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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 August

17:42 Valve: Aggressive DRM measures are 'backwards' 6

17:38 Google chairman speech 'endorses UK Skills Review' 1

15:51 Take-Two facing court trial on 'unpaid overtime' 2

13:56 Playdead buys more independence from investors 1

12:18 IN PICTURES: Sony's new 3D headset 2

11:42 Sony 3D headset primed for commercial release

11:02 OnLive sparks Gaikai face-off with Gamespot deal 2

10:07 Zynga lines up new IP ahead of IPO

30 August

17:21 Unity Awards 2011 finalists named

16:56 Unreal dev contest winners score publishing deal

15:53 Gameloft launches 99p Android game subscription

15:30 EA: Relationship with Valve not beyond repair 2

15:00 Browser 'track & field' wins Glasgow 2014 contest 4

13:49 VIDEO: Quake 3 running on Raspberry Pi 1

12:33 Mojang and Valve in Minecraft Steam stalemate

11:35 Second studio surfaces after THQ UK closure

10:30 Trade turmoil 'delays Zynga IPO' 2

10:10 Post your jobs on Develop for just £50!

10:03 Hack detected in Nokia developer network

26 August

15:49 Jagex: Consoles blocked Runescape cross-play 17

15:01 Valve 'adding PS Move support to Counter-Strike'

14:19 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 26.08.11)

13:45 Next-gen Square Enix engine 'Direct X 11 native' 1

11:34 Portal co-creator Kim Swift reveals new project

11:02 Ex-Trion and Gazillion execs' new studio revealed

10:31 Valve plans PC/PS3 unity with Counter-Strike

25 August

16:47 Apple 'will not change', says new CEO 1

15:56 Studios named in new UK publishing syndicate 1

14:57 EA development tsar to keynote HTML5 event 1

13:53 Unity powers Limbo studio's next project 1

12:25 Sony wants devs to cross-pollinate Vita and PS3 12

11:53 Windows Phone surpasses 30,000 apps 1

11:45 Android plagued by malware - McAfee 1

11:20 Valve: Xbox Live restrictions should be relaxed 1

10:14 Steve Jobs 'the greatest CEO of all time' 1

00:57 Apple chief Steve Jobs resigns 1

24 August

16:54 Unreal Development Kit 'passes 900,000 installs'

15:25 I'm done with crunch, says ex senior Sony dev 4

14:45 Jobs on the line as Babel shifts to Canada 1

10:07 EA chases freemium craze with iOS Theme Park 2

08:50 'Deep staff cuts' at Toronto studio Bedlam Games

23 August

15:32 Gazillion chief headlines Unite 11

11:55 CryEngine becomes 'fastest-selling' free SDK 1

10:39 Average PlayStation Home session '70 minutes' 1

22 August

17:33 'Fewer and fewer are succeeding at triple-A' 1

16:53 Cerny: Discs will survive the decade 2

15:52 Sony pledges better game analytics for devs

15:18 Sony: Future game tech could read your emotions 2

14:51 London Games Conference backed by UKIE 1

14:40 Perfect digital human 'ten years away'

14:15 Sony: Motion control is in an 8-bit era

19 August

15:50 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 19.08.11)

15:48 Vita RAM confirmed at 512MB

15:20 Newell: e-Sports service to go beyond Dota 2

15:18 Valve: We need to reward Sony for opening PS3 15

10:47 Microsoft to launch Windows App Store 1

10:22 HP kills WebOS platform

18 August

15:45 Now Mojang becomes 'publisher' to third parties

15:17 Gearbox: Content dumping 'a disservice to gamers'

15:06 Codemasters dev boss quit for consultancy work

15:00 Ubi scraps Driver's always-on DRM 1

14:56 iPhone app created by 84-year-old 1

14:49 Activision attempts to calm EA feud 1

11:41 Blizzard 'building console team'

17 August

22:16 Mojang signs with Skrill 1

16:41 Newell: We have to convince EA to come back 40

15:25 Revealed: The countries that love Minecraft most 3

13:24 CryEngine goes free 10

11:02 BBC Worldwide releases Doctor Who Android title

10:27 Zynga buys Astro Ape

10:22 Tiga calls for higher EU dev funding emphasis

00:09 New Resistance aims to crack the handheld FPS 1

16 August

22:23 Blow: 'Braid designed itself'

20:59 Ninja Theory: 'Story gives your game soul' 1

17:42 PlayStation Vita dev kit priced 3

12:39 Nordic Games acquires JoWood

12:24 Epic working on five projects and Unreal Engine 4 5

11:15 Apple accused of false evidence in Samsung injunction

08:00 Minecraft launches for Android

15 August

23:01 OnLive: Our dev revenue split is 60/40

21:32 PrimeSense: 'TV the new frontier for Kinect tech'

18:47 PopCap: Leveraging EA IP 'would make sense' 1

16:17 Wooga's five rules for game loop success

13:21 Motorola Mobility acquired by Google

13:02 Game development's rising stars named 1

11:58 Codemasters announces F1 Online: The Game

11:24 Id's Rage to be Steamworks PC release

10:56 Hello Games reveals new Joe Danger title

10:10 Gameloft opens New Orleans office 1

09:44 New Counter Strike confirmed for consoles

12 August

13:32 Jagex: Listen to the trolls, but go with your gut 23

12:33 Apple 'encouraged premium price' for Papa Sangre

11:16 New Counter-Strike rumours circle

11:00 Xaitment to launch xaitMap 3.0 at Gamescom

10:10 IndieVision advice website returns 1

11 August

21:57 Angry Birds nestle into Google+ before Facebook

21:38 Google+ games = Facebook challenger? 1

21:04 'Your face is animation's future' - Image Metrics

12:25 Sony XDEV execs launch 'punk indie' publisher 1

12:15 Marketing costs 'jump when dev budgets climb'

11:53 Sharkey confirmed as LGC speaker

10:43 Games Media Awards 2011: The Finalists 3

10:05 Tiga calls for immigration policy caution

10 August

15:34 40 jobs gone as Mindscape quits games 3

14:30 FEATURE: If it's dull, maybe it's time to gamify? 2

12:10 [Update] Cut the Rope studio opens UK division

11:14 EA casual boss 'quits for Zynga' 1

10:03 Sega swoops in for THQ axed staff

09:34 200 jobs cut as THQ shuts more studios 2

9 August

15:44 Rift publisher Trion seeks studio partnerships 1

14:49 Team Bondi 'sells off assets and IP' 4

12:21 Doubts over Zynga IPO as trade anxiety deepens

11:13 Publisher shares plummet amid panic trading

8 August

19:01 Havok to buy Trinigy

13:54 Axed THQ Warrington chiefs open outsource studio

11:20 Mojang hires art guru Henrik Pettersson

11:03 Kim Blake elevated to skills council deputy chair

10:39 Develop 119: Markus Persson on fame and fortune

10:39 Blitz closes 1UP publishing label 1

10:10 Shane Kim joins Zipline board

5 August

18:09 Bankruptcy rumours circle Team Bondi

16:26 Bethesda: Mojang's Scrolls infringes Skyrim 2

16:09 Double Eleven signs SCEE exclusivity deal

14:24 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 05.08.11)

12:29 'Indie games won't make you rich' 9

12:00 Mojang team 'would split' if bought

11:39 Persson: 'I owe my fans'

11:31 Activision: Signing indie winners not a priority

11:14 When EA's CEO met the men behind Minecraft

10:59 September Develop Quiz almost sold out

10:07 EA touts 'close tie between developers and marketers'

4 August

15:24 Crunch allegations reach New Zealand government 1

15:23 30% of freemium users 'have paid for goods'

13:49 Third of Brits 'use smartphones'

13:06 Develop Conference 'the biggest ever'

12:44 PlayBook's Android scheme 'stalls'

12:34 Activision: Our digital revenue is double Zynga's 1

12:30 Free iOS game sells $500 in-game item

11:44 Valve set for London Games Conference keynote

10:46 Microsoft plans string of XBLA Kinect titles

10:32 Blizzard rethink as Warcraft subs fall again 27

09:42 Minecraft convention set for November

3 August

15:50 More teams sign up for Develop Quiz

15:28 Games storytelling event announced 1

15:23 800 devs sign up for free GameSpy tech 1

12:00 FEATURE: Unity at Develop Conf - how to make games scale from mobile to high-end PC

11:56 Foundation 9 studio sold to Glu in $28m deal

10:39 Adobe HTML5 editor becomes overnight hit 1

09:28 Former Havok exec assumes xaitment CEO role

2 August

16:42 Portal DLC rumours fly as McLain visits Valve

15:51 $16 iPhone game rebels from cult of free 1

15:15 Unity accelerates Flash 3D project 2

13:39 The five studios Sony could buy next

13:24 IN DETAIL: Sony's sixteen first-party studios 7

10:07 Zynga bringing Words With Friends to Facebook

09:42 Sony acquires Infamous studio Sucker Punch 1

1 August

20:35 Square Enix swoop to save axed True Crime 1

15:29 Qualcomm augmented reality SDK 'comes to iOS'

13:49 Adobe thinks fast with new HTML5 editor

12:13 Braben to open Dare ProtoPlay 1

11:39 Nintendo snubs freemium, but bids for DLC future 2

10:53 PS Vita dev kits given for free 2

10:13 Cloud tech webinar this Wednesday