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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

26 February

12:23 Molyneux to speak at GameHorizon Conference

07:05 Aionguard shelved

07:02 Sundberg: Owned IP is an indie?s best weapon

07:01 CCP opens new UK office 1

07:00 Publishers ?should cancel more projects?

25 February

17:01 Dare to be Digital spreads to Scandinavia

14:36 ?Audio budget problem? not felt at SCEE or Ubisoft

14:31 PS3 ?an evolutionary leap in audio design? 8

11:57 30% of devs expect to leave their job this year

11:56 Outgoing UK culture minister confesses tax support

09:51 Salary survey: England?s North East are best paid 1

09:45 Robomodo growing fast with Ride 2 project

24 February

15:55 Study: Third of devs unsatisfied by wages

12:01 NCsoft alumni form splinter group

11:05 Skillset backs its first English game art course

09:55 Warner mulls Rocksteady projects beyond the Bat

09:03 Sony: ?Arc? easy for third-parties to develop for

09:02 How would dev tax breaks help? Have your say 3

08:44 Valve makes major Steam update

23 February

20:00 Miyamoto awarded BAFTA Fellowship

15:49 Vision Engine 8 targets browsers

15:39 Menus Master behind Heavy Rain ?immersive? UI

15:02 Axe hangs over Rebellion Derby

13:25 RedOctane founders to remain at Activision

12:13 Brown back on game charm offensive

11:41 Ngmoco aquires iPhone studio Freeverse

10:52 Eidos retains 25% stake in Rocksteady

10:34 Carmack honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

09:53 Warner buys majority stake in Rocksteady

22 February

15:51 New members join Tiga board 1

15:50 Rebellion elated with AvP sales, wants sequel 24

14:42 Key milestones for Blitz 1UP indie scheme

14:04 Feb?s MasterClasss event nears sell-out

13:47 GC Online early bird rates near

12:14 EA allegedly acquires mobile dev IronMonkey

11:45 Heatwave Interactive acquires new IP and tech

11:31 Stargate studio files for C11 bankruptcy

10:40 Vast research paper reveals ?bitter studio rows?

07:10 New Hunter studio for Avalanche

07:05 Avalanche turns to ?big new project?

19 February

17:54 Valve positioning for PS3 development

15:56 VCON offers online social focus at GDC

15:28 Rocksteady ?proud to be British? after award win 4

11:02 Triumphant Naughty Dog takes 10 AIAS awards 1

01:21 Activision reveals ?$500k? indie dev contest

01:16 OnLive demo boasts no latency issues

01:12 Kotick explains ?cut fun from development? fiasco

01:04 Kotick: I missed my chance to buy The Sims

01:00 Kotick: I missed my $700m chance to buy Blizzard

18 February

21:03 DICE: Naughty Dog's doctrine of trust 1

17:45 $1m winners announced in Epic talent hunt

17:26 Vicious Engine returns to PSP/PS2 support

16:42 Jury: Big projects untouched by App revolution

15:41 ?End is nigh for small App Store indie games? 5

13:41 Special report: Zynga?s fearsome expansion 2

12:33 Metro 2033 dev denies engine plagiarism 1

11:42 Gas Powered Games: ?Indie? has lost its meaning

10:29 Avalanche hopes on growth with Hunter IP deal

09:58 GDC Europe booked for August

17 February

17:52 Garriott returns with social studio

16:47 Bosses would ?challenge? dev unions, survey says 2

15:55 IGDA: Only 36% of devs know their worker rights 3

14:58 Revealed: Audio gets ?around 10%? budget share

12:55 Molyneux slams ?crazy? UK Govt on taxes 2

12:22 Indie Dimps revealed as Sonic 4 developer

11:30 Sony: Exclusive deals are fading out

11:25 EA initiates online server cull

10:20 Beginning of the end for big studios? 6

10:12 New string of talks as GDC fills to the brim

09:47 Sony Motion Controller demo confirmed for GDC 1

09:42 Unity clocks 100,000 registered users

09:38 Atari holds firm with strong US sales

16 February

16:02 Blitz and Realtime Worlds praise Dare to be Digital

12:42 New FPS confirmed by Codies 1

12:26 Develop Quiz sold out

09:00 BAFTA nominations revealed

08:10 ?New Codemasters IP? gossip raises questions

08:01 Self-publishing Masterclass event set for Feb

08:00 Xbox Live added to Windows 7 mobiles

07:01 UK dev and climate scientist in £1m project 3

15 February

18:03 New indie-focused event explores self-publishing

15:46 Rockstar Leeds duo break off to form new studio

12:56 Activision co-founder opens iPhone studio

12:29 2010 Recruitment Special launches today

12:15 Viacom wants Rock Band repay

11:50 Activision studio cull may hit over 300 staff 2

10:47 Activision cuts Neversoft staff, insiders claim

09:45 RedOctane ?axed by Activision?

08:59 Crytek signs to use Hansoft

08:25 Edinburgh explores TV/game crossover

12 February

15:55 Want success on the iPhone? Be realistic, says Graveck

15:49 Jacques: Audio remains ?very under-funded? 3

14:45 App Store data exposed with new iPhone tool 1

14:31 KOTOR 2 dev Obsidian to assist Red Eagle

09:55 Microsoft in Facebook dev buyout rumours

11 February

22:23 Activision responds to ?mass-layoff? claims

17:29 Fast-growing Zynga buys social game firm

15:56 Devs urge caution as publisher deals ebb 1

13:03 Germany?s first ever XBLA game tweaked

12:46 Bejeweled celebrates 10th birthday

12:31 GDC Austin rebranded GDC Online

11:39 Kotick: Social game biz model ?unproven? 2

09:39 Sony ex Tim Flett joins Escape Studios

09:00 Activision enjoys record sales

10 February

15:52 Ian Livingstone to host GameHorizon

13:07 Disney CEO relishes Marvel opportunities

12:53 Disney adjusts 360/PS3 battleplan 3

11:42 Punchers Impact announces first title

11:08 S. Korean mobile studio breaks sales record

10:31 Sony, OnLive, Unity and EA set for GamesBeat

09:42 Epic: Mobiles will soon match console power 2

08:50 Have your say: Is the recession behind us? 7

08:40 New studio Quadriga opens in Germany

08:07 E3 2010 registration begins

9 February

18:06 Ubisoft hit by revenue drop

17:27 Bigpoint gets bigger with new US studio

16:05 New devs for Periscope ?dynamic audio? tool

15:18 Game audio explored at key Pinewood event

12:37 RedLynx enjoys record sales via digital

11:49 More from Natal at Gamefest 2010

11:25 Perry to demo Gaikai at Festival of Games 1

10:45 Lego licences Unity for browser gaming

10:09 EA cuts losses though warns tough market

09:54 EA to shrink external dev partnerships 3

8 February

16:04 Hollywood hosting 3D game design course

16:02 What makes Jagex so special?

15:25 Digipen to move to new campus

15:07 Former Crytek producer joins Dirty Edge 2

14:02 AppFund established to aid iPad developers

13:47 Relentless rejoins Tiga

12:54 OpenGL ES now on PSP 2

12:48 Ready at Dawn Engine to leverage Perforce

5 February

17:41 February issue of Develop out now 1

15:40 Molyneux hails Valve and Pink Floyd

14:07 Sega Sammy swings to profit

13:53 Tiga: UK lacks Canada?s decisiveness on Tax 1

12:34 Studios take $240k in Australia fund plan 1

12:21 Trendy bets on UDK

11:46 Red 5 gets lifeline investment from Chinese giant

10:40 Tax relief joy for Canada?s Vancouver hub 13

10:28 Gamebryo LightSpeed gets Simplygon integration

4 February

23:49 RealtimeUK bolsters team by four

22:00 Crytek scoops Imagina Award

21:33 Hurry: GDC early-bird deadline hours away

21:30 Nintendo master dev to make major GDC lecture

17:19 Matahari Studios closes remaining studio 1

17:06 Game dev tech key to our film, says Avatar studio 1

16:59 Licensing.biz leaps to latest traffic high

16:51 Snake's absence sees Konami profits fall 40%

16:07 QA standards may hold back stereoscopic game dev

15:58 Kuju confirms Nik Nak studio merger

13:47 Ubisoft?s latest piracy wall divides dev opinion 2

13:39 ?Piracy can be killed by a superior service?

11:32 THQ UK studio 'doing all it can' for staff facing cuts 1

11:20 New THQ digital push 'a boost for creativity'

11:14 Develop traffic tops 100k again in Jan

00:00 60 THQ dev jobs gone in new digital push

3 February

17:19 Silent Hill maestro Yamaoka joins Grasshopper

16:14 Kuju to close Manila studio 5

14:41 Take-Two restructures corporate departments

11:24 Braben on Modern Warfare 2?s Achilles Heel 3

09:30 Jury deadline: Can online tech end piracy? 9

09:29 PopCap lawsuit loss hits $7.3m

09:11 Gameloft sales make $170m

08:43 New LA studio for fast-growing Zynga

2 February

17:58 Phonetic Arts to demo ?dynamic speech? tech

17:11 David Braben joins Develop columnist team

17:07 Molyneux and Schafer lead new rush of GDC talks

14:04 Crytek joins German game association

13:14 Playfish to build on EA IP this year

12:14 Dare To Be Digital 2010 registration open

11:37 Take part in our skills and recruitment survey

11:30 Namco Bandai to axe 10% of staff

10:50 Unity user base up 240% in 2009 1

10:14 Emergent enjoys profit and revenue jump

1 February

23:00 Trinigy readies Vision Engine v8 for GDC reveal

17:28 Tories pledge 100MB super-speed broadband

17:03 Capcom profits surge 866%

16:28 Shelley returns as design consultant

16:09 Steam membership up 25%

15:41 Livingstone to keynote at Festival of Games

14:56 New conference to address mobile apps

14:49 Video: Curran?s stirring Game Jam speech

13:50 In pictures: Final whistle at Global Game Jam

11:43 Spellbound adopts Simul Weather

10:18 'Current-gen's audio potential not yet realised'

08:00 Sony Liverpool to halve its head-count? 3