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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 March

12:52 Key middleware providers pledge support for Gamebryo LightSpeed

12:00 Ubisoft theme park game built on Havok Behavior

11:43 Disney releasing G-Force movie tie-in

10:58 GoldenEye development lead creates Bonsai Barber

10:57 Curve Studios opts for Hansoft project management

10:02 Kripalani?s Ocean House Media launches first App 2

30 March

17:23 PopCap on the look out for new development partners

15:35 GameHorizon Conference confirms new speakers

15:20 Image Metrics overcoming industry perceptions

14:34 Technological gulf between TV and games is 'continually diminishing'

12:08 Nordic Game Awards finalists shortlisted

10:28 GDC 09: Complete round-up online now 1

27 March

20:51 'Your platforms are not working,' Young tells Sony and Nokia 2

17:23 CD Projekt Red licenses Havok Complete

15:13 Game Connection America@GDC09 hailed a success by attendees

14:37 Emergent partners with xaitment 1

12:49 Sony offers developer exclusivity perks 1

12:45 Time for a new job?

11:39 BigWorld 2.0 engine to incorporate Nvidia technology

11:06 Nvidia tech integrated into Trinigy Vision Engine 7

26 March

19:56 Kojima: 'Western game design is more technology-driven'

19:41 Kojima: 'Metal Gear was born from hardware limitations' 2

14:05 Fallout 3 wins GDC Game of the Year Award

13:14 GameSpy pilots GameSpy Indie

12:40 Autodesk and NaturalMotion to integrate middleware

11:52 Cloth becomes Havok's fastest seller

11:22 Vivox to provide voice chat for APB

11:09 Image Metrics expands team

10:54 Nickelodeon reveals Shockwave revamp 1

05:33 New Layton will hit Europe, USA by end of '09

05:27 Infinity Ward confirms November release for next Call of Duty

25 March

20:46 Suda 51, Pagliarulo and Ueda discuss life as design leads

19:58 Fumito Ueda's next game is 'similar to Ico'

18:39 Iwata: Other studios CAN compete with Nintendo

18:34 Nintendo president details Miyamoto's approach to development

18:30 Nintendo looks to Balance Board as 'new platform' for development

18:21 Nintendo developing new DS Zelda

18:13 DSi Ware is for 'unique ideas overlooked at retail' 2

18:03 Nintendo details answer to 'Wii storage woes'

17:57 Nintendo expands Virtual Console

17:18 Audiokinetic's launches new SoundSeed module

17:09 Audiokinetic and McDSP enter technical partnership

16:36 Zeemote launches Zeemote Ready Developers Contest

16:09 Disney signs Papaya for Toy Story game

15:43 EA Phenomic: German development industry 'very robust'

15:18 Autodesk confirms two new runtime technologies

14:48 Autodesk unveils Softimage Mod Tool 7.5

14:26 Glu extends Activision mobile deal

12:54 Worldweaver unveils updated DX Studio platform

12:23 GameSpy updates technology offering

11:40 Softkinetic unveils new gesture recognition technology 1

10:51 Former Skype exec joins Nonoba as COO

10:41 MMO subscriptions grow by 22% in 2008

00:58 Autodesk unveils 3ds Max 2010

00:43 Henry Hatsworth devs form independent studio 1

00:19 Sony Online plans to challenge Jagex with new MMO

24 March

17:57 Titmouse Games partners with Heavy Metal magazine editor

17:36 Adobe introduces Director 11.5 1

17:05 Microsoft outlines development drive for 2009

17:00 XNA Game Studio 3.1 revealed

17:00 Xbox Live Arcade Extensions for XNA Game Studio now available

17:00 Third Dream Build Play detailed 1

17:00 Microsoft launches updated Xbox 360 dev kit 1

16:48 Valve: 'We've made DRM obsolete' 3

15:18 Realtime Worlds recruiting at GDC

14:47 Motion control games heading to N-Gage

14:38 Can OnLive really transform the games market?

14:05 nDreams unveils new PlayStation Home ARG 1

13:17 PC gaming market worth $11 billion worldwide 1

13:00 Games for Windows Live looks to dodge piracy, drive DLC

12:36 CCP focusing on 'aggressive' recruitment drive

06:32 Sony slashes PS3 dev costs 2

06:12 Former Incognito director goes solo, signs Sony dev deal

23 March

21:39 Havok unveils new AI middleware

21:24 Will Wright interviews Nolan Bushnell for Develop

21:05 'DRM is a waste of time' says World of Goo creator

20:38 Dates set for Gamefest 2010

18:33 Games industry's 'fourth console' unveiled

18:24 Neil Young on 'why the iPhone changed everything'

18:22 Luxology announces customised Collada modo plug-in

17:33 amBX partners with Carnegie Mellon University

16:42 North Side debuts conversational game technology

15:27 Partnertrans appoints new head of sales

14:24 Ngmoco raises $10 million

11:39 Mobile Games University Competition winners revealed

10:13 Di-O-Matic launches Facial Studio v2 1

01:39 Dates confirmed for GDC 2010 1

20 March

17:26 Bushnell: Gaming's future lies with 'physicality'

15:32 Molyneux: "Mistakes are a good thing"

15:20 Ready for a career change?

11:45 Tiga and Game Republic renew deal

11:38 Ubisoft signs deal with Quazal 1

11:29 CRI Movie 2.0 announced

10:15 Monumental named 'innovative business of the year'

19 March

15:15 Bushnell: Gaming will revitalise ?dead? classrooms 1

14:17 Nintendo preps 'major app strategy' for DSi 5

13:16 Outsourcing firm Virtuos acquires BSP audio studio

12:48 SpeedTree 5.0 beta launched at GDC

11:32 Third studio founded by former Ensemble staff

11:26 Development deal for Sci Fi Channel and Acclaim

11:12 Animation house Titmouse opens game studio

11:06 Tiga's new target for tax breaks: Scottish Government

09:49 Promotion for Hideo Kojima

18 March

17:08 Develop 100 returns in May

15:00 Unity now avaiable for Windows

14:40 Morpheme integrated into Vision Engine 7

10:46 iPhone 3.0 adds DLC, subscription fees and more to games

09:32 Another studio shake-down at THQ 2

09:04 Hansoft readies version 5.3 of project management solution

08:58 Salford University game art recognised by Saatchi

17 March

16:49 GDC Europe opens call for speakers

16:35 Square Enix licences Emergent's Gamebryo

16:19 Nvidia makes PhysX free on PS3

16:11 Exit Games launches new multiplayer engine

16:00 Steam now offering in-game DLC

15:55 Denki boosts head count by two 1

14:00 Northern Light becomes Imagination Studios

13:00 Headstrong's House of the Dead is 'most profane game ever' 4

12:50 GDC China secures support from Ministry of Culture

12:46 Marvel signs MMO deal

11:58 Big Red Button partners with Emergent

11:37 Molyneux comes clean on the trials of Fable's development 6

11:31 Eutechnyx appoints Peter Johnson as executive producer 2

11:16 GameHorizon hosting 'From Concept to Creation' seminar

16 March

16:07 New UE3 features to be shown off at GDC

15:32 WiiWare hit Pop heading to DSiWare

15:12 Game Based Learning to host industry forum

14:25 IGA considers selling up

09:45 £30,442 - that's the UK's average games development salary 16

09:23 Now Apple is developing Wiimote-style controller

09:02 Apple rumoured to be preparing 'premium' App Store

15 March

21:17 Boston mayor commits to games industry

20:25 New Shark 3D version announced

13 March

15:13 Reduced IMGDC 3.0 conference rates available

14:38 Ready for a new challenge?

13:37 Scaleform announces GFx 3.0

11:37 Elan Awards 2009 nominees revealed 1

12 March

14:04 Latest issue of Develop out now

13:01 IGDA Appoints new board members 1

12:54 modo 401 details emerge

11:44 Austrailian development community an 'untapped resource'

11:20 Tiga adopts new membership system

10:31 xaitment secures two new customers

10:14 Crytek announces CryENGINE 3

09:30 Airplay Partners Program in focus

09:22 Eutechnyx recognised by NCWE Work Experience Awards

11 March

17:44 BAFTA hosting evening Q&A with Nolan Bushnell 1

16:48 Allegorithmic's Substance Air entering final beta

13:26 Tiga issues call to action over tax breaks

11:56 Autodesk confirms GDC activity 1

11:30 IGDA Leadership Forum calls for speakers

11:12 New IP is ?the Holy Grail? says Disney 7

11:07 Hothead Games appoints new CEO

10:16 Sheridans calls for industry tax credits

09:33 David Jones to keynote Develop Conference 1

09:32 More Develop Conference sessions detailed

10 March

14:55 Leading UK business adviser joins Tiga

14:06 Login Conference partners with China Game Developers Conference 2

12:02 GamesBeat 2009 speaker line-up confirmed

10:46 Killzone 2 level designer joins Splash Damage

10:42 Turbine hires new operations VP

9 March

17:50 Gamebryo gets PhysX support on Wii

15:52 Activision signed as Elan Awards event partner

14:18 Babel and VoiceWorks form strategic alliance

12:55 Hudson moves on Android platform

12:00 Tiga submits Change4Life complaint to ASA 2

10:55 Nordic Game 2009 attracts Japanese heavyweights

10:05 GDC09: Business sessions round-up

10:01 6,000 games now available for iPhone

09:48 Countdown to GDC

6 March

16:05 Yasuhara developing new Pac-Man

14:57 Will Wright to keynote Siggraph 2009

12:15 Black Rock's names new racer 'Split Second'

11:37 Time to change your job?

10:59 Ubisoft moves I Am Alive development to Shanghai

10:26 Prototyping round-up

5 March

15:40 Grant opens Dare to be Digital to international entrants 1

15:07 Cambridge in focus

14:44 Voting open for IGF Audience Award

11:11 Dontnod elaborates on new IP

4 March

16:23 Alpha Protocol enjoying the benefits of Unreal Engine 3

14:33 Guess what? Games development can be fun 7

13:23 AI middleware is "fighting the battle physics has already won"

3 March

18:12 Emergent reveals Gamebryo LightSpeed

17:31 Babel to 'significantly' expand Montreal team 1

17:28 Audiomotion captures Killzone 2 animation

17:27 Skillset appoints new computer games manager

17:18 Bruckheimer game studio to be headed by former Ubisoft exec

15:43 Far Cry 2's audio in focus 3

15:13 Ease of iPhone development 'lowering the quality benchmark'

12:40 Staff management in focus

10:41 Yager Development adopts Hansoft

10:26 BioWare forms new Montreal team

2 March

18:07 morpheme 2.0's character toolset in focus

14:51 Dan Houser is world's best developer, says Edge 4

14:46 How to get a better job in production

14:19 Developers still want UK games tax break

14:16 Studios in Britain facing programming staff shortage

14:14 'UK development sector needs better finance models'

13:30 Blizzard's global customer service director joins Trion

13:13 Interactive Tayside to host regular industry coffee mornings

10:11 DL Multimedia opens Latin American localisation studio 2