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

30 November

15:50 Free FMOD tools for Vision Engine owners

15:32 Zynga and Playfish backers bet on Vostu

15:09 Fast-growing Bigpoint eyes South America

11:52 '$1.6m investment' for Facebook studio Lionside

11:18 EA CEO: Zynga games ?may not stand test of time? 1

10:24 EA: Harmonix buyout is ?catching a falling knife?

09:42 Bigpoint on the danger of Facebook reliance

29 November

17:45 Blitz Games plans indie games service

17:29 EA: Crunch should be optional, not protocol 5

15:32 Axe falls at Ubisoft Reflections

15:31 Mirror?s Edge ?fell short?, says EA?s Gibeau 4

15:12 Social gaming dev event heads to London

14:14 EA boss: Movie-game business ?falling apart? 4

14:00 30 Under 30 nominations: Deadline nears

10:45 Angry Birds flies past 7m free downloads

10:34 NESTA: Creative sector doubles economy?s pace

10:04 Scottish govt on hunt for student dev 1

26 November

17:28 VIDEO: Raymond introduces Ubisoft mega-studio 1

16:03 Free Develop iPhone App: Get yours here 2

16:02 Follow Develop on Twitter 1

16:01 Get major news emailed with Develop Newsflash

14:46 Gaikai: 'Big deal in place for full-game service'

12:39 Encouraging signs for games on Windows Phone 7

12:19 Carmack foresees the end of games on disc 8

11:21 30 Under 30 nominations: There's still time

11:16 BioWare duo on simpler days and longer load times

25 November

14:55 OPINION: Kinect assist critics miss the point 6

14:00 'Over 15k devs' register for Windows Phone 1

12:11 'Not enough value in PC' say Schafer's publishers

11:42 Sony: '3D will make games more accessible'

11:39 Doctor Who deal for Dundee studio Tag Games

10:43 Tiga: Publishing partnership open beyond Jagex

10:04 Investors surround the Minecraft man

24 November

17:22 VIDEO: The latest edition of Unreal Engine 1

15:51 ?Tax breaks not off? ? Culture committee chair

15:50 'UK in a perilous position' ? MP Watson

14:00 Casual games indirectly boost brand awareness

12:55 'Piracy pay fine' plans underway at CD Projekt

12:02 Flickr founder develops social game 1

11:08 Autodesk used in race to build Assassin?s Creed 7

10:28 'Global social game network' plans emerge

09:58 Schafer reveals second download project

23 November

15:05 Member discounts as Autodesk joins Tiga

14:27 Scaleform brings UI to Kinect games

13:35 Yamauchi: There's more to me than Gran Turismo

13:31 ?3D adds just 2% on time and budget? ? Sony 4

12:52 Takahashi: Japan 'a zombie that won?t die'

12:07 Sony: Over 50 PS3 games being built in 3D 8

09:19 Hopper departs Disney Interactive

09:00 30 Under 30 open for nominations 1

22 November

15:59 Gaikai appoints chief strategy officer

15:00 New era dawns as UK devs go digital

13:06 Leading devs head to Liverpool for Develop

12:11 3DS dev costs mirror Wii equivalent 1

12:07 Sony Ericsson almost confirms 'PSPhone'

11:16 Ed Bartlett leaves IGA Worldwide

11:00 Leading devs head to Liverpool for Develop

19 November

15:47 Job losses at $200 guitar-game developer

15:25 Tiga issues ?damaging? immigration cap warning 7

15:03 IVDC 2010 speaker program confirmed

12:53 Codemasters targets Bizarre staff 3

12:33 Microsoft in ?aggressive worldwide talent hunt?

11:03 Chillingo takes ME Awards prize

10:38 Kinect inspires mastermind Carmack

10:14 UK indies Tuna cut to two staff

09:31 Facebook steps outside virtual and into retail

09:22 Zynga building 'our most social game ever' 1

18 November

17:01 Jagex holding Liverpool recruitment meetings 4

14:31 NaturalMotion opens publishing arm

11:37 UK's dismissal of games tax break is 'extraordinary' 4

11:05 Ignition London safe as WarDevil lives on as ?Project Kane? 2

11:00 Treasury: Tax breaks argument is not valid 4

09:50 Axis reveals RTS animation deal 1

17 November

16:50 Bizarre mood lifts with several keen to buy 6

15:43 Free engine for Newgrounds Flash devs

15:28 Zuckerberg: Zynga?s made a structural disruption

14:49 Codemasters on UK talent hunt as jobs go

13:36 Gaikai beta opens

10:01 New layoffs at LucasArts

08:58 Activision sheds staff as Budcat closes doors 1

16 November

19:30 Activision considering Bizarre sell-off 1

17:48 200 Bizarre jobs face Activision axe [Update 4] 9

15:27 Slightly Mad scores Need For Speed sequel

15:12 XBLA indie devs unite in Christmas promotion 1

14:28 Emergent ?operating under normal business?

13:00 Fallujah dev still hopes for Iraq War game 1

12:08 APB ?would have survived with more time?

11:14 Big spend in exhaustive ?APB: Reloaded? plan

10:08 Realtime Worlds? APB returns as free-to-play 3

15 November

16:56 Ubi takes ?62.1m studio 'overhaul' hit 1

16:37 Leading music trade show makes space for devs

15:34 CrowdStar games heading to Microsoft Bing

15:05 Trinigy revenues rocket to all-time high

15:00 Seasonal game content becoming an annual trend

14:13 Shiva3D: ?Torque is dead, join us at a low cost?

12:30 UK devs unite in bid to transform publishing 1

11:54 Treyarch ?not the b-team?, says Kotick 1

11:34 VIDEO: id Software?s iPhone tech is mock-Epic

10:53 David Perry returns to game development 1

09:46 In pictures: Melody makers at GameCity

12 November

14:42 Kinect support for Xbox Live indies under review

11:58 Epic Games awarded ?private company of the year?

11:19 Havok tech deal for ?budget conscious? devs

10:23 VIDEO: LA Noire?s world-class facial animation

10:08 Torque for sale as InstantAction collapses 5

00:00 Emergent is up for sale

11 November

22:36 Unity Asset Store sales hit $5,000 in first day 1

22:25 Unity Awards: The winners 1

17:40 Harmonix to soldier on during sale process

16:15 Deal loss for Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment

15:51 ?Stop pretending social games are beneath you? 3

15:15 ZeniMax acquires MachineGames

14:57 DeNA ?may partner with Facebook, Zynga?

14:40 'Harmonix is worth more to third-parties' - Viacom

14:20 Sega UK adds benefits to cut absenteeism 3

14:00 Harmonix put up for sale by Viacom

13:29 Three indie deals as EA pushes digital

11:06 Realtime Worlds' final game 'bought by K2' 1

10:48 Jobless devs offered free Develop Liverpool pass 12

10:38 Spov provides finishing touches to Black Ops

10:30 Bigpoint ?not for sale?

10:20 Side reveals Lionhead commission

09:53 'Slow start' for Windows Phone 7

09:28 Steam 'monopoly' sparks retail backlash 16

10 November

20:35 Jesse Schell's persistent avatar vision

17:32 Unity thrives as Unite doors open

16:05 Unity announces new business model; Union 2

16:01 Unity launches Unity Asset Store

15:09 GCSE training apps released

14:07 Staff axed as Monumental loses project 8

14:01 Bellamy putting the International back in IGDA 3

13:13 What?s their secret? Aussie studio turns 25

13:11 ?Divorce game? released by Australian Government

12:23 $60m investment for Gazillion

12:22 NaturalMotion hires new sales VP

12:00 Raft of UK studios signed up by C4 Education

12:00 C4 signs Bozek's Inensu

11:51 Warner dev ?anger? at AAA-to-social switch 3

11:23 Rovio seeking expansion

11:15 Leaked video: Axed Reich project showed promise 4

10:24 Braben: Still no Milo & Kate tech in Kinectimals

09:57 Studio management axe in EA Sports overhaul

09:51 UK game tech firm raises $5m in funding

00:56 Does Montréal have too many big studios? 1

00:42 Funcom CEO: Triple-A on iPhone a bad move

9 November

17:36 PopCap 'cans half of its games'

16:03 2D Boy: There's never been a game masterpiece

15:41 Crafty devs making money from non-game apps

15:13 Northern Film & Media app fund delivers first title

15:07 Emergent calls off major Krome deal 1

14:15 Develop increases online and print reach again

11:40 Evolve early bird deadline draws near

10:55 Dev victory as Microsoft promotes indie store 5

10:09 Krome: We're still alive 1

04:41 Why indies should make Facebook games 1

8 November

22:27 Should Kinect UI be standardised? 2

17:24 Devs must be careful with addiction, says Ed Fries

16:42 Ed Fries: Working under constraint is the future

15:45 Behaviour: ?Wet was a huge risk that broke even?

15:21 SimBin and Raceroom enter business partnership

15:17 Canadian dev: Tax breaks far from essential 5

14:30 Cutbacks outlined in DCMS business plan

14:07 The doors open on MIGS 2010

13:07 Attendee surge expected for EG Expo 2011

13:00 Major industry players set for ME Awards

12:54 NEoN digital arts festival commences

12:47 ?UK can be at forefront of performance capture?

12:10 Wet developer ditches old name in digital push

12:02 Serkis: The perception of games is changing 1

10:48 Dundee College ?AppJam? kicks off today

10:28 VIDEO: Epic showcases the power of iPhone 1

10:06 Lightning Fish development team expands 1

09:57 Record student submissions at indie game contest

5 November

16:41 LGC 2010: 'Tough times ahead' for PSP and DS devs

12:44 Bolton quits Codemasters 3

11:51 LGC 2010: New platforms ?won?t end market slump? 3

11:49 LGC 2010: Bigpoint slams Facebook

11:43 LGC 2010: Old Republic profit 'unfeasible' - Hubertz 2

11:34 LGC 2010: 'There's room to end triple-A dominance'

10:46 Ubisoft acquires Quazal Technologies

10:25 LGC 2010: ?PSN/XBLA shops as crowded as App Store?

10:02 Buyout brings birth of ZeniMax Sweden ? report

10:00 British Library bid to preserve games

4 November

13:25 New Monumental MMO engine set for debut

13:08 Gran Turismo creator Yamauchi to headline DICE 1

11:48 Plan to transform London as ?new Silicon Valley?

11:29 Registration open for Blitz Academy 2011 2

10:53 Tiga: Tax break loss catalysed 9% job fall 1

10:30 ?Tax relief loss paid for corp tax? ? Cameron 3

09:56 Zynga launching Android titles

09:00 LGC 2010: ?EU giants combined not as big as Zynga? 1

3 November

15:29 Revealed: UK dev workforce falls 9%

15:15 OPINION: UK has lost triple-A games to Canada 1

14:54 Canada thrives as the UK stumbles 25

14:37 Microsoft: Kinect on single-digit CPU use

12:42 OPINION: US ratings row a puerile, tedious waste

12:20 Gaikai pursues 'major US games site' deal

12:01 November issue of Develop out now

11:49 EA ports Dragon Age in Facebook love affair

10:59 Future iPhone tech ?could handle Gears of War?

10:25 Rare winks at 3DS future

10:17 EA hush on layoff numbers 1

10:08 ESA: California games law attacks free speech

09:44 EA could pay up to $30m for Chillingo

09:24 Epic prepares move into iOS

2 November

20:30 Unreal Engine 3 arrives on mobiles

18:17 EA and Facebook ink five-year currency deal

16:29 Schwarzenegger?s side hit hard in ratings row

15:37 VIDEO: LittleBigPlanet master takes on After Burner

15:24 Capcom seeks partners, not buyouts

14:52 Shiva 1.9 now available 1

14:47 Resident Evil project ?sent to US?

14:19 Inafune: Capcom needs to change or will die 1

13:55 Landmark court showdown for US game industry 7

11:32 Namco US layoffs 'affects 90 staff'

11:16 New UI has killed Xbox indies, angry devs say 2

10:17 Free-to-play game 'can make $100m' 1

09:58 Govt to support industry at sold-out LGC

08:00 NaturalMotion tech 'simplifies Kinect development'

1 November

16:00 Unity's user numbers soar as Unite nears

15:45 Project Gotham Racing revival underway 4

13:08 Autodesk Beast 2011 ships

13:00 Govt division on tax breaks emerges 1

12:07 Splash Damage: Risk is massive for indie devs

11:50 Crytek shopping TimeSplitters to publishers 1

10:54 UK industry ?not secure enough for tax breaks? 5

10:06 Microsoft acquires 3D image sensing tech firm

09:57 Square Enix confirms IO Interactive layoffs

09:16 Sony lifts lid on smartphone strategy