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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

30 May

13:58 Abertay University opens £2.5m games learning area

10:28 Patapon and Echochrome masterminds to speak at Develop conference

09:03 Valve unveils Steam Cloud 4

04:34 Menus Master now available for Wii

04:12 Ian Livingstone to debate future of UK creative industries 2

03:44 Eden Studios adopts Perforce

29 May

10:12 In his own words: designer turned astronaut Garriott's rise to the top

10:05 IGA scores Sports Interactive deal

28 May

23:24 Kojima: "Metal Gear Solid would still continue without me" 4

22:47 Assassin's Creed engine to power snowboarding game

22:13 ProFX wins Deutsche Telekom award

21:31 Ubisoft touts 'revolutionary AI character' in new Prince of Persia 1

21:16 Ubisoft confirms development of first 3D game, based on Avatar

17:12 Nvidia looks to cross-platform support after NaturalMotion deal 1

14:48 Miyamoto: 'My style has changed' 1

13:58 Blitz backs 'Ladies that Crunch' Women in Games event 2

13:39 Activision challenges THQ as it signs third-party studio's racer

13:08 New casual studio targets music-based games

12:54 Asylum signed as first 'Q on Wii' user 3

12:52 Tiga touts Games Up?'s unifying campaign

12:41 Sega renews UE3 licence

12:14 Games Up? maintains momentum with latest media report

27 May

11:30 Square Enix boss worried company is too insular 4

10:49 id leaves the Entertainment Software Association

10:25 12 more UK studios back new Games Up? campaign

09:42 UK development sector 'could become a dead man walking' 28

09:13 Eidos, SCE Worldwide Studios and Frontier back Games Up 1

25 May

12:58 Britsoft firms back official campaign for tax breaks

23 May

09:52 Microsoft announces Gamefest UK

09:42 XNA Gamefest registration opens

22 May

22:56 Xbox Live Arcade gets revamp for developers

17:01 Want a free trial subscription to Develop? 2

17:00 Temporary workers agreement could raise UK development costs, says Tiga

16:07 Gamers 'angry' over new N-Gage's DRM 7

15:39 Audiokinetic releases Wwise 2008.2

15:00 Splash Damage signs with Bethesda

12:22 Shane Kim hints at Project Gotham's future

11:48 Qube targets Indian development industry

11:14 Networking nightmares

10:45 Vivox appoints VP of consumer strategy

09:41 EA buys Hands-On Mobile Korea

21 May

14:33 EMotion now available for Mac

13:57 Todd Eckert to speak at GameHorizon

13:39 PathEngine updated to version 5.16

13:20 MIcrosoft launches Xbox Live Community Games beta 2

20 May

21:55 Epic buys Chair 4

15:06 The Times gets behind UK tax breaks

12:57 Four Bars signs up Hitoshi Sakimoto

12:15 Tiga praises new game violence research

10:46 Call for GCDC 2008 papers nears end

10:44 Square Enix's Wada confirms plans to acquire developers 2

10:12 Sega: 'We value PlatinumGames' independence'

19 May

15:51 'Nintendo encouraged us to think outside the box,' says Kuju London

15:15 Dyack to de-Knight himself?

14:57 Jagex - a 'poster boy' for a world without publishers?

14:42 Firelight: "We've big plans for FMOD"

13:57 Tiga: "We cannot afford to ignore the subsidised competition"

16 May

15:49 LA Games Conference agenda revealed

15:26 Global development's pitfalls 1

14:47 New developer-supported UK charity launches

08:40 Sony names new SCE Worldwide Studios boss

15 May

16:44 Tiga blasts Brown's reforms

14:37 Penny Arcade adventures with Torque 360 1

13:55 Los Angeles Film School adds game and animation degrees 1

12:42 London Games Festival returns for 2008

12:31 Sony adds YouTube upload support to SDK 7

11:45 Georgia introduces game dev tax breaks 1

14 May

15:00 Fred Hasson joins virtual world firm 1

12:33 Danish indie receives $125k grant

11:54 Nintendo sponsors Handheld Learning Conference 1

10:49 Anark sells off Gameface ? to Nvidia? 1

10:00 Develop Award lobbying - Hurry up!

13 May

22:14 NEW YORK MINUTIAE: Examining the Big Apple's games potential

15:33 PopCap breaks $1m barrier for new game's development

14:04 Image Metrics gets new director

13:51 DivX video encoding now available to PS3 developers

13:50 NCsoft and Vivox get chatting

13:37 Blizzard's Pardo to deliver Paris GDC Q&A keynote

12:35 FEATURE: How new IP Zubo has changed the way EA UK makes games

11:34 Nintendo reclaims dev chart top spot

11:04 Nintendo says Euro WiiWare 'opens new doors for developers'

10:12 TechFaith picks UE3

12 May

23:34 Microsoft to invest $147m in South Korea - with eyes on game studio

15:33 Tiga helping with Creative Industries Innovation network

15:06 Qantm Open Day announced

14:38 UK studios lead the American WiiWare charge 1

14:27 GUIDE: Games engines 1

13:58 Sega signs up Platinum's trio

12:52 Masahiro Sakurai to hold 'game-ness' talk

12:30 GTA IV script and story is "downright adolescent" says Charlie Brooker 2

11:55 Sony Online banking on the '3D-like' transformative power of the MMO

11:49 Call for papers open for GCAP 08

11:36 Scottish Government not doing enough to support studios, says CobraMobile

11:22 NCsoft Europe is not interested in making 'copycat' MMOs

11:12 Animazoo launches new mocap system

10:34 EA takes design lessons from Nintendo for new kids game Zubo

9 May

12:44 Real to create separate casual unit

12:39 AIIDE 2008 dates announced 1

12:24 Vicious Cycle expands

11:35 Bioshock film rights poached by Universal

10:58 EA to buy social network startup?

09:44 Codemasters Studios developing new F1 game 3

8 May

15:26 Spacetime Studios grabs back Blackstar IP from NCsoft

14:43 Key Nintendo programmer leaves for Microsoft

14:07 inXile forms user-generated content spinoff

12:45 Latest issue of Develop out now

12:02 Who'd stand to gain most by buying Epic?

10:35 Mirrors Edge (free) running on UE3

09:48 Ubisoft to publish Indie Game Festival finalist

7 May

14:26 'Kynogon acquisition komplete' says Autodesk

14:24 Huddersfield student develops game for the blind 5

14:17 Autodesk acquires Realviz

12:43 FDMX launches game 'design' competition with Sony Cambridge support 1

12:32 Nokia's SNAP 2.0 breaks out

11:24 'Being online is a smarter way to make games,' says GarageGames

10:13 More Develop conference speakers and sessions named

10:09 THQ Studios to lose 200

10:07 New game design curriculum developed

6 May

18:06 Boom Blox was "the first idea that jumped into my head", says Spielberg

16:39 Registration opens for Develop conference & expo

15:31 'Core gamers aren't being served,' say InstantAction chiefs

14:55 Avalon Style chooses UE3

13:30 Blizzard opens Digital Download Store

12:57 Microsoft unveils 'Popfly Game Creator' 1

11:58 Okamoto: I haven't been happy with our output

11:00 Are you the best in games development?

10:46 WhiteMoon Dreams chooses ProFX

10:17 Zune XNA support coming this month

2 May

16:02 GTA IV success proves that government must act, says Tiga 5

15:40 Nokia developing "highest ever production value mobile title" 2

14:13 Molyneux: Publishers don't 'want a famous person attached to any franchise' 6

12:58 Feeling under-appreciated at work?

10:50 Valve releases Steamworks SDK

10:31 Chris Satchell to deliver GameHorizon keynote

09:59 Develop heads to DevStation 08

1 May

17:14 Iwata: Any attempt to copy the Wii is "not a big threat"

16:01 Audiokinetic and Emergent cry 'bundle!'

15:51 Credit where it's due 4

12:25 Kongregate raises $3 million investment 1

11:59 Michael Capps to keynote GCDC

11:45 Booming casual games business gets its own trade website

11:23 Turbine gets $40 million VC injection