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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 October

15:34 GDC09 registration opens

15:32 Neowiz licenses Vision Engine

15:23 Team17 to revive Alien Breed next year

11:28 Quantic Dream picks Menus Master

11:10 EA to axe nearly 600 jobs

30 October

14:50 Nokia mobile award goes to A Different Game 1

14:07 Is Apple a better format-holder than Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft?

11:14 RedBedlam joins Tiga

10:59 1C acquires developer Avalon

10:26 Miyamoto: ?Something missing from Twilight Princess?

09:59 Developers facing DSi difficulties?

29 October

15:55 Guild Wars nabs Umbra occlusion tech

15:31 Nitrogen SDK now free to indies

14:46 Playlogic co-developing SCEE?s EyePet

13:55 EA: N-Gage 'hasn't started yet'

11:36 iPhone development jobs up 500 per cent 2

28 October

14:46 Playfish bags $17m VC funding

14:37 Avalanche to lose 77 staff after contract cancellation 4

14:34 Vyk Games opens casual games development team

13:21 PopCap 'went through at least 100 ideas' for new Bejeweled

27 October

14:23 Sony relaxes approvals process 1

13:52 Trinigy's MD 'happy to be in the sweetspot of engine middleware' 2

13:32 Desperate Housewives composer signed for The Sims 3

13:27 How Softimage's ICE Kinematics will revolutionise animation

13:19 Xibalba picks Vision Engine

24 October

15:32 Epic acquisition talk is "just another rumour"

14:54 'The madman that is Molyneux has been tamed' says Lionhead boss 1

14:53 Still time to register for Game Connection Europe

14:44 Activision uses Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg tech

12:13 Emergent toasts Gamebryo Casual uptake

08:47 Legendary Pictures to buy Epic?

08:25 Autodesk makes shock swoop for Softimage 2

23 October

13:54 Tiga calls for UK to improve British education 1

13:47 Zoë Mode grows senior management team 3

10:13 Razorback hires new artist

22 October

18:58 'Developers welcome at June 09 E3'

17:36 Audiokinetic unveils SoundSeed

15:48 Unity reiterates Windows plans

11:06 Open Source for Game Developers

11:01 Amazon buys Reflexive 1

10:35 Ubisoft vets found new Montreal studio

10:09 Jay Wilbur to keynote GCAP

21 October

22:00 LucasArts and BioWare confirm MMO team-up

14:00 Kuju expands to the Philippines

11:20 Realtime Worlds makes senior hires

10:53 Miyamoto 'concerned' other developers resort to 'excessive violence' 9

10:36 SpeedTree sprouts new licensees

10:13 E3 09 set for June?

10:06 Jagex appoints THQ veteran

09:32 StemCell Game Engine adds indie-aimed licence

20 October

12:35 Jamie Sefton joins Game Republic

12:22 amBX spun out of Philips

11:49 Nokia announces Mobile Games Innovation finalists

11:32 Sense of Play returns as Playful: Game Design London

11:14 New outsource company Catalyst opens its doors

17 October

15:55 'Western studios better at project management than the Japanese' 1

15:24 Plans build for Skillset's London Games Festival events

15:21 Fork Particle Complete released

14:19 Digital distribution can 'ignite' developer interest in PSP, says Sony

11:00 AIIDE reveals speaker line-up

16 October

14:08 EA opens new Austin casual studio

11:12 The Game Creators get $25k from Facebook

10:43 Crystal Dynamics licences NavPower 1

10:41 Gamescom confirms plans for September '09 developer conference 1

10:13 'Activision prides itself on its independent studio model'

15 October

22:03 XNA Game Studio 3.0 to launch October 30th 1

10:54 Yano: Lips will make players 'discover the true essence of music'

10:02 Image Metrics expands management team

09:11 Zoë Mode toasts studio expansion

07:37 Moledina joins Electronic Arts

07:36 Brash promises to make better quality games 1

14 October

16:45 The Future is Online, says GameHorizon 1

16:13 Splash Damage nabs more senior staff 1

14:00 Kongregate launches Labs for indie devs

13:47 Southpeak gobbles up Gamecock

10:59 Tiga and Nesta LGF event gets new speakers

10:43 Big Fish opens Vancouver studio

10:21 Frontier picks Wwise

13 October

17:52 Microsoft's Edery pens game business book

17:30 Average UK developer yearly salary is £30,316, says Games Impact 4

14:18 Perforce expands training offering

13:50 Garriott blasts off

13:06 GAMES IMPACT: Read the report online now

12:15 Abyssal readies its Tools 1

11:30 GUIDE: User Interface tools and middleware

09:56 Government must intervene to prevent 'potential UK market failure'

10 October

16:52 Unity CEO: Windows editor support will "at least triple sales"

15:43 Submissions open for 2009 ELANs

14:14 Playfish hooked on Facebook 1

13:26 Latest issue of Develop out now

11:16 SN Systems moves into new offices

9 October

17:11 Sports Interactive signs with Steam 1

15:32 Game Connection Europe offers a glimpse of the future

15:14 PSP strengthens digital disitribution ties

15:09 'iTunes can dominate games'

14:52 Me: Tarzan developer, you: publisher

14:48 New report backs Tiga's tax break claim

14:40 Harrison headlining Unity conference

8 October

15:47 Riot Games unveils first title

14:56 EA's Sims label gets new head

14:00 Google finally unveils in-game ad strategy

11:08 UnrealScript Studio now available for commercial licensing

10:16 Southpaw launches TACTIC 2.0

7 October

14:33 NCsoft's Carbine Studios gets new director

14:18 Ankama celebrates ten million Dofus players

13:56 'Apple has shipped 10m iPhones three months ahead of schedule'

10:06 Sorensen leaves THQ

09:58 Emergent grabs SouthPeak EVP

09:57 Grasshopper Manufacture picks UE3

09:32 Nintendo first-party studios are 'doing great' says Fils-Aime

6 October

22:59 Silicon Knights 'temporarily' lays off 26 staff

18:06 Luxology launches imageSynth 2

15:50 Nokia holding code camp in Rome

15:44 Call of Duty-style development is 'soulless' says Bleszinski 4

15:21 FxStudio now PS3 and Wii compatible

14:13 EGDF hosting Euro 'Games Summit'

13:00 Develop jobs board offer now on 1

12:29 East Coast Games Summit announced 1

10:52 Valve to allow mod sales through Steam?

10:34 UK Government should follow Ontario's lead, says Tiga

10:15 DeVry students form new game studio

3 October

14:38 Rare signs up to use Escape's online CG course

14:19 APB to use Facebook as 'major community tool'

13:40 Ontario reveals $1.15bn fund for games developers

13:38 PC and 360 tool Blade3D gets investment

13:23 Records reveal political spending power of dev heavyweights

2 October

12:11 Private funding boost for Smoking Gun 1

10:37 Apple drops NDA for released iPhone games

10:03 Twentieth Century Fox expands games team

10:02 Halo team expansion confirmed by Microsoft

10:01 Nintendo reveals WiiWare-like DSware as part of handheld revamp

09:41 Emote gets £600,000 for AI project

1 October

15:16 Testronic Labs appoints new senior staff

14:39 EA LA faces job losses after Tiberium cancellation

11:08 Pixar's Vickery to visit Dundee