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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 August

23:31 Langdell quit to save IGDA from 'negative press' 6

20:13 IGDA: Langdell is out

19:59 Raymond takes charge at Ubisoft Toronto 1

19:41 Chair breaks Xbox Live sales records

17:51 US indie studio signed for God of War conversion

17:23 Disney makes surprise $4bn Marvel swoop

17:07 Rockstar sets sights on iPhone games development 1

28 August

16:23 Zombie Cow games hit Steam

15:07 Hunt is on for games industry?s top young entrepreneur 1

14:50 In focus: Rockstar North and Realtime Worlds

12:44 Rare advert reveals wider Natal approach 1

12:24 Indie Game Challenge deadline extended

12:21 Considering a new job?

09:55 Realtime Worlds expands Dundee base

00:01 Tiga in final ?unprecedented? push for tax relief 3

27 August

15:57 Scotland gears up for debut digital arts festival

11:44 Gamer Camp welcomes budding iPhone developers

10:49 Industry admits to decline in original IP 4

09:46 Fears over ?culturally British? tax test 10

09:40 Employment 'to fall' across UK game studios

26 August

22:57 Almost 60 made redundant at Raven 2

22:43 Layoffs at EA Maxis

17:51 Hope grows for UK game tax breaks 1

15:51 NaturalMotion 'rivals consoles' with iPhone title

12:56 Square Enix?s new PSP push confirmed 1

11:14 Bungie may return to Halo IP

11:10 Fleet of studios set for GameX trade event

10:01 PureLight gets 'indie-friendly' discount

25 August

16:02 Why set up a studio in Scotland?

15:49 Playfish?s de Halleux to keynote GDC Austin

15:09 iPhone dev tackles the ?learning-fun? conundrum

14:35 Startup group Terrible Lizard joins Tiga

12:05 Halo lead dev scores $29m for game/toy project

10:47 Warner Bros? leading lady to keynote at IGDA event 2

09:44 Unity revamps iPhone engine 1

24 August

15:50 'Leaked' documents confirm PSP Minis dev process

12:31 Denki: 'Games industry future up for grabs'

12:05 Euro GDC attracts 1,500 industry pros

11:50 Scottish games development in focus

11:41 Gamescom scores a quarter of a million visitors

11:10 VIDEO: Blizzard?s stunning StarCraft 'editor'

09:31 Blizzard turns to third Warcraft expansion

09:26 CEO resigns at Big Huge owner 38 Studios

21 August

16:15 Catch up on Gamescom/GDC Europe news

15:55 Dark Void delayed ?for game alterations? 2

15:18 Another iPhone studio turns PSP

14:41 Harmonix hints at Natal Rock Band 1

11:07 UK indies Tuna wins £30K regional grant

10:22 Nintendo in new bid to rival Apps/Minis 2

20 August

17:08 Kojima returned to MGS work due to ?dev issues?

15:22 PSP Minis sees 4 new Halfbrick games

13:14 PSP Minis already winning over iPhone devs 5

10:48 Infinity Ward: MW2?s multiplayer a priority

10:16 GRIN was working on FF title

09:25 Blitz calls for 360 and Wii price cuts 1

19 August

20:54 Namco unveils new Ninja Theory/Game Republic IP

17:35 Bigpoint chooses Xsens? unique mo-cap tech

15:52 Creative Assembly returns to Total War

15:38 Naughty Dog awaits PS3 Jak project 1

13:47 Kojima Productions adopts co-op for MGS

12:22 Bethesda ends work on Fallout 3 DLC

11:37 Scoreloop offers free iPhone 'game-connecting' SDK

09:59 Interplay to resurrect Earthworm Jim

09:46 Molyneux unveils Fable 3

09:35 Gamebryo goes online with first key update

18 August

19:08 Minis to bring iPhone-style gaming model to PSP

17:52 Staff cuts at UK Wolfenstein studio

16:17 Cage: 'We need to get censorship back to normal'

15:50 EA: 'FIFA 10 will be the greatest football game ever'

14:38 Catch up on Gamescom/GDC Europe news

14:04 Could motion control doom the console giants?

14:01 CCP's GDC Europe keynote: the tweetscript

12:42 Windows 7 to get Dolby Digital Plus support

11:18 Gameforge MMOs boosted by Xaitment AI

11:10 CCP unveils Dust 514 at GDC Europe 2

09:56 Hansoft updates Perforce-integrated tech

09:45 Immersion unites with amBX for ?multi-sensory? SDK

00:00 Beautiful Game Studios charges just 1p for CM10 1

17 August

23:34 Crytek: No real graphical gains until 2012 1

17:46 PopCap enlists finance veteran for CFO role

17:23 Dare to be Digital names its final three

16:25 Remedy offers tips for making successful IP

16:12 Natal could resurrect old Rare IP

15:43 Bizarre Creations chooses Image Metrics

15:21 Splash Damage questions the need to own IP

13:58 PSPgo to enter the 59p games space?

12:59 Black Rock Studio blasts ?rubber-banding? 1

12:46 Dyack: Cloud computing will preserve IP 1

12:40 Microsoft courting iPhone devs for Zune HD

12:22 Aurora Blade team unveils new project

11:51 Sony to patent emotion-detection tech

11:33 Rendering middleware in focus 1

11:24 Livingstone denies Rocksteady Hitman deal

10:24 TimeSplitters 4 not ruled out by Crytek 10

10:16 Crytek to ?play a major role? in console gaming

16 August

21:06 Keep up to date with GDC Europe

14 August

16:21 Unity offers bail-out to Blade3D customers 2

15:54 Molyneux and Dave Jones to keynote NEoN

12:09 Valve continues to snub ?complex? PS3 21

11:39 New ?emotional AI? tech to vivify MMO NPCs

11:23 PathEngine upgraded to v5.21

09:40 Gamebryo adopts Mixamo?s online animation service 1

13 August

23:00 id set to develop ?three new AAA titles?

20:23 Buzz builds for Canada?s key developer event

18:17 Level Up contest calls for new blood 3

17:04 Capcom pays tribute to GRIN

14:10 Casual shift 'drove developers from EA'

11:50 UK fights back with world class skills centre 2

10:34 Gearbox Software talks Unreal Engine 3

10:12 Battlefield Heroes rakes in $20 per 'buyer'

09:59 EIF09 kicks off today

09:46 Tag Games joins Tiga

12 August

21:49 GRIN ?forced? to close down 4

17:40 Expo gathers shape

17:30 Ex-GRIN employees form splinter group

16:48 Australian game classification system 'ridiculous'

16:36 Gas Powered Games joins PCGA

16:09 Scaleform courts Chinese MMO devs

16:04 High Voltage licenses the Infernal Engine

14:28 PS3 awaits price cut as stock is suspended 2

12:02 Crytek ?interested in working with? Natal

11:57 EA on the hunt for smaller acquisitions

11:49 PS3 ?technical issues? hampered Haze development 35

11:22 Testology: Testing still a viable career path 1

09:39 £500 training payout for all Scottish devs

11 August

17:33 Valve, Wada and Maxis headline Montreal show

16:41 Braben joins ?dynamic speech? tech provider

15:58 Sony headhunting talent at ?Get in the Game'

11:47 Warner Bros taking Mortal Kombat online 1

11:40 Doak returns with Zinkyzonk

09:30 Killzone lighting tech firm partners with Gamebryo

09:26 GRIN wiped off the face of the Earth? 3

09:12 Former Kuju man Cox joins Emergent 1

10 August

16:17 Industry turns to Edinburgh this week

15:16 Valve?s new goal: animating paralanguage

14:33 Threading Building Blocks integrated into UE3

11:47 Develop 97 out now

09:35 Fallujah dev gravely reduced in staff 1

9 August

16:38 THQ buys Midway San Diego for $200,000

7 August

12:40 Graffiti opens London office

12:24 Fable II's audio in focus

11:36 John Smedley to keynote GDC Austin

11:30 Fancy a new job?

10:20 MP calls for single trade body 3

6 August

15:43 Scratch dev revealed as Commotion Interactive

15:41 Codemasters picks Morpheme for Ashes 2009

15:29 Batman: Arkham Asylum to use PhysX

15:09 Langdell petition gets critical numbers 8

11:40 Activision: 'Guitar Hero genre down? 5

10:40 Konami stung by sales slump

09:38 Activision dominates with strong Q2 results

5 August

22:09 Blizzard's Battle.net 'similar to Xbox Live' 1

18:01 Ontario unveils £137m digital war chest 2

16:15 CRI: Japan is ready for middleware

14:53 Developers await iPhone network exclusivity to end 2

12:49 EA looks to low-cost development markets 2

12:23 iCombat dev: Lite demos make economic sense

11:59 Blue Fang ?saddened beyond words? by layoffs

10:37 Koei to open Vietnam games studio 1

10:29 Crytek will leave Germany if action games are banned 1

10:06 EA losses widen 6

09:38 Bizarre preparing for future Blur games

4 August

17:35 TV station looking for master Flash developer

16:40 Beriah joins Tiga community

15:23 Ex-Apple design director joins Namco 1

13:59 SouthPeak enlists former Take-Two CEO

12:53 Valve?s Gollum animator lauds expression-tech deal

11:31 Unite 2009 dated

11:17 Surreal Software developing This Is Vegas

10:23 Apple tablet device ?is a game platform' 15

09:58 Archer Maclean signs with Bethesda

3 August

17:34 Stuart Dredge joins ME team

15:28 GDC Europe: Two weeks to go

13:17 Contextually-aware gaming 'the next walled garden'

11:42 Games Convention Online draws big crowds

11:07 Miyamoto: ?Dev fortunes unchanged? by DLC 5

10:16 Gearbox may relinquish Heat IP

09:46 Warner plans Midway IP revamp, invests in OnLive

09:39 Warner promotes Junge 'to drive acquisitions'