eight Days 10

12:59 Shuhei Yoshida: The First Interview 1

11:10 Further walkouts at Tecmo?

10:40 Q expands into virtual worlds 1

09:40 New heads for SCE Worldwide Studios in Europe and America

08:50 The Guardian joins the call for better Government support of games 1

08:28 Darling brothers receive CBE 1

13 June

15:34 Side Effects reveals Houdini Apprentice HD 9.5

15:27 Nintendo: ?Wii can discover new genres? 1

14:56 Microsoft's Bach talks up Zune gaming 2

14:55 Paris GDC preview online now

11:40 Icarus upgrades MMO platform

11:21 Want to be a supermodel(ler)?

12 June

18:59 All change at Microsoft Game Studios 1

15:43 Zipper vet forms Caffeinated Games

15:27 Nokia to sponsor GC Developers Conference

11:31 ATI's GPU physics partner is... Havok?

10:42 Thirteen more speakers for the GameHorizon Conference

09:57 Gamebryo 2.5 released

11 June

17:26 Razorworks chief: 'We are examining options'

12:40 Razorworks to close 14

11:53 Casual Connect Seattle speakers revealed

10:12 Latest issue of Develop out now 1

09:45 Microsoft Game Studios' audio guru discusses the future of sound in games development 1

08:00 Ubisoft 'won't come last' to Activision Blizzard or EA-Take Two mergers

10 June

17:59 Dream Build Play 2008 opens

16:40 CyberSports signs up Vivox

16:05 UK Treasury promises tax break action 4

15:47 Five Develop Conference keynotes unveiled

15:22 TransGaming launches Mac digital distro platform

15:20 Ubisoft dev boss predicts even bigger budgets and team sizes in future

15:17 Want to succeed at multi-site development?

14:53 Meier: Civilization MMO 'really intriguing'

14:51 God Of War dev quits PSP

06:43 Apple unveils $199 3G iPhone, shows third-party apps 5

9 June

20:30 LucasArts fights back, denies halt to internal development

15:43 Women in Games' keynotes announced

15:35 Hands-On Mobile confirms London developer day

14:57 First details on 2008 Edinburgh Interactive Festival

12:17 1C developing new projects to aid global expansion

09:49 Escape scoops Pixar workshop

09:45 LucasArts to entirely kill off internal development? 1

6 June

22:44 SCEA unveils PlayStation-edu 1

13:29 Internally-made, localised games drive Codemasters to Japan

11:00 Rockstar North tops developer chart

10:00 'Disturbances in the workforce' at LucasArts? 1

09:16 NVISION 08 scoops Battlestar Galactica keynote

5 June

20:41 Disney merges mobile, online and games divisions

15:34 'San Fran base gives us access to new talent,' says Kuju America boss

14:36 Apple to price iPhone games at a premium 2

14:04 Crytek and EA ink another Crysis deal

12:19 Services guide returns for games biz

11:36 Tecmo stock price plummets on Itagaki exit

10:56 GameHorizon line-up expands

10:09 3D Brigade celebrates Dark Sector work 1

09:56 Develop Awards finalists revealed

4 June

17:33 Big name sponsors back Develop Awards

16:34 Turbine investor confirmed as Time Warner

15:59 Tecmo responds to Itagaki lawsuit 2

15:35 New global Sony studios role for Denny?

15:24 Animazoo partners with University of Brighton

13:58 London Studios' big budget games on hold

11:27 Insomniac to open second studio

09:46 EA confirms acquisition of social network start-up

3 June

16:24 'Developing a good casual game is like writing a great novel' 1

16:05 Kwari killed off 6

15:17 Paris GDC expands

14:34 webtechnology releases SpriteStudio 2.0

12:26 Trion and Sci-Fi to develop cross media property

11:29 Vicon launches T160 camera

10:26 Itagaki leaves Tecmo - and then starts legal proceedings

2 June

18:04 Cryptic appoints John Needham as CEO

16:01 Online Day added to Develop Conference schedule 1

15:36 Hirai: First-party studios must devise 'envelope-pushing, genre-defining content' 1

15:33 Ubisoft's 3D game efforts to be HQ'd from Quebec City, says report 1

15:29 Unity now available for Wii

15:14 EA looks to make mobile games with in-game voice chat

14:58 'Halo Franchise Management Team' good example of diverse workplace, says Microsoft

13:35 First Austin GDC sessions announced

12:40 Havok Complete now freely available

07:00 French games production tax credit goes live

06:55 Ubi readies $1.2bn acquisition warchest 1

1 June

17:45 BBC Newsnight report sparks developer unrest 14