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Games Programmer
Dependant on experience
UK - London

31 October

15:50 Rovio positive despite Angry Birds piracy in China

15:11 Midlands games cluster focus in the next Develop 2

13:51 VIDEO: Unity game 'strips mechanics back to core'

13:04 Tapjoy's app marketplace 'not circumventing Apple'

12:01 Revenues dive at Sega Sammy

10:41 Finished Wii U to showcase at E3 2012

10:05 Indie hit Minecraft wins GameCity arts award 1

10:00 COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Free NPD data for delegates

28 October

16:58 New features added in latest UDK Beta update

16:48 Ubisoft brings leading franchises to iOS

16:24 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 28.10.11)

16:02 Tag wins Scottish Games Award

15:40 UKIE chairman hails 'world-class' British devs

15:05 Moshi Monsters to go live with music extravaganza 1

14:58 Nintendo 'to end ban on virtual items'

13:21 Lua coders can now work through iPad

13:10 UE3 games too similar, says PAX10 winner 1

11:24 Zynga decline 'extremely troubling', analyst says 3

11:17 Iwata apology after Nintendo posts loss

10:37 Free online JavaScript tutorial becomes a hit

09:56 EA losses deepen to $340m

27 October

18:00 Mobile biz is too money-focused - Rockstar boss

16:45 Film tie-ins come to iOS with new Timberlake flick

16:20 Birmingham braced for games dev show 1

15:26 Facebook and Google join Evolve line-up

15:18 Last chance for Game Connection early bird

12:58 Girl with cerebral palsy gets £21k dev money

12:31 Nintendo braced for first annual loss in 30 years

11:12 Bethesda denied Fallout Online injunction appeal

11:02 Flash player 'missing from PS Vita launch' 3

10:35 Team Meat reconciles with Microsoft 1

10:28 Sony takes full control of Sony Ericsson 1

26 October

16:20 Unreal Engine 4 'will support indies sooner'

15:36 Epic: Consoles must quit virtual price control

14:39 FEATURE: Adding location to your apps

12:41 Lazy workers 'should lose unfair dismissal rights' 1

12:38 Apple's iTV 'could launch late next year'

11:51 Banks 'should be incentivised for SME lending'

11:23 Free-to-play for core gamers 'generates more cash'

10:30 Should Tiga and UKIE merge?

10:11 Richard Garriott awarded $32m in NCsoft lawsuit

10:01 Lou Castle quits Zynga after nine months

25 October

17:52 Dust 514 'will break open the closed console' 1

17:20 100 new jobs as Ubisoft expands to Middle East

15:30 Minecraft XBLA pushed back to 2012

13:44 Tate explores gaming as art teaching tool

12:57 Develop does Dust: November Issue out now

12:45 Facebook currency takes to the web

12:35 London Games Conference - don't miss out

12:01 GTA5 days away from grand unveiling 1

11:59 Tiga wins Outstanding Organisation 2011 award

11:22 'Piracy is a service issue' claims Valve boss

11:01 WB Montreal scores Epic Games lead designer

10:37 IPO 'on the horizon' for Trion

10:08 Zynga IPO 'due week before Thanksgiving'

24 October

17:56 App Store craze Whale Trail 'cost £150k'

16:26 Mojang's Scrolls 'will contain aspects of free-to-play'

15:11 Steve Jobs biography exposes plan to transform TV 1

13:16 'Sales jumped 4000%' from Counter-Strike discount 1

12:35 Mind Candy 'to double staff to 200'

12:01 Make-or-break time to save Euro debt crisis

11:44 Valve building 'Photoshop-like editor' for Portal 2

10:54 Scotland independence 'would transform games biz' 1

10:12 US mobile dev opens London studio

21 October

16:55 VIDEO: Tech dazzles with holograms you can hold

15:50 VIDEO: 'First ever' narrative design tool released

15:21 Free Realms reaches 'more than 20 million users'

14:55 Arkham City app to accompany console game

14:53 'I will destroy Android', Steve Jobs vowed 1

13:15 'CCP staff cuts were my responsibility' says CEO

12:30 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 21.10.11)

12:04 Investments awarded to seven Android devs in Asia

12:00 Final call: 30 Under 30 nominations close today

11:23 'Next gen tools planned' as Autodesk invests

11:11 Sony 'in talks' to expand PlayStation Suite

10:28 Bethesda denies Doom 4 halt [Update] 2

20 October

17:45 10 reasons not to miss LGC 2011

17:34 Tokyo studio licenses UE3 for Kinect project

16:59 Black Rock five form new studio

15:52 Round three begins for Abertay's £5m fund

15:15 Singstar creator sets sights on ethical fashion 1

15:00 Sources point to 2013 launch for 'Xbox Next' 16

15:00 Sony studios 'begin PlayStation 4 projects' 13

14:07 Developers jump to WildTangent Android app

12:59 Deus Ex studio chooses Autodesk 2

11:59 Console DLC 'misses half the market' 1

11:34 Capps: I'm giving devs their chance on new games

10:35 Augmented reality SDK goes free

10:04 Develop's 30 Under 30 - nominations close Friday

09:59 'Staff cuts' at Australia's 2K Marin

19 October

16:19 100 jobs struck by CCP layoffs 10

15:43 Facebook metrics in flux after calculation change

15:09 Fabric Engine enters Beta 2

14:18 Sony 3D headset to launch in UK by December 5

12:02 Five million people use Origin each day, EA claims 4

11:50 FEATURE: Should we democratise app creation? 3

11:42 New Sydney studio for Fruit Ninja stars

11:35 Next BlackBerry OS unites dev tools and platforms

11:01 Bioshock Vita in pre-production, may be outsourced 1

10:16 Subversion dropped after six years development 1

10:10 VIDEO: Kinect-projector makes all surfaces touchscreen 1

09:41 Vita priced and dated for western release

18 October

15:49 Neowiz inks Unreal Engine 3 deal

13:25 Android 2.3 beta for App Game Kit 3

12:51 Jagex recruiting team to hit Guildford 2

12:14 Firelight: 'Game audio tools falling short'

10:01 Mojang wins interim injunction in Scrolls case [Update]

17 October

14:11 Indie Stone resolute after burglary 2

12:56 KMM Brisbane closes doors

12:53 Amateur artists competition to 'uncover future stars'

11:47 'Red flag' as Zynga accounting change adds $27 million

10:45 Develop's 30 Under 30 - nominate now 1

10:35 'Social future for console games' says Activision boss

14 October

15:14 $5 plan to charm back Eve Online rebels 1

14:00 Closure warning at EA Bright Light 4

13:14 Curran quits Kuju

11:43 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 14.10.11)

11:00 Android apps paraded with new OpenFeint Channel

10:10 Team Fortress 2 virtual economy funds players $2m

09:43 Gaga gags Mind Candy's Goo Goo 3

13 October

15:46 Angry Birds 'aims for $1bn IPO in 2012'

15:36 Ex-Rare quartet form indie outfit

15:09 Maverick creator of C programming language dies 3

14:39 Bizarre dinner celebration for Another World legend 1

14:15 In pictures: The Intel Developer Evening 2

13:25 Will Freeman becomes Develop editor 2

11:00 Honours even at GDC Online Awards

10:18 Sony backs free-to-play business for Vita

12 October

18:55 Zynga on the IPO offensive with 10 new projects

17:19 Unity 'fully behind Union' amid exec departures 2

15:56 Crowd-fund plan could transform triple-A 4

15:00 FEATURE: Is HTML5 the future of app development? 1

14:55 In pictures: Next gen Square Enix engine vs real life 13

14:06 Apple living-room device could reshape gaming - Newell

12:28 iPhone 4S pre-orders surpass 3m

12:22 Newell: Consoles must cease isolating developers

11:35 'Limited November launch' for PlayStation Suite

11:05 Microsoft acquires Twisted Pixel 1

10:48 Braben: The Outsider 'still on hold'

10:12 Sony shocked by new attack on 100m online accounts 7

11 October

17:44 Android app 'pirated 2,300% more than iOS edition' 3

15:58 Ireland battleplan for new game dev empire

15:50 Non-Facebook social gaming 'to hit $5.6 billion by 2014'

15:07 Blitz opens doors to aspiring developers

14:52 US study dissects iPad user habits and wealth

14:33 Sony prices Vita games as high as PS3 titles 6

14:10 Facebook champions HTML5 as apps go mobile

13:33 $1.5m paid to six startups in StarFund round

10 October

16:55 Pachter apology over Team Bondi crunch statement 2

16:12 Babel: Canada relocation lowers our prices

15:06 Facebook games giants 'suffer activity decline' 2

13:43 As long as piracy exists, so will DRM - Jacobson 10

13:09 PC not the leading platform for games - Carmack 10

12:52 MCV Pacific launches down under

12:10 Discount offer as Marmalade joins Tiga

11:46 Grave warnings as Euro nations suffer downgrade

10:49 Games studio investment risk 'exaggerated'

7 October

17:20 Skills Review to go national with BBC TV coverage 2

17:00 Mobile Pie inks Tapjoy deal

15:45 Wii U tech trumped by new Apple TV multiplayer 14

14:35 Jobs 'drafted secret Apple plan' before death 2

13:08 Tax break hopes return as Watson joins Labour front line

11:30 Develop's 30 Under 30 is back - nominations open

11:22 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 7.10.11)

10:16 £830,000 goes unpaid to Team Bondi staff 4

6 October

17:53 CryEngine on Flash a possibility, Crytek claims

17:13 PSN 'twice as popular as XBLA' for UK devs

15:41 British game devs 'pump £1 billion into UK economy'

14:42 Molyneux: Jobs's vision will shape games for years

13:23 Book now to attend London Social Gaming Summit

12:00 In his own words: 15 inspiring Steve Jobs quotes

10:38 Internal Apple email: We will honour Jobs's memory 1

09:56 Outpouring of tributes to 'icon' Steve Jobs 2

00:44 Steve Jobs dies aged 56 10

5 October

15:49 Apple now accepting app submissions for iOS 5

15:34 Team Bondi liquidated

15:11 FIFA 12 dominates App Store with 879,000 sales

14:25 Rovio backs Flash with Angry Birds edition

13:18 One week left to register for UK developer party

13:00 FEATURE: Not a death but a metamorphosis

4 October

21:00 UE3 poised for web dominance with Flash capability

19:13 VIDEO: Infinity Blade 2 puts the 'S' in iPhone 4

19:04 Apple reveals iPhone 4S 1

18:58 Epic flaunts iPhone 4S power with Infinity Blade 2

18:32 Apple: App Store dev revenue tops $3 billion

17:37 Valve's Steam voted easiest platform for indies

15:42 Indies 'are turning their backs on XBLA' 1

14:50 Treasury bid to give small firms a credit lifeline 3

14:10 MoMinis GameCast contest winners announced

13:46 Workloads will rise at British studios, study finds

12:17 Console demand will decline, UK studios fear 2

11:39 Games tax break fears 'lower than expected' in UK 1

3 October

19:00 Zynga dev 'excited' by Sims success on Facebook

17:32 Sims Social on cusp of toppling Cityville 2

15:58 Apple 'aims for mass-market with budget iPhone'

15:39 [Correction] OnLive snubbed by Activision dev 1

15:13 Activision restarts $500k indie contest 1

14:48 Bleszinski: Be Notch, be a brand, stand out

13:19 Becoming a brand the Bleszinski way: Develop 121 out now

11:00 Cage: Axe tax breaks and I'll quit for Canada

10:35 'Broken and fake' Ninja Turtles app fools Apple