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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

30 September

16:43 Games Up? scores more sponsors

15:55 Rebellion cheers 2008 success

12:50 EA Chicago vets form new studio, ink Activision deal 2

12:37 EA Redwood Shores to rebrand 1

12:33 Trinity College Dublin picks morpheme

12:23 IGA and Activision sign advertising pact 1

12:12 Havok and Intel open search for physics innovation

29 September

15:48 2K Australia launches the '2K Bot Prize'

14:55 'Government MUST act,' says Tiga 5

11:09 EA signs Zack Snyder for three-game deal

10:11 Rebellion and King.com two of UK's fastest growing tech firms

26 September

15:20 Mythic moves to credit workers past and present 2

14:31 Swansea Met Uni gets studio spin-off 2

14:27 Writers Guild GB award nominations announced 4

14:03 NESTA teams up with Tiga for LGF event

13:58 Tiga's next target: the Tories

25 September

16:35 Now GDC heads to Canada, too

16:11 Early bird deadline for Montreal Game Summit nears

14:18 Italy gets its first game development conference

13:31 GameTap joins Metaboli, but does it leave indie devs in the cold?

11:24 Android builds momentum

10:03 Credit crunch makes UK developers desirable, says Tiga 2

24 September

15:48 Level 5 announces Studio Ghibli collaboration

15:17 Photoshop CS4 to feature Nvidia acceleration

14:35 Chinese outsourcing firm grabs former Looking Glass boss as CEO

13:34 Two Scottish teenagers found new development outfit OneZero 15

13:16 Atari signs Foundation 9 for iPhone games

23 September

17:40 Marvel's development strategy in full-swing via Zen deal 1

14:21 Trion gets $70m VC funding

12:14 Game Connection Level Up 2008 winners announced

10:41 Drag-and-drop XNA development gets one step closer

09:57 Monumental nabs nearly £300,000 from Technology Strategy Board

08:41 'We thought we were immune to shut-down,' says Ensemble

08:30 India's FXLabs seeks US co-production deals

22 September

14:32 1C sides with PhysX

14:14 That sound you hear? It's Peter Moore backpedalling

12:44 Yuji Naka's back(a)

11:26 World's first iPhone game development course to open in London 6

10:05 Almost 700 attend GC Asia Conference

19 September

16:42 50 Cent dead, but Swordfish will be sold off, says report

16:05 Eidos opens Shanghai base

16:04 ASIAN DOMINATION: The Round-Up

15:09 Menus Master licensed by Ubisoft Montreal

15:04 Tiga attends Labour Party Conference to raise industry's profile

13:42 Casual games 'frowned upon' claims Molyneux

13:36 Is Singapore the next Montreal of games development? 5

13:18 FreeStyle fingered as DJ Hero dev

18 September

17:48 Think it's just the UK that's got a skills shortage? 1

17:24 SCEE: 'India will emerge as key development hub for international companies' 1

16:59 More big names back Montreal Summit

16:34 Singapore Polytechnic sets up Unreal Technology lab

15:28 Indian casual industry set for market boom 3

14:42 Tiga leads Treasury lobby 1

11:17 Emote and Avalanche unveil collaboration

11:08 'Asia-Pacific can compete with Europe, Japan and US markets'

10:28 Atari plans more new studios as part of online 'reinvention' 1

17 September

20:36 'Brighton games scene solid as a rock despite NCsoft redundancies'

20:03 We're too busy to think about acquisition, says Valve

17:08 Valve on Google 'acquisition': "100% rumour"

15:45 Last day for Game Connection Europe exhibitor registration

14:35 Emergent toasts growing Asia market

13:35 Google: 'No comment' on Valve acquisition rumours 1

13:25 BioWare picks ElectricCommander

12:01 Funcom co-founder resigns

11:25 Rare lacks relevance in modern gaming, says ex-Xbox boss 1

11:12 Google to buy Valve? 3

10:04 Pixelux's Force Unleashed tech goes public

16 September

15:00 University of Portsmouth signs up to Tiga 1

12:07 Chapman to head up Sheridans' games team

11:53 In2Games acquired 1

11:32 Retro veterans form new studio

11:26 ASIAN DOMINATION

10:22 GC Asia gets Ubisoft keynote on making new IP

10:15 Havok 6.0 released

10:02 At $1.6m per person, Nintendo's profit per capita is world's best

15 September

17:40 Dolby releases Axon SDK for games

16:58 THQ exec Akmal forms investment firm

16:56 Allegorithmic?s ProFX adopted by The9 for new MMO

15:55 Namco Bandai steps up internal technology efforts

15:22 Housers will spark bidding war in February, says analyst

15:03 GarageGames founder unveils new digital distribution tech

12:35 Media Molecule to present GameCity's Vision Statement

14 September

23:00 EA terminates Take-Two takeover attempt 1

13 September

14:00 Crytek signs for Steam

12 September

15:52 Inafune: "Japanese developers are behaving like spoiled children" 1

14:52 Big Fish secures $83m VC cash

14:08 Developer rejected from Dragon's Den is undeterred 1

10:18 Activision acquires FreeStyleGames 2

09:40 Mudbox SDK in development 3

11 September

15:49 Nintendo, Team ICO and Capcom lead at CEDEC Awards

15:28 Rockstar, Sony, Sega and NaturalMotion back Bradford's games event

15:00 Support swells for Game Connection

14:51 Capcom wants a slice of the Western development sector

12:31 New networking event for development community

10 September

19:42 Consolidation hits NCsoft 1

17:14 Moledina pours scorn on in-game ads and digital distribution 1

17:07 Hey developers - tell us who your favourite UK journos are 2

15:21 Spector and MGS' Fryer to keynote Montreal Game Summit

13:00 NCsoft closing Brighton development team 2

09:59 Microsoft confirms Ensemble closure - exec team to form new studio 2

9 September

23:01 Ensemble to disassemble following Halo Wars release? 2

18:55 iPod Touch is 'best portable device for games' says Jobs 6

11:34 Q: How do you kill a great games developer? A: Buy it

10:58 Latest issue of Develop out now

10:32 iPhone has sparked "profound market change" says Playfirst

09:49 University of Manchester unveils low-cost texturing application

09:22 Psyonix licences UE3

09:12 Escape Studios unveils entry-level online learning tool 4

8 September

14:16 Australian games devs 'should stop whinging for a tax break' 5

14:10 Schappert to keynote Tokyo Game Show

13:35 Zed buys Flash games developer Mobitween

13:19 Denki restructures, targets new IP

09:40 Bozek joins Atari

5 September

15:22 New online art marketplace launches

14:49 Square Enix officially withdraws Tecmo bid

14:41 EA shows iPhone committment

12:20 UKCI 2008 to address intelligent computers in games

11:45 Chloé Giusti leaves Babel 4

4 September

15:19 PopCap opens D2C UK mobile site

14:48 TwelveJ brings Pixar artist to London and Liverpool 2

14:21 Tecmo names new Team Ninja leader

12:03 IGDA Leadership Forum early bird deadline approaching 1

11:30 EA Partners looks to more Japanese deals

11:07 Molyneux to keynote GCAC 1

10:00 Tecmo and Koei in merger talks

3 September

15:51 Montreal Games Summit programme detailed

15:33 Codemasters Studios and Image Metrics team up

15:15 BlackFoot Studios picks UE3 2

14:44 PathEngine hits version 5.17

13:34 GameHorizon Raises the Game tomorrow

12:56 Game Connection Europe exhibitors deadline looms

12:42 SN Systems expands to Ireland

2 September

13:48 Gamr7 city-building tool is almost ready

13:19 THQ chases Chinese dev deals 1

12:42 Samsung opens mobile developer programme

11:39 Telltale praises WiiWare service

10:00 Legal pitfalls facing reverse-engineering

1 September

14:52 How to get a job at Media Molecule: make LBP levels 3

13:35 E4's Grand Master Flash deadline nears

13:19 Monumental ramps up to over 60 staff

10:15 Braid's least likely admirer: the Daily Mail?

09:47 Escape Studios opens NY office