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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

28 February

20:45 GDC11: 'Tech is in the past, the future is people'

20:31 GDC11: Scaleform GFx 4.0 detailed

18:42 GDC11: Steam to support 'TV interaction'

17:51 GDC11: PC Gaming Alliance annual report published 1

17:00 GDC11: Eden Games' Luxology deal revealed

15:51 GDC11: Don't forget tomorrow's charity poker 1

14:49 GDC11: Gameloft signs four-game UE3 deal

12:14 THQ Australia cuts 14 jobs

10:26 GDC11: Gaikai goes live

08:00 GDC11: Record attendance bid as doors fly open

07:10 Enemies to friends: Unity supports Flash 2

06:59 'I sold a 16x16 pixel image for $50' - Flash dev 4

06:40 VIDEO: Flash turns 3D as 'Molehill' goes public

25 February

17:00 Keep up to date with GDC via Develop 1

16:08 Murdoch gets into games 2

15:52 Tiga explains merger decision

15:43 Havok software NGP-ready

14:00 £850k on the table in new social games contest

12:22 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 25.02.11)

11:33 Develop in Brighton to host Indie Dev Day 2

11:30 Tiga: 'UKIE merger deal is off' 5

10:46 NetDevil layoffs saved by LEGO 2

10:20 Bizarre staff form Lucid Games

10:17 GameSpy offers open access services deal

09:30 London special effects giant moves into games 1

24 February

17:07 Lightning Fish in new hiring run

15:55 150 new US jobs as CCP expands

15:35 BBC Worldwide looks past UK for Doctor Who project 4

15:08 Zynga 'settles Mafia Wars trademark lawsuit'

15:02 Kaos selects Morpheme for Homefront animations

14:00 Image Metrics rolls out Faceware 3.0

13:32 Dead Island trailer creators 'wanted to shock, not offend' 1

10:02 FreeStyleGames 'in positive discussions'

10:00 OPINION: Understanding ownership 24

09:51 'NetDevil on the brink' say laid-off staff

23 February

17:29 Apple confirms 'iPad 2' press event

17:09 RAD Game Tools to support NGP

16:22 Intent Media's Dredge named world-leading tech journo

12:52 Freemium model facing watchdog probe 2

12:42 Sony: PlayStation Home 'worth a second look'

11:50 Digital Chocolate scores $12m VC funding

11:32 Rumours of 'new iPad reveal next week'

11:29 Industry veteran Daglow returns with new studio

11:16 Nexon re-opens $1m indie dev contest

10:50 GamesAnalytics joins Tiga

10:28 Epic improves royalty deal for UDK devs 4

10:03 Next step for Unreal Engine 3 revealed at GDC 1

09:40 New Havok studio for future tech research

22 February

15:45 VIDEO: The Minecraft documentary

15:07 VIDEO: Black Kennedy gets Develop's vote

14:13 Neon Play joy at '10m iOS downloads in 10 months' 1

12:29 London mocap studio adds cutting-edge tech 1

12:07 Develop's GDC special - read the show issue now 1

12:06 IT women's award nomination for Remode boss

11:12 Cubic Motion hires ex-Bizarre man

10:08 EA 'accidentally reveals new studio'

09:31 Kinect hacks 'will inevitably influence studios' 2

09:30 In Pictures: The five finest Kinect hacks

09:27 Microsoft backs Kinect hacks with SDK release 2

21 February

15:26 Microsoft and Nvidia quit PC Gaming Alliance

15:08 Mojang to bring Minecraft to iPhone

14:39 Relentless castaways form new studio

13:12 Immigration cap 'already punishing UK studios' 48

12:36 Graduates 'losing jobs to laid-off devs' 2

12:26 Bizarre Creations maestro joins Sumo

11:00 Daily Mail owner to market game apps 2

10:30 CryEngine for PSP2, Sony claims

09:59 PSP2: The full list of game engines and tools

09:29 Molyneux to receive BAFTA Fellowship

20 February

16:01 New talk of Govt plan for games tax breaks 3

18 February

16:12 Dead Island animators 'blown away' by trailer hit

14:46 Audiokinetic and FMOD race for PSP2 support 1

14:24 Now Blitz updates tech for PSP2

14:09 Intel chief displeased with Nokiasoft deal

14:04 NaturalMotion joins PSP2 race

13:00 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 18.02.11)

12:36 New speculation values Zynga at $10 billion 2

11:38 Bungie: Layoff reports are false

11:07 OpenFeint unites smartphones with new network

10:25 VIDEO: Bizarre Creations' final farewell

10:11 Comprehensive PSP2 update for Vision Engine

17 February

16:08 Starbreeze signs Unreal Engine 3

15:43 Sony: PS4 not even being deliberated 4

15:36 Infernal Engine expands to 3DS 1

15:23 Image Metrics acquires 'photo-to-game' tech firm

14:28 Babel expands team for MMO work

14:27 Casual giant King.com lands on Facebook

14:05 OPINION: The false promise of digital distribution 5

14:02 Scoreloop expands to Windows Phone 7

12:30 OPINION: The UK dev scene can still grow

11:53 Australia 'has lost over 1,000 devs since 2008' 1

11:07 Dead Island trailer creators revealed 2

10:36 Activision's Bungie game 'an MMO FPS'

10:16 Correction: EA Bright Light project 1

09:51 PlayStation 'game-ready' tablet rumoured

16 February

17:00 Relentless looking at emerging TV platforms

15:42 Google boss burnt by 'Nokiasoft' deal

15:32 Disney design director 'quits for LucasArts'

14:51 Rare issues redundancy warning 1

13:59 London Venture Partners backs social startup

12:19 'There's no such thing as free-to-play' - EA

11:51 EA CEO Riccitiello: We made mistakes

11:05 Redundancies at Relentless

10:38 EA stung as three studio bosses leave

09:47 Autodesk makes shock $36m bid for Scaleform

15 February

15:33 Schafer team working on Kinect Sesame Street

15:28 App Store developers can now charge subscriptions 4

15:10 GDC boasts over 650 speakers

13:23 Study: 'Big ad payouts' for free iPhone games

12:16 OPINION: What Nokia deal means for Microsoft devs 1

12:07 Zynga 'valued as high as $7 billion'

11:50 Adobe flaunts Flash growth on mobile

11:29 Crytek 'won't abandon PC' despite another leak 1

11:08 Microsoft outlines Windows Phone enhancements

11:03 Unity offers channel to PlayStation Phone

10:12 VIDEO: Kinect play with Windows Phone 7

14 February

15:50 Mirror's Edge 2 project 'held back' 3

15:39 Pitbull moves offices amid hiring push 1

15:05 Obituary: Bizarre Creations 14

12:32 Rush of devs back PlayStation Phone 1

12:09 Code Monkeys shuts down after 23 years 2

11:48 PlayStation Suite confirmed for Xperia Play

11:11 Unity strikes PlayStation Phone partnership 2

10:13 Full tech specs: PlayStation Phone 2

09:53 'PlayStation Phone' set for March release

09:45 Nokia deal 'causes surge in WP7 game projects'

11 February

13:00 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 11.02.11)

11:28 Activision 'interested in Take-Two dev buy-outs' 3

11:20 GDC to host Unity tutorial track

10:08 Nokia unites mobile business with Microsoft 3

10 February

17:06 Source: 50 staff gone at Vicarious Visions

16:29 Activision 'closes music developer 7 Studios' 1

15:26 Vision Engine going mobile

14:52 'No layoffs for now' at FreeStyleGames

14:11 Publishing elite join $0.99 App Store race 2

12:58 OPINION: Can Bungie deliver on Kotick's big bet? 3

12:02 Hare brothers return with new digital games firm 8

11:07 VIDEO: LA Noire's quantum leap in animation 3

11:00 OPINION: Hardcore social games can be lucrative

10:05 United Front dev denies studio closure 1

9 February

22:27 500 jobs go in Activision restructuring

20:53 Activision cull on studios and pojects [Update 4] 6

15:51 Carmack: Can handhelds survive mobile world? 6

15:14 OPINION: Game reviewers can't win 20

14:58 Married couple join Lightning Fish 2

14:37 Codemasters duo join Playground

13:50 Nokia has no future where it stands, CEO says 3

12:49 Data: Devs bolstered by growing PSN market

12:06 Hamburg could be Europe's dev hotspot 2

11:48 Gameloft joins EA's App Store price crash 1

10:51 OPINION: Why Hudson is leaving America

10:30 Hudson 'to close US studio'

8 February

15:29 Starbreeze loses Darkness deal to Digital Extremes 1

14:27 PathEngine 5.26 released

14:10 Angry Birds studio opens academy scheme 1

13:48 THQ Wireless sold to 24Mas

12:42 EA undercuts iPhone indies again 1

12:02 Jagex announces surprise investment round 7

10:38 Mobile-OnLive a step closer in $40m deal

09:55 Harmonix 'sheds up to 15% of staff' 1

7 February

18:50 Game analytics firm aims to stimulate $1bn

18:12 Playfish hiring for Montreal team 3

17:49 Dundee College Joins Tiga

17:34 Industry whispers Nokia will use Windows Phone 7 1

17:28 Tencent 'pays $400m' for Riot Games share

16:53 Rovio hires Remedy fledgling amid Nintendo push

15:54 Rebellion rejigs Asura Engine for PSP2

15:30 UKIE 'disappointed by tax break indecision' 1

14:43 New Scotland-specific trade body proposed 2

13:37 Vaizey: I wasn't necessarily behind tax breaks

12:03 Gamescom shakes up mobile space, awards show

12:00 NaturalMotion to open new London studio

11:19 Android dev vacancies 'have soared 424%'

10:54 New PSP set for Euro unveil at Gamescom

10:46 VIDEO: PlayStation Phone official reveal

10:21 Nintendo issues warning on cheap apps 6

09:52 PSP2 'completely developer-centric this time'

4 February

15:33 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 4.02.11) 2

14:55 Enslaved DLC deal for Axis

14:15 Physics reform a 'major step'

13:40 OPINION: Dear industry, we need to talk 1

12:49 Skills Review success as edu reform is pledged 1

12:19 Team 17 leader Martyn Brown quits

10:22 Anger as university axes promising games course 6

3 February

17:58 EA: Facebook has 290m gamers

17:09 Sega mocap drive for unannounced project

15:21 Vaizey: Excellent Abertay mustn't be an exception 4

12:50 GDC networking events for UK devs

11:55 Tiga and UKIE set for talks

11:52 Buzz builds for Casual Connect Europe

11:27 VIDEO: Epic Games' Call Of Duty prank 4

11:00 Developer-run digital publisher takes shape

10:32 Perforce launches P4DTG update

10:07 Blitz scores Michael Phelps swimming game

09:42 Sales surge for Ngmoco owner DeNA

09:30 City Interactive begins to fill new London studio

2 February

18:00 Top job tips from the industry's elite

14:54 EA shed 795 staff in twelve months 2

13:35 Zynga hacker faces jail after $12m theft 15

12:03 Trinigy scores major deal to supply The9

12:00 Develop's recruitment special - read it here

11:41 VIDEO: How far are devs from narrative mastery?

11:20 Old Republic needs 500k subscribers for profit

10:30 10 year-old Jordan makes games. We need more like her 4

10:11 EA losses deepen to $322m 2

09:42 Intent Media appoints Julian House

1 February

18:08 Scaleform embraces iOS and Android

15:15 UKIE and Tiga fully back Skills Review 1

14:10 Why the game education revolution won't cost a penny 2

13:40 Skills Review: Read the full report

13:23 Tiga/UKIE differences 'are disappearing'

13:16 Fresh calls for UKIE-Tiga merger 2

12:58 NTI Birmingham runs dev 'finishing schools'

00:01 Roadmap drawn for 'new golden age' of games education 4