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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 December

12:49 Sports Interactive founders given MBEs

23 December

12:29 Game startup investment down 36 per cent in 2009

12:17 3D Gaming event set for April 1

11:33 Tiga pledges to continue tax break campaign

10:51 iPhone dev Tapulous making $1m a month

10:49 Epic readying UE3 for iPhone 2

22 December

13:33 Koster's Metaplace virtual world service to close

12:25 Curran to keynote 2010 Global Game Jam 1

12:18 EA considering Atlanta studio

12:00 Codemasters Online forms in-house support team

21 December

13:25 Layoffs at Oberon Media

18 December

11:57 Unity opens UK studio 6

11:48 Latest issue of Develop out now

11:35 Paradox acquires AGE

11:21 Did Mario Kart get Andrew Oliver married?

17 December

18:00 ?Natal lag issues will hurt game development? 44

17:07 Develop Jury hails Natal and Uncharted

13:01 Ex-Ensemble studio adds Halo Wars lead designer 1

12:12 Facebook keynote set for GDC2010

11:23 Tiga backs tax breaks for Scotland

10:26 LightSpeed expands with Particle FX tech

09:42 Ready At Dawn Engine to integrate Maya

16 December

16:06 Gameshastra moves into self-publishing 1

15:55 Zynga further boosted by $180m VC fund 1

15:17 Wada denies Japanese industry ?decline? 2

14:07 Final Fantasy XIV a serious WoW rival, says Wada 22

12:00 UPDATE: ?Devs must aid academia, not bitch about it? 25

11:59 Autodesk unhoods the animation behind Assassin?s

10:59 Digital Goldfish Joins TIGA

10:15 Last chance to vote: Highlight of 2009 4

09:48 id Software bans Android clones

15 December

18:19 Two more courses get Skillset seal of approval 11

16:13 Bethesda Softworks to publish id Software's Rage

15:58 Five UK indies win dev grants

13:04 Ice Games to open studio 2

10:42 2010 ELAN Awards moves to USA

08:02 Kongregate launches new browser dev platform

07:03 Square Enix Japan developing new browser games

07:01 Wada: PS3 and Xbox ready for server-side future 1

14 December

17:29 Gamebryo adds deeper Scaleform GFx integration

10:33 Gardner out as Atari CEO

10:27 Bethesda loses to Interplay in court 2

09:14 Activision taps ModNation Racers team for IP revamp

07:04 Rocksteady wins ?Studio of the Year? at VGAs

07:03 Playfish talks of ?exploring new platforms? 1

07:02 LucasArts developing new Force Unleashed

07:01 Playfish relishing EA franchise projects

11 December

17:42 New GDC 2010 speakers announced

16:26 What?s David Braben?s favourite album? 1

14:54 LightSpeed integrates 3D character e-store

12:23 High Voltage promotes Glueck as firm goes multiplat

11:39 Considering a change of job?

11:35 Scaleform sales exec joins Ready At Dawn

11:19 Funcom opens new casual subsidiary

10:03 Lionhead veteran quit to form iPhone studio 1

09:52 Harmonix cuts 39 jobs

10 December

15:56 Core Wii audience ?difficult to develop for? 1

14:39 Aspyr axes half its workforce, sources claim

12:59 20% of Flash devs earn over $1,000 per month

11:52 New 3D models blend Mixamo animations 1

10:57 Over 12 licensees for Infernal Engine this year 1

10:30 America's Army dev costs surpass $30m

09:43 Riccitiello: mass-layoffs a painful necessity 2

08:58 ?Dangerous Wii market suppresses dev budgets? 2

9 December

18:05 Braben: Bottom line, MPs don?t care 6

17:48 RTW: Tax snub will push UK studios abroad 1

16:00 ELSPA disappointed by tax letdown

15:50 Tiga: Tax break rejection ?a colossal mistake?

15:07 UK Govt: tax break calls were unconvincing 6

13:47 UK Govt snubs game tax breaks 11

12:01 Mousebreaker launches new Flash developer contest

11:33 Riccitiello talks pre-owned and pirate ?markets? 5

11:16 Wall Street analyst joins the Playdom expansion 1

10:28 343 Industries taps Kojima Productions composer

8 December

16:12 PSP Minis set for PS3, Sony confirms 2

13:35 Where next for Wii? Have your say 3

13:11 Apple axes developer's 1,000+ iPhone apps

12:47 Aus age ratings feel Jaffe's wrath 2

12:08 Channel 4 game aims to fight teen body issues 3

11:07 Havok gets indie-friendly with discount deal

10:09 Is Capcom turning cold on Western collaboration?

7 December

22:05 Kim Swift leaves Valve for Dark Void dev 6

13:47 Larian banks on Gamebryo

11:58 Which facial animation tech is right for you?

11:02 £500k investment for North West England's creative sector

10:24 UK Govt pumps £3.5m into prototyping facilities 5

09:50 University of Greenwich joins Tiga

5 December

09:00 Weekend feature: Paulina Bozek interview

4 December

16:30 Silverball opens following Fuse closure

12:27 Rebellion: we won't censor AvP for Australia 1

11:22 Thinking about a change of job?

10:59 In focus: Operation Flashpoint's audio

06:02 GDC Canada opens call for submissions

06:01 Asian outsourcing studio inks Allegorithmic deal

06:00 Mobigame to pull Edgy amid EA legal fears 1

3 December

20:03 THQ to open massive Montreal studio 2

15:08 Gamebryo expands with Sundog sky and cloud tools

14:24 Fuzzyeyes confirms mass-layoffs

12:31 $100k for the best Samsung app

10:00 PSPgo 'will die without software price cuts?, says Burton 4

10:00 Develop Jury: Physical media extinction ?inevitable? 8

2 December

18:23 EALA and DICE fuse for Afghan Medal of Honor 1

17:16 Zynga and Naughty Dog added to DICE Summit 1

15:51 Startup Smith & Tinker axes 30% of workforce 1

15:37 Flash portal offers $50k for next best-seller 2

14:06 Ubisoft Barcelona backs EMotion FX 1

13:54 ?Pre-owned may turn devs digital? - Livingstone 1

13:14 'Nintendo?s snub sparked Sony?s revolution' - Harrison 1

11:47 Fuzzyeyes Studio ?at the brink of closure? 3

11:18 EA to cut game roster down to 40 projects 1

10:46 PopCap reveals DSiWare projects

10:34 Harrison?s first industry wage: £50 1

09:00 New digital publisher wants studios to keep IP

1 December

17:57 Get your diary out - we've updated our events guide

15:56 Mindscape opens new French studio

13:11 Nordic Game 2010 dated

12:37 Edge arrives on App Store for third time 2

11:00 Yamaoka ?quits Konami after 16 years? 1

10:27 Devs back Unity after API-call fallout 1

10:18 hi5 taps industry veteran St. John