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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 March

15:10 PopCap appoints marketing VP

11:33 Realtime Worlds gets $50 million funding

08:00 'Tiga needs to raise its game'

30 March

23:08 UK Government 'declares trade war' on Canada 10

22:06 Capcom buys Tenchu developer K2 1

28 March

14:45 Testronic acquires Venus Blue rights

12:04 EA rebrands UK team to Bright Light and unveils new IP

11:53 Foundation 9 finishes merger of The Collective and Shiny

11:42 Torque X hits version 2.0

10:55 Paramount targets games

10:35 Flagship turns to film for new funding model

10:14 Rockstar takes a leaf out of Bungie's playbook

27 March

15:50 UE3 gets another Korean licensee

14:58 BYRON REVIEW: Tiga warns Government must not further burden studios

13:04 Ontario enhances tax credits for games production

12:44 BYRON REVIEW: The recommendations for developers

10:49 Call for UK games tax break 'intensifies'

10:28 Computer Science enrollment figures slump 5

26 March

15:20 The History of RollerCoaster Tycoon 1

15:02 D'Astous: "Greenshields is jealous, and that's sad" 3

12:08 Monumental signs up another payment provider

11:10 Want your games career to take you around the world?

10:51 Introversion heads to Xbox Live Arcade

10:20 CEDEC 2008 date set

25 March

15:02 Full Sail becomes University

14:39 Gearbox signs advertising partnership with Double Fusion

14:28 NCsoft developing two MMOs with UE3 2

13:48 Metanet: 'The vast majority of XBLA games suck'

13:36 LocoRoco rolls into education

13:33 What can the UK learn from France's games tax break? 1

11:48 Two new virtual worlds launch for casual gamers

11:00 WiiWare goes live in Japan

09:46 Austin GDC opens call for papers

20 March

15:41 TOOLS ROUND-UP: Audio Engines

15:03 Get your diary out - we've just updated our events guide

14:56 Spector: ?What passes for story interaction is an illusion?

12:01 N-Gage release finally nearing?

11:43 ESA offers game scholarships

19 March

15:19 Kohnke renamed and opens European office

14:59 Red 5 appoints engineering VP

11:31 Spector: ?Game writers need to learn to scale back?

10:33 'Future of Vivendi Games is quite uncertain' 1

18 March

17:30 Develop adds mobile site

15:55 3D Realms' Miller forms Radar Group

14:14 Nickelodeon 'developing 600 casual games'

12:51 Kynogon execs to head Autodesk's new games technology group

11:42 Bizarre backs tax break campaign

11:41 Bioware: EA's studio-label model is 'the right way to do things'

11:18 'Playtesting was crucial to Portal's success'

10:52 Tragnarion becomes official Wii developer

10:47 Fancy a new career challenge? Our jobs board boasts global games vacancies

17 March

17:06 James North-Hearn becomes Foundation 9 CEO

16:04 Game Republic gets Licence to Kill

15:02 Harvard's Rubin on translating 360 epic Lost Odyssey into English 1

13:51 Instinct Studio hits version 2.0

11:22 Monumental partners with Adverline

10:52 Audio Factory working on sound synthesis tech

10:46 S2Engine 1.5 released

10:29 Juice Games to hold 2008 Open Day

08:00 'Montreal is not an efficient place to run a business' 40

14 March

14:53 TUTORIAL: Havok Behaviour 1

14:41 WiiWare Week Round-Up

14:27 Madden creator on WiiWare episodic and user-driven content plans 1

12:15 Endemol to open casual games studio

11:59 MTV eyes more studio acquisitions

11:23 Ian Livingstone pays tribute to Gary Gygax

10:33 Develop Awards: Lobbying begins 1

09:33 Rockstar's dev talent key to Take Two move, admits Riccitiello 1

13 March

18:37 Hirai's remit widens to cover SOE

14:57 Tiga agrees that Government has disappointed the games industry 2

14:42 Epic says Unreal Engine 4 will 'exclusively target the next console generation' 8

14:08 Nintendo's 'secret war' on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Store 3

13:57 Brash: 'This is just the beginning'

10:00 Now UK gamers are asked to petition Brown for tax break

09:52 Gamebryo hits SCE DevNet

09:17 God of War producer Barlog on board for Mad Max game 1

12 March

22:00 THQ to acquire Elephant Entertainment?

20:13 Now Guitar Hero is accused of patent enfringement

17:24 ELSPA 'disappointed' Budget lacks games tax break 2

16:59 Ad exec wanted for new online launch

16:24 Geomerics gets Government grant 2

15:50 Gusto picks Hansoft

15:05 Brash signs deal with Japanese studio Game Republic

14:43 Develop 100: UK studios triumphant in 2007

13:21 100,000 downloads for iPhone SDK

13:14 Latest issue of Develop out now

12:30 Harmonix sues Activision - then withdraws lawsuit

11:23 ?We love WiiWare?

09:54 HandyGames becomes DS developer

11 March

23:21 Kuju drives Catalis revenues

20:10 2K Marin developing BioShock 2

17:32 Futuremark picks ProFX

14:57 Registration opens for Paris GDC

13:47 WiiWare is 'the equivalent of greenlighting 1,000 independent films'

10:04 Speakers named as Games:Edu registration opens

10:02 Leighton Webb joins NaturalMotion

09:39 Nintendo Japan gears up for March 25th WiiWare launch

10 March

16:52 Is this the largest team in games development?

16:18 Weinsteins' Genius guns for games

15:02 Verbinski wants 'zero narrative' approach in new game project 2

14:10 Chris Lewis takes charge of Microsoft Game Studios in Europe

11:30 Want your games career to take you around the globe?

09:37 'iPhone opens a new era in mobile gaming' says Gameloft CEO 1

09:27 Jagex named one of the 100 best companies to work for

08:00 Welcome to WiiWare week

7 March

15:30 XNA heading to smartphones? 1

14:50 The world's 100 most successful studios are named next month

14:44 Torque 360 hits version 1.5

13:52 Tiga demands games tax break in next week's Budget 1

10:37 IndieCade calls for game submissions

10:12 Yedang Online licences Unreal Engine 2.5

6 March

23:33 Carmack praises iPhone development plans 1

23:10 $100m 'iFund' launched for iPhone app developers 1

22:26 Midway to open casual games portal

21:58 Gizmondo boss: 'We could never compete with Sony or Nintendo in content' 1

19:51 Games on the menu for iPhone and iPod Touch 6

16:42 PathEngine hits version 5.15

15:08 GameHorizon unveils first speakers

14:32 'Distribution will drive user creativity' 5

11:09 YoYoGames hits 100,000 user landmark

5 March

16:41 Proprietary tech is 'risky', says 38 Studios

16:38 Intent Media appoints events manager

14:39 Square Enix subsidiary launches child safety game

13:52 Fallout designer founds WhiteMoon Dreams

13:46 Mark Ecko Entertainment to create Dexter game

12:51 Casual gamers not averse to advertising

12:46 Gary Gygax dies at 69

4 March

16:27 GamesIndustryMap 2.0 launches

15:42 Ubisoft to use Fonix tech for EndWars

15:36 Mobile games developers target social networking sites

14:23 Mobile game dev Distinctive Developments hires ops manager

10:00 The Curious Story of Disney's 'Minigame Week' 4

09:55 Frima-Humagade merger creates second largest independent in Quebec

09:00 Capcom takes a swipe at rivals as part of recruitment drive 1

3 March

22:35 Phil Harrison joins Atari as president 4

15:12 RealNetworks to buy Scrabulous?

10:49 Fishlabs to distribute games via e-mail 2

10:33 Alamofire secures $2 million funding

10:16 Organic Motion opens UK facility

10:00 SCEE to implement open audio file format

2 March

19:00 Beenox working on Activision's first Bond game 2