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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 August

17:31 ?HTML5 will eclipse Flash in three years? 3

16:32 $1.6m in fresh funding round for Xaitment

15:32 Valve?s Portal jump from boutique to blockbuster 1

14:56 Spil backs Apple in the HTML5/Flash format war 3

11:59 Trinigy integrates two ?texture-slimming? tools

11:32 Mafia II ?six-year development now unprofitable? 1

11:08 Nokia: Ignore IP rights at your peril

10:22 SocialDeck buyout next in Google spending spree

09:43 Team 17 breaks away from publishers

09:40 Tiga membership opens for individual devs 1

27 August

15:53 APB devs ?suspected layoffs months in advance?

15:38 Sega licenses LocalizeDirect tech

15:19 Trion?s first game budget ?over $50m?

12:22 How reviews turned the tables for DJ Hero team

10:20 id Software boss snubs home-3D

09:37 38 staff cut from Ubisoft?s Red Storm

26 August

16:37 Apple Game Centre set for debut?

15:52 Xbox man on the inside to keynote MIGS

14:09 Zynga to pull the curtain back at GDC Online

13:37 Sony 3D studio 'can aid all devs' 1

13:33 Valve 'saved Introversion from dev meltdown'

13:25 £1k trade exhibitor fund for UK devs

11:33 Google Pad - the next development goldrush?

11:30 LGF kicks off next month

11:18 Mass Effect maestro to keynote Future Game On

09:55 Hirai: Digital era beyond ten years away

09:30 DEVELOP 5-A-SIDE: Come and have a go?

09:20 Who is the UK's best games writer?

25 August

17:58 Digital Chocolate suing Zynga

17:50 Google games boss leaves job

17:49 Jesse Schell to keynote Unite 2010

15:45 Revolver hosting Dundee start-ups workshop

12:41 nDreams: Casual's future is in narrative

11:37 TIGA to launch self publishing services 1

11:21 New exec producer joins Zattikka 1

11:03 Crytek hosting Dundee recruitment event

10:12 Rovio catapults Angry Birds to tinseltown

24 August

15:55 Vortex dev competition calls for undiscovered talent 2

15:53 TIGA: UK exam results good for games industry

15:05 Black Rock on Disney's Aim High campaign

12:32 Light at the tunnel's end for APB? 6

12:23 Mixamo secures Blender integration deal

11:08 Treyarch reinstates CoD modding

23 August

17:01 Channel 4 pumping £1m into Dundee development sector

14:30 Reserve your place at next month?s Develop Quiz

12:46 Krome studio ?faces closure? 2

12:09 EA boss: MOH won?t submit to ?Taliban? outcry 15

11:29 Culture Dept distances itself from MOH uproar

11:03 Eutechnyx plots Dundee revival with new studio 4

10:28 Jagex recruiting team touches down in Dundee 2

10:19 Monumental aims at Unity with browser MMO engine 2

09:24 Minister joins call to ban EA ?Taliban fighter? 5

22 August

23:24 Post-RTW Scottish Enterprise cultivates new studios

23:23 Don't write off Dundee developers just yet

20 August

15:25 RTW staff's tannoy redundancy notice 1

14:49 Rumor: RTW chiefs to buy Project MyWorld [UPDATED] 4

12:54 Ex-RTW staff offered re-employment [UPDATED] 3

12:16 Jagex joins Realtime recruitment fray

11:13 bluegfx offers discounted Mach Studio Pro v.2

09:38 Edinburgh Interactive looks into gaming's future

19 August

16:00 Codemasters joins RTW rescue attempt 12

15:54 Official Charts Company hires games exec

15:37 Now Cohort cuts staff 6

14:36 Sony rallies to RTW redundancies

12:31 RTW restructures to keep APB alive 1

11:25 Virgin Gaming sponsors LGC

10:50 Stonetrip: ?Self-publishing is the future?

09:46 Epiphany picks xaitment

18 August

18:45 Now Sega's Creative Assembly heads to Dundee

17:42 RTW owes UK creditors £3m

17:41 157 jobs axed at RTW 7

17:26 Foreign interest in Realtime Worlds 2

16:05 Blitz jets in to help RTW

14:56 Zynga picks up Conduit Labs

14:03 Hawkins: Google's game plan 'senseless and lazy' 2

13:11 TIGA calls for Scottish games industry action plan

10:43 2010/11 Infernal Engine roster announced 1

17 August

21:47 Activision attempts RTW staff rescue 1

18:53 Momentum favours Sony, claims platform holder

18:03 200 RTW staff face new administrator's axe

17:05 Tiga: UK politicians 'asleep at the wheel' 3

16:01 Realtime Worlds enters administration [update 2] 20

14:26 Realtime Worlds axes US office [Update 2] 5

12:54 All-party games group reformed

12:28 The iPhone app market ?has already crashed? 2

11:47 Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 battleplan

11:43 Bigpoint launches new developer interface

11:38 UK dev force ?has finally fallen behind Canada? 3

10:57 Doors open on GDC Europe

10:19 IGDA hires new executive director

10:05 Booty call for Microsoft 1

09:48 Develop hits new traffic high 1

08:58 HOW TO: Successfully pitch your dream game 4

16 August

16:24 Spector: If you want to make film, leave games

14:03 'Are game cut-scenes all that different to porn?' 10

13:48 InstantAction unveils music-based title

13:27 Cage: Games should be art, not toys 6

13:02 Image Metrics partners with Centroid

11:33 Indie champions crowned at Dare to be Digital 2

08:00 Sledgehammer 'is building something incredible'

14 August

18:37 Raw talent shines at Dare ProtoPlay

13 August

17:02 Realtime Worlds? Macdonald: We will hold firm

16:37 Realtime Worlds confirms wide-ranging cuts 4

15:29 Gamescom boasts ?more exhibitors than ever?

14:53 Realtime Worlds community man remains upbeat 1

12:05 'Further redundancies? at Realtime Worlds [UPDATE 5] 13

11:26 VIDEO: Megatextures amaze in iPhone Rage 6

10:31 Arkane Studios joins Zenimax empire

10:09 Irrational Games developing next Bioshock

09:56 No more engine share from id Software 1

12 August

15:11 Trinigy launches browser game engine

14:50 Analysts? reasons to doubt PSP-phone prospects

12:54 LucasArts pulls PSP Force Unleashed II

12:28 Microsoft Game Studios adds in-house mobile team 1

11:30 'Ngmoco next in Google spending spree'

08:15 Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone incoming? 2

11 August

16:51 Xaitment signs two tools licensing deals 2

15:30 Avatar recruitment firm expands to US

14:26 Game Theory video: How digital is our future?

13:37 August issue of Develop out now

12:00 Studios called on to join digital chart

11:30 Big Head backs the Develop Quiz

11:00 ?No film tie was great? for Arkham Asylum team 1

10:44 Gearbox rumoured to be reviving Duke Nukem

10:35 Ex-LucasArts man joins Republic of Fun

10:04 Sledgehammer confirms work on Call of Duty FPS

09:59 Double Fine signs with THQ

09:30 Zattikka on acquisition hunt

08:00 Rocksteady: Asylum won?t be our best work 1

10 August

15:47 Activision on not being evil, but a business

15:12 Cubic Motion expands services program

14:28 Activision: We won?t tamper Infinity Ward revival

13:23 TIGA: Majority of UK indies self-publish

12:41 Ninja Theory ?survival was fifty-fifty?

10:00 HOW TO: Make the next Mario with plasticine and wire 2

09:57 Google ?spends $75m on another social studio?

9 August

18:31 GDC Online scores Bungie narrative keynote

17:42 Facebook on hunt for game deal maker 1

16:51 European deal for Bluegfx

15:43 Sparkplay is ?running out of time?

15:20 Who is the smartest studio?

15:00 Trinigy and Autodesk sign tech integration deal

14:57 Key Gamebryo deal for THQ

14:18 Apple man 'pushed out' after tech errors

11:34 Tiga survey offers UK studio stat-burst

11:30 Neversoft on ?selling out? in the race for sales 14

11:00 Ubisoft Toronto aims for ?five triple-As? 6

08:02 Ubisoft Montreal creative director joins LucasArts

08:01 Pirate 'redemption' offered by Samorost studio

08:00 Raymond: Toronto studio has ?future tech? group

6 August

15:08 Apple spending $147m on Chinese games dev?

14:49 Just Dance team doubles up for sequel

10:00 Image Metrics acquires FacePro

09:45 Periscope readies GDC Europe push

09:30 Namco Bandai release Q1 financials

5 August

15:51 3DVIA offers Facebook publishing solution

15:46 UTV Group: ?Indian market won?t accept consoles?

14:34 Game Centre scratched for older platforms

12:31 Andrew Oliver disregards Kinect fears 3

11:17 Hut and Incomm sponsor London Games Conference

11:08 Google pays $182m for social games studio

10:21 Layoffs at High Voltage Software

4 August

15:44 German publisher makes rival takeover bid

14:05 Nexon hires new chief financial officer

13:27 Denki man hired at new games outfit 1

12:24 EA returns to profit as digital booms

12:16 London debut for two-part social gaming conference

11:55 The Develop Awards in pictures

11:39 Korean studio chides ?profit-focused? Asian market

11:28 Capcom: 3DS dev costs won?t break the bank

10:30 Spector keynote to launch GDC Europe

10:02 Emergent hits record quarterly profits

3 August

17:47 Naughty Dog: Game acting methods miss the drama 2

17:22 Trilogy launches social game service

17:05 Scaleform?s Korean revenue grows 70 per cent

15:49 NaturalMotion's KFC deal for Backbreaker

15:16 Molyneux: Indie havens on borrowed time 5

13:13 Iwata: Wii successor is being kept under wraps 1

12:47 Ubisoft games to 'drive 3DS and Kinect'

12:42 Iwata dubious of cloud gaming ?inevitable lag?

11:59 Naughty Dog?s ?interactive cinema? trade secrets 2

10:41 Microsoft: Kinect won?t hike game dev costs

09:59 TIGA expands membership

09:42 Talks set for Lionhead?s creative future 3

09:00 Sourcebook 2010 goes online 1

2 August

15:56 Aspiring digital artists invited to Abertay event

15:36 Zynga?s Mark Pincus to keynote IGDA event

15:29 Dare 2010 ProtoPlay: The event in full

15:25 Rovio taking iPhone game to consoles

14:46 EA Bright Light building casual title Create

13:49 Cohort: ?Digital titles ideal for engine trials?

12:00 Floatation rumours return with new Zynga hire

10:48 West and Zampella appearing at QuakeCon

10:03 New studio and CryEngine deal for ex-GRIN team