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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 July

13:45 Dragon Quest team to keynote CEDEC 09

13:22 SOE vets leave to form new studio

11:42 Big Fish goes mass-market with celeb-mag deal

11:22 Startup dev partners with rapper TI

09:24 Games Convention Online opens in Leipzig

30 July

15:05 Bushnell in shock return to game development 1

13:53 'iPhone is much more powerful than a Wii' 7

12:52 Dev slams ?lack of transparency? in digital sales 4

11:27 Masters course next in Hamburg's ?dev city? plans

08:56 Cecil starts digital Revolution

29 July

17:49 Ex Microsoft exec to speak at IGDA

17:06 Foundation 9 cuts staff and studios

12:57 Vodafone seeks devs in mobile widget contest

11:55 Xaitment breaking into Asia with new clients 1

11:37 DICE Summit heading to GCA

09:41 Emergent snaps up DMM deformation tech

09:25 Concept art shows Spector's Mickey Mouse game? 1

28 July

17:22 Heavenly Sword dev seeks animation interns

17:11 Quantic's Cage to keynote Euro GDC

16:22 Ex-Ensembles Robot turns to Trinigy

14:31 TIGA ties with BIMA

11:34 Gaikai could 'transform games journalism' 2

11:18 Develop Conference expands into Liverpool

11:17 The Midlands in focus

10:56 ?Warner Bros Games Chicago? spotted

10:22 Indie group slams publisher ?immoral practices? 1

10:10 Nintendo's Wii ?could do real damage? with Gaikai 3

27 July

16:40 Kojima going to Gamescom 1

11:24 ?Second and third? Dead Space games incoming

10:39 Video games to 'save' MySpace

10:36 Halo game cancelled, confirms Jackson 2

10:03 Mere Mortals joins Tiga 4

09:41 New Silicon Knights project ?exposed' 1

09:21 Bungie project ?close? to striking publisher deal 1

09:14 Midland's developers call for regional body 1

24 July

15:51 Remedy may continue elongated dev cycles 1

15:14 Nordic devs prepare Gamescom invasion

11:30 The Chaos Engine rallies against Tim Langdell 50

11:27 Sony?s Hirai to keynote TGS

09:36 Gamebryo chosen for Dare to be Digital [Update]

23 July

17:34 Livingstone delivers Lara keynote at GCA 1

16:39 Techexcel launches project management tool

12:44 Bungie ex named as ?343 Industries head'

11:52 New game committee established in Westminster 2

11:25 EA aims to break China with new Ultima Online 1

10:43 Denki given ?Latin twist? via Scottish music group

09:50 New Activision studio rises from EA fallout

08:00 UK indie dev becomes publisher

22 July

16:47 Molyneux reveals Milo?s ?mind tricks' 6

14:09 EA Visceral execs ?depart for Activision'

13:35 Culture Minister faces industry on Digital Britain 1

11:30 MS 'won't undermine' development on rival SKUs

10:38 GDC Austin to host World of Warcraft keynote

09:39 Gamebryo adopts Xaitment AI 4

21 July

17:46 GDC 2010 calls for speakers

11:54 EA hopeful to remake classic Bullfrog IP 9

11:43 BECTU: Studios have a 'duty of care' to staff 9

11:15 Microsoft grabs GFx master licence 1

10:45 Ghostbusters ?cost $15-$20m to develop'

10:09 S.Korean MMO group targets Europe

09:56 Halo studio allegedly established as ?343'

20 July

13:57 Develop Conference 2010 dated

11:38 Kuju opens new Czech studio 5

11:22 Unity sees 100 per cent growth

09:48 Latest issue of Develop out now

09:46 Global Game Jam returns

07:01 Bizarre buyout could cost Activision $107m

07:01 $40m at stake on Blur's sales performance

07:00 Dyack: ?Dominance of gameplay will recede? 3

07:00 41 staff gone at Sony Online Entertainment

17 July

18:26 MTV, Microsoft strike landmark Rock Band deal

14:21 Chancellor Darling faces game industry

13:22 Relentless reveals murder mystery game

12:41 Midway axes 60 jobs in Chicago

10:14 Epic enlists famed comic writer

09:25 PAX indie game contest finds ten finalists

16 July

23:08 Lego dev: User-gen content ?needs friends?

17:39 Andy Farnell: 'Generative audio is the future'

17:03 NaturalMotion sees 80 per cent revenue rise

16:39 7 tips for a successful dev project

16:35 2K praises Hansoft

16:29 Matsuura: 'We need global games ratings'

15:57 Enzyme expands international presence

14:53 Advertising in casual games 'offers no return on investment'

11:43 Sony developing PSEye facial recognition software 13

11:39 Matsuura: 'East and West must not be divided' 1

11:34 Sony motion controller is 'true interaction' 14

01:05 Rockstar wins two Develop Awards

01:02 Phil Harrison named Development Legend

01:01 Codemasters wins Develop Awards Grand Prix

01:00 Media Molecule wins five Develop Awards

00:01 Develop Awards: The Winners In Full 1

00:00 Big night for games development

15 July

17:52 LittleBigPlanet's design secrets revealed 1

16:57 PlayStation Home return rate under 30% 1

16:46 PC downloads 'worth $1bn in 2009'

16:41 'Review scores climb 10%? from usability testing

14:50 Rare 'very excited' about using Avatars with Natal

13:18 Molyneux to speak at Euro GDC

13:13 GameStop backs $300,000 indie game contest

13:07 Activision licenses Morpheme

12:57 Game journalists are getting it wrong, says Chen 2

12:53 ?Games need more grown-up content? 2

12:31 Can a unified game platform for mobiles work?

12:18 Industry ?must address' horse armour strategies

11:35 GDC China to host IGF

11:06 Sheridans: "UGC providers must remain vigilant" 1

11:04 Why Realtime Worlds chose online

09:30 Team 17's guide to digital distribution pitfalls

09:26 Sales boom for Emergent

09:23 Sony praises Scaleform

00:05 TinRaven: '59p games can still make you money'

14 July

15:11 Matmi: 'Unity could replace Flash'

14:16 App Store passes 1.5bn downloads

13:50 Lights out for Midway Newcastle 24

13:35 Relentless' lessons learnt on bringing UGC to Buzz

13:32 Casual Games Forum returns in October 1

13:19 Skillset accused of 'pushing out' IGDA 7

13:04 Sony unveils academic PS3 dev kit 8

12:22 Channel 4 praises ?lucrative? educational games 2

11:55 Tiga: 'Developers must work more with universities' 1

11:30 Exclusive: Sony's new development strategy for PSP 10

10:55 Perry predicts death of physical games media 2

13 July

16:59 Music groups join Tiga

13:43 Top 500 head for Develop Awards

12:29 ELSPA announces London Games Festival

11:29 Ubisoft Toronto deal sparks scepticism 6

10:32 Appy Birthday, App Store

10:20 American state strikes game tax deal

09:28 EA opens iPhone studio 1

05:00 Trinigy and Havok team up

10 July

17:07 Nokia closes Canadian studio 1

16:15 Harmonix enlists Hansoft management tools

12:55 IGF competition now open

11:30 Do you deserve a bigger wage?

10:59 Unity launches Summer of Code

10:26 Arkane becomes fourth BioShock 2 dev

09:40 Art service group wins Forza 3 contract

00:17 Nintendo, Sony and MS ?will never support OnLive? 5

9 July

15:02 £5m 'games academy' to be built in Liverpool 1

13:59 Take a tour of Develop?s new website!

11:57 Team 17 confirms Alien Breed remake

10:54 UK uni wins global dev competition

10:39 Bigpoint thriving through economic crisis

10:10 Local govt fighting Canadian dev exodus

09:58 Develop hits 100k uniques

09:50 Music charts to count games DLC

8 July

16:35 Eidos lives on as developer brand

12:23 University of Teesside gets Skillset accreditation 2

11:24 id acquisition worth at least $105m

09:56 Jon Hare joins Jagex

09:33 Sony CEO dismisses Activision?s support threat 2

7 July

16:56 Crytek CEO to keynote Euro GDC 1

16:39 Develop Conference: Our picks

14:34 Spall: Casual developers must 'pick their fights'

14:28 Finland in focus

12:47 Finnish Govt devotes ?10m to game development

12:23 Dev takes Duke Nukem to iPhone

11:42 Ico creator Ueda on aesthetics vs tech

09:47 LucasArts to relaunch dormant games on Steam

09:36 ICO Partners snaps up NCsoft exec

6 July

21:11 Toronto studio 'helps Ubisoft grow beyond games'

17:35 Get 10% extra off a GDC Europe pass

17:17 Ubisoft expands Canadian empire 1

16:30 Epic Games ponders Natal integration 1

13:00 Matmi looking to console development

12:21 Sony strikes Taiwan dev deal

11:54 Capcom licenses ATR's AniFace

11:35 Borderlands? lighter style explained

10:18 Develop Conference: Just 9 days to go

09:45 IncrediBuild v3.40 released

09:25 ?The future of shooters is RPGs? ? Bleszinski 4

3 July

16:24 ?Emotional? AI group strikes new funds

15:50 Game testing group relaunches 2

14:44 Xbox challenged by ?enormous? Sony brand 3

14:37 Digital distribution process ?works against? casual games

14:24 Could you have better job?

12:22 Two Midway studios battling closure

10:05 Industry vet blasts Twitter ?buzzwords? 1

2 July

17:06 IGDA names new executive director

15:28 Wii Fit designer leaves Nintendo?

14:40 Amor discusses the overtime delusion

13:08 Sony planned UMD-less PSP 'from the beginning'

12:45 GDC Austin to feature dedicated iPhone session

10:35 Brand new look for Develop Online

10:26 Bleszinski: id buyout will offer stability

10:13 Bleszinski wants to ?play in a different field?

09:24 Realtime Worlds bolsters management team

1 July

17:54 Perry exposes Gaikai video

11:41 100 million Playfish games installed in 18 months

11:06 Bplus unveils retro-centric WiiWare release

09:45 Entire Blue Omega workforce laid off

09:41 Unity lands new biz dev director