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Generalist Programmer
Negotiable DOE + Relocation + Bonus
UK - North East

30 July

18:13 Blackman recounts Force Unleashed dev nightmare 1

15:21 Koch counters pay accusations

11:56 Zynga opens Japan wing 1

11:12 Epic Games integrates offbeat ?virtual film camera? 2

10:22 Zynga bid to quell Street Racing uproar 30

09:38 LucasArts helpless as another key man walks out 2

29 July

15:35 [UPDATE] 38 Studios move Dilemma for Kaigler 3

14:00 Develop hits GDC Europe

13:15 TV network axes indie studio?s Metalocalypse job

12:56 Playlogic files for bankruptcy

12:46 Sports Interactive shuffles staff in Asia push 1

12:00 [Update] Ownership row as Zynga abolishes game 116

11:47 ?Big game deals' for Pan?s Labyrinth director

10:31 Google 'building Facebook games rival' 1

10:08 VIDEO: Realtime Worlds? bold new project 1

28 July

18:32 GDC Online boasts Disney and Playdom talks

14:59 Ubisoft signs Catalyst for Driver

12:37 Nintendo victory as R4 emulator is outlawed 7

12:07 Non-game firms bankroll a third of Unity?s trade

11:27 New member joins Tiga

11:11 Emergent in major deal with Chinese net firm

10:35 Dare finalists await first Protoplay showing 1

09:36 Social game studio valued $763m in Disney buy

27 July

18:13 Report: Capcom wants west devs in product push

17:45 Hansoft welcomes new interface engineer 1

16:38 Italian Videogame Developers Conference returns

15:27 Kongregate acquired by GameStop 1

15:00 Open letter: Why 38 Studios should stay

14:45 Plea to stop 38 Studios' $75m relocation 1

13:30 Students dictate thorny topics in new trade event 2

12:57 Rockstar book axed 1

10:56 Packed speaker list for key Abertay event

10:13 New website spearheads Specialmove branding update

09:59 New 3DTV SDK launched for high-end consoles

26 July

17:14 7 free tools that can save your studio 3

15:11 Periscope Studio demos interactive audio

14:39 Download the ME iPhone app 1

14:00 Tax break shouts silenced as film council falls 3

12:34 Miniclip confirms continuing recruitment drive

11:55 IGDA boss quits amid structure change

10:51 HOW TO: Get started making your own video games 4

09:03 Capcom/Namco 'makes history' with fighter dev deal

23 July

13:30 Capcom abandons Gamescom amid game-ban fallout

12:48 Tax break joy for Epic Games

11:30 Registration goes live for Develop Football Challenge 1

10:48 Codemasters working on next-gen EGO engine

10:11 Disney set to spend $600m on Playdom? 1

09:15 New studio name for Medal of Honor team

22 July

10:31 Has EA opened a Kinect studio? 2

09:19 Autodesk lit up by Illuminate buy

08:01 Emergent offering out new LightSpeed beta 1

21 July

13:59 GDC Europe early bird deadline today

13:47 Unite 2010 open for registration

13:26 ?First female-run studio? opens in Canada

11:30 Zattikka raises $5.5m through funding drive

11:14 Adults only: Develop Awards video online 2

10:38 'Schofield': EA ?treated me like shit? 2

10:03 UK Culture Department ?braced for 50% cut?

20 July

17:15 Kinect to cost £129.99

16:00 Intel named as Gaikai investor

15:45 New office for Iguana

14:13 Medal of Honor armed with FIFA animation tech

13:02 Paris readies for Future Game On

12:45 Further animations offered with Mixamo 1

11:58 EA?s Moore: Metacritic mania a ?slippery slope?

11:14 Warren Spector to headline PAX

10:31 EA Canada unveils new Fight Night

10:01 Hansoft licensed out to social game firm

19 July

21:27 PlayStation Home becomes indie games platform

20:12 Exclusive: Mark Rein's indie apology 22

18:52 Twisted Pixel chooses RAD Games Tools

18:38 ?Political engagement? in new Channel 4 title

17:38 Bizarre hints at new Blur project

17:35 VIDEO: Rare opens new Digbeth studio

15:52 2011 dates set for Develop Conference and Awards

15:23 Further Sony Online Entertainment layoffs

15:15 Sony: 3D games should not seek 1080p

15:07 Valve in dev charm offensive

14:11 Activision?s StarCraft II spend put at $100m

13:12 Codemasters denies ?E3 fallout? amid walkout

12:22 Stuart Black to quit Codemasters

11:22 Canada: We?ll take your investment

11:06 TIGA: Canada poses a major threat 2

10:11 Canadian ?threat? no big deal for Vaizey 1

18 July

19:28 Triple-volume £300 book offers glimpse into Rockstar Games

16 July

21:02 Virtual Fairground moves into engine market

17:31 Guerrilla to keynote GDC Europe

17:09 Siggraph bolstered by art production talks

16:11 EA sells 15% of Ubisoft

15:42 Develop Conference 2010 ? what went down 1

15:32 Trinigy signs seven licensing deals

14:53 Ian Livingstone to lead industry skills review

14:27 SOE signs WiiWare student stars

11:33 Jagex appoints new business development boss

10:46 UK studio secures Oddworld franchise

15 July

21:45 Vaizey unveils £5m investment project 2

17:02 Channel 4: We seek originality first, not players

15:35 Ready at Dawn layoffs ?the woes of independence?

15:27 BBC: DLC represents our future

15:08 Molyneux: Fable 2 project hit 67,000 bugs

14:38 We R Interactive opens doors

11:41 Schafer: Double Fine will self publish

11:33 Schafer: Four titles are underway

11:31 Red Dead developer downsized

11:31 How Schafer survived Brutal Legend 2 axe 1

01:43 Develop Awards: The round up

01:42 Develop Awards: Unreal Engine wins tight race

01:22 Develop Awards: Gowers crowned Industry Legends 6

01:21 Develop Awards: Unity takes Grand Prix

01:18 Develop Awards: Two for Quantic Dream 1

00:58 Develop Awards: Hello Games bags two

00:50 Develop Awards: Rocksteady takes two prizes

00:48 Develop Awards: The 2010 winners list

00:46 Develop Awards: Top honours split wide open

14 July

17:44 Kinect 'has huge core potential' says Rare

17:33 Rare: Controllers have become convoluted 6

14:22 Vaizey: Industry won?t die without tax breaks 2

13:42 Vaizey: You haven?t made the case for tax breaks

13:13 BioWare: Don't push devs on crunch 2

12:45 BioWare: EA buyout ?saw huge cultural change?

11:28 New Pitbull studio opens 2

11:08 BioWare: Triple-A wrong for most studios 2

11:00 Jagex to launch new MMO Stellar Dawn 4

10:54 BioWare: We're obsessed with review scores

13 July

18:12 Helgason: Jobs doesn?t understand development economics

15:12 ?Mobile gaming will beat consoles within a year? 8

14:51 PopCap couldn?t sell Bejeweled for $60k 1

12:59 Handcircus: We didn?t care for publishers

12:49 ?No monkeys?!? Why publishers nixed Joe Danger 14

12:49 Red Redemption: Socially aware games can be commercial

12:18 Data - XBLA ?casual games? represent 5% sales

10:56 ?I assure you that piracy is coming to consoles? 4

10:52 Develop keynote hears call for daring originality 1

10:49 Louis Castle: All games must be free to experience 1

10:28 Football Challenge unveiled

12 July

18:54 Minister Ed Vaizey endorses TIGA/ELSPA union

18:48 Big names line-up at GDC Europe

16:11 Developers flock to Brighton

15:47 MP Watson: ELSPA/TIGA unity will bolster tax push

14:13 TIGA and ELSPA unite in major tax break push 2

13:15 Millions of Brits have 3D myopia 2

11:15 Zynga ?to report $175m profit?

10:36 Google ?secretly invested up to $200m in Zynga?

09:55 Ex-Infinity Ward staff ?interrogated?

9 July

16:08 Developer/publisher marketplace goes live

15:25 July issue of Develop out now

11:07 RealNetworks pledges game dev commitment

10:00 Develop Conference launches event app

09:20 Sony ?regrets? PS3 problems, but has Moved on 8

09:06 Prime Minister questioned on tax break snub

8 July

23:26 Firaxis hit by layoffs

16:33 Crowdstar brings in the veterans

15:20 Skillset industry survey gathers pace

14:34 Microsoft downplays rumble loss in Kinect 2

14:00 Sony: Watch our rivals go next-gen first 2

13:42 Red 5 fights on despite engine axe 2

12:11 Indie heroes launch game fund scheme 2

11:00 Robot Entertainment rekindles old Microsoft flame

7 July

20:17 Zoë Mode studios merged by Kuju

18:30 Realtime Worlds to restructure

15:40 Hurry! One week left until the Develop Awards

15:36 Activision wants its $500k indie contest in Europe 1

15:06 Emergent signs integration deal

13:10 Sony?s Yoshida saddened by Insomniac switch 3

12:31 University of Glamorgan joins ELSPA

6 July

21:40 Fears over new US 'game violence' laws

15:45 University of Huddersfield joins TIGA

15:44 Activision clarifies ?contest IP theft? rumours 3

15:08 Flying start for new Develop blogs

14:47 Sega skips Gamescom for commercial reasons 1

12:53 Indie Italian studio unveils new toolset

12:35 Sony: Devs to help build the next PlayStation 11

11:39 Codemasters inks major long-term Morpheme deal

11:00 Develop Awards near sell-out

10:24 Develop Conference flaunts complete speaker list

5 July

16:36 Vaz is back, and games are evil again 5

15:54 Angry UK devs given ?mock Canadian passports? 16

14:23 MPs back Early Day Motion for game tax breaks

12:56 Gamers? Voice unites with TIGA in tax break fight

12:02 Realtime Worlds coy on APB console deal

10:32 Molyneux to showcase Fable at Develop Conference

09:58 Rock Band designer quits for hands-on work

2 July

17:13 Quantic Dream COO: Tax break fears ?rubbish? 3

15:38 Another World and Heavy Rain talks at GDC Europe

14:55 Coalition MPs write to reverse tax break ruling 2

14:28 Govt didn?t want to ?pick winners? with tax break 1

13:57 Anxiety on tax breaks runs deep 4

11:17 Develop Conference adds Sony 3D talk

10:35 Disney: Monetisation key to Tapulous buy

10:26 Tiga awarded Trade Association of the Year

10:25 Murdoch's NewsCorp gets digital games boss

1 July

21:07 Disney buys Tapulous, report claims

17:48 GameHorizon: 'We are not a trade body'

15:44 Miniclip's international recruitment drive

15:25 GameHorizon goes national 1

14:35 Key hires for 'augmented game' group

13:39 Canadian studio receives $2m in government funds 1

11:15 Emergent signs multiple engine licensing deals

10:45 Indian dev giant expands to UK