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30 April

18:36 Former Bioshock devs form The Fullbright Company

18:05 Astronomical growth for Angry Birds Space

17:35 Cubic Motion and Imagination Studios pair up

16:57 Blitz pushes recruitment drive with 20 new jobs

16:15 Pirate Bay to be blocked in UK 10

15:45 UK development's finest named in Sunday Times Rich List 2

15:01 Battlestar Galactica 'nears 10m registered users'

14:32 Moshi Monsters breaks Brain Training chart record

13:45 Develop Quiz September bookings open after May sell out

12:00 Braben bringing Rasperry Pi to Develop Conference

11:58 Drakensang publisher Dtp files for insolvency

11:22 Square Enix launches India game dev contest

10:32 Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter ends at $1.8m

09:58 Uncharted lead designer quits Naughty Dog

09:51 Sega boss Hayes resigns amid downsize operation 1

27 April

17:13 Kickstarter 'ideal' for generating pre-orders 4

15:19 Vivendi refutes break-up rumours

12:05 Faceware hires ex-Avatar animator as sales head

10:40 Aardvark Swift to place 100 'best UK coding grads' 1

09:28 Zynga reports boost in active users

08:51 Zynga bookings at $329m

26 April

20:49 Pachter: EA Nexon deal a 'silly rumor' 1

18:37 Report: Nexon makes EA takeover bid

15:44 Gabe Newell talks social gaming 'IPO priorities' 1

15:02 Synthesis acquires Periscope localisation wing

14:19 'Spending limit on Japan teen in-app purchases'

13:26 PEGI games age ratings 'months away'

11:50 Steam and Source Engine Linux support 'underway'

11:12 MMO security breach 'went unnoticed for 16 months' 1

10:21 EA Montreal in studio restructure

09:56 Nintendo confirms first annual loss in console era 3

25 April

23:48 Leisure Suit Larry reaches Kickstarter goal

23:16 GSC shuts down as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 cancelled

22:20 US retailer shares used profits with publishers

14:44 Crytek UK's TimeSplitters 4 project 'progresses'

13:21 EU lifts block on games tax breaks

11:56 Diablo 3 beta 'peaks at 300k concurrent users' 2

11:12 Crytek exec backs next-gen 'pre-owned block' 15

10:25 UK creeps into new recession

10:00 Mikami returns to survival horror in Bethesda deal

24 April

23:15 iPad sales up 151 percent from last year

22:21 Uncharted franchise has sold 17m units

21:45 UKIE reveals speakers for ConnectedUK

21:03 Smile Gate licenses Unreal Engine for two games

20:36 Newell: Fan feedback is gaming's great advantage

19:32 Valve: Bad games are industry's biggest problem

17:52 Valve confirms interest in building 'living-room and mobile hardware' 3

16:26 Bioware: Old Republic subscriptions 'not falling' 1

15:41 Livingstone to keynote Game Horizon

15:27 Xaitment pathfinding supports iOS and Android

12:14 Football Manager Android piracy rate 'worst yet' 3

11:11 Zynga made $250m for Facebook in three months

10:44 Spending sinks profit as Facebook prepares for IPO

10:05 Infinity Ward exec Bowling forms indie outfit

00:35 Changyou to reboot Shadowbane

23 April

23:13 Pincus: Initial team had too much power 4

21:10 Sword & Sworcery, Deus Ex sweep Canadian awards

14:32 DCMS rejects claim it will be abolished

11:54 Mystery cancellation as Kickstarter hits $25,000 2

11:28 ZX Spectrum turns thirty

10:54 Molyneux inundated with '1,000 job applications'

10:15 Newell opens up on 'Half-Life 3' dev issues 3

20 April

23:26 EA: All franchises to recieve 'online universes' 1

22:43 Microsoft rejects game due to 'toilet sounds'

22:00 Avellone reccommends new talents for Kickstarter

15:46 Games studios 'spared' in Sony mass-layoff plan

14:31 Trials Evolution 'breaks 100k downloads day-one'

13:32 Valve: DOTA 2 will be a new kind of free-to-play 24

11:54 Gree steps into Canada with studio investment

11:15 Analyst: EA losing Star Wars Old Republic users 3

10:32 Mobile Pie partners with Spil Games

10:00 Newell: Apple CEO never visited Valve

19 April

23:52 Prey 2 delayed, source claims devs suspended work

22:51 Xbox sales drop, blames 'soft gaming console market' 1

22:19 6waves to make Top Gear, Jane Austen games for BBC

20:19 Save a tree: The Humble Botanicula debut 1

15:38 Gamescom 2012: More space for mobile and online

14:58 Codemasters ditches action under new Racing label 3

14:20 Japanese publisher Marvelous opens UK studio

14:00 Jagex recruits ex-Codemasters exec as brand director 1

13:04 Open beta begins for PlayStation Suite SDK

12:51 Splash Damage founders launch WarChest publishing outfit

12:22 Ex-THQ devs form new independent studio

12:00 Develop in Brighton announces first sessions

11:39 The Creative Assembly debuts first iOS game

11:22 Keen and Flaregames launch joint F2P venture

10:52 ToeJam & Earl creator developing Sony exclusive

10:08 Starbreeze swoops in to acquire Overkill Software

09:53 Facebook launches new developer program

18 April

23:32 Temple Run reaches 10m downloads on Android

21:30 Shadrowrun Kickstarter breaks $1.2m

20:17 Ubisoft sued by sci-fi author

19:28 Nintendo patents handheld emulation software 3

15:09 Titan Quest devs take to Kickstarter for new RPG

14:57 Aardman: TV and games must 'talk the same language' 1

14:48 Develop Awards: Lobbying deadline extended 1

13:47 THQ confident after firm 'exceeds sales estimates'

13:12 Activision vets raise $5m for new digital studio

12:09 Nordic Game 2012 reveals new speakers 1

11:47 Apple and Samsung to enter settlement talks

11:07 EverQuest virtual item sales double after going F2P

10:24 THQ share price plummets to new low 1

00:58 Family Guy Online enters open beta

17 April

23:59 Prince of Persia source code released

23:37 Zynga plans more big-money aquisitions

15:45 WiiWare certification 'took 9 months'

14:28 Ivor Novello Awards snubs games

13:41 Wasteland 2 garners $3m as Kickstarter ends 1

13:15 Fruit Ninja dev forms new mobile studio

12:32 EA: 'We are looking to hire hundreds of staff'

12:06 'Disney, EA, Dena and Gree fought for Omgpop'

11:51 Funzio seeks $50m in latest funding round

11:16 Rare snaps up Sega R&D boss as creative head

10:57 Zynga 'offered $2 billion for Angry Birds'

10:34 Angry parents sue Apple over in-app purchases 7

10:05 Develop Awards 2012: Lobbying ends tomorrow

09:00 Marmalade expands support to HTML5

16 April

21:12 Wasteland 2 Kickstarter in final hours

20:53 BioWare expands SWTOR free time offer

19:22 Valve's Michael Abrash talks 'wearable computing'

18:37 Commando Kiwi wins Make Something Unreal

16:35 Kickstarter funds 'emptied faster than we thought' 9

15:16 E3 early bird registration deadline looms

14:19 Miyamoto: Nintendo must prepare for my retirement

13:20 Crysis 3 to push current-gen tech into 2013

11:37 Unity expands again with Shanghai office

10:51 Three social studios bought as Zattikka goes public

10:44 Apple 'wants Valve to partner for home console' 4

09:45 EA: 'There are no layoffs as such'

13 April

22:22 CryEngine 3.4 update released

21:20 Rumor: Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Valve 8

13:42 Students 'step up' at Make Something Unreal Live

11:47 Develop in Brighton registration opens

11:06 Animation store embedded into 3ds Max 4

10:04 World of Tanks surpasses 24m users in a year 1

09:56 Valve hiring for 'hardware development'

00:08 Gamefly to fund mobile game development

12 April

21:50 Last chance to enter Pong indie dev challenge

20:58 Miyamoto ponders A Link to the Past remake

20:27 Skyrim gets more than 200 Kinect voice commands

17:32 Money troubles 'spark layoffs at China giant The9'

17:29 Berlusconi party pushes Italy games tax breaks

16:05 Nintendo to skip Gamescom

15:26 Bigpoint teams with Fox for free-to-play Ice Age title

15:16 Sims Social heads to China as popularity slides

14:41 Game Connection begins call for Selected Projects

12:19 Sony CEO: We must now make tough choices 1

11:47 BBC Worldwide invests in HTML5 platform

11:28 MCV India poised for E3 launch

11:01 Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter reaches $850k

09:30 Develop Awards 2012: Lobbying is open

00:02 Tiga contest winners announced

11 April

21:52 Seed funding scheme for indie startups 2

20:11 Republique Kickstarter 'brings AAA to iPhone'

17:04 First free-to-play Vita game 'begins new era' 2

16:20 Massive Attack musician writes Halo 4 score 1

15:51 Triple-A comes to Facebook with new Gaikai app

13:27 Crytek poised to reveal Crysis 3 project

11:30 PS Vita breaks old habits with free dev updates 1

10:48 Develop 100 returns in May - exclusively for iPad 4

10:21 'I was in a creative padded cell' - Molyneux 4

10 April

23:45 Apple's market value reaches $600bn

23:16 Zynga spent $1m on security for Mark Pincus

22:14 Sony expects $6.4 billion net loss

21:26 Gamersgate offers Indie Fort bundle

20:21 Video Games 'good for you' claims parenting expert

17:12 Epic pushes Unreal Engine 3 with unannounced title

15:35 Infinity Ward legal battle dated for trial

15:10 Bleszinksi: On-Disc DLC 'ugly truth of the industry' 3

13:04 Gay rights campaign backs EA after 'mail attack' 1

11:41 Kinect R&D examines voice tone and posture

10:10 Commodore 64 pioneer Jack Tramiel dies ages 83

10:07 Wii U manufacturing costs 'estimated at $180'

00:52 Sony 'to axe 10,000 jobs'

00:38 Unity claims '1m registered developers'

9 April

23:44 One week left for GDC Europe IGS submissions

23:14 THQ to lay off 79 at Vigil Games

21:50 US hires company to hack consoles

6 April

21:26 Gabriel Knight's Jensen plants a Kickstarter seed

20:55 Wasteland 2 raises $2.1m, Obsidian on board

20:24 GDC Online 2012 opens call for submissions

5 April

22:36 Wasteland 2 Kickstarter passes $2m

21:56 Strauss Zelnick: 'THQ won't be around in six months' 2

21:22 Howsen to head SCEE commercial development

20:42 Games used to treat 'lazy eye' 1

19:48 'Shadowrun Returns' on Kickstarter

15:20 Develop Studio Sales Charts: March

15:15 Develop Quiz sold out - September tickets available

15:07 The countdown to E3 begins

14:50 Tax Breaks in focus: Develop April out now

14:49 Future Games of London joins Tiga

14:43 EA bows to pressure with new Mass Effect ending

12:34 Square Enix teams with Bigpoint for new social title

11:45 Nintendo: Wii U is about fun, not system specs

11:34 '800 tech jobs available' at London start-up event

11:09 Report: PlayStation 4 specs leaked

10:35 Sonic co-creator heads to Nintendo

10:33 'Thousands of anti-gay threats' storm EA 2

10:13 Zynga poaches RockYou GM as new VP of sales

4 April

21:09 EA shrugs off 'worst company in America' gong 1

20:40 Romero's Loot Drop to make social Ghost Recon

20:21 Draw Something passes 50 million downloads

14:57 Xaitment adds mobile support to AI plug-ins

14:08 GameHack prize pool rises to £15,000

13:25 Spil Games adds Digital Chocolate to games roster

12:22 German mobile start-up receives $2m funding 2

11:55 Frima first firm to be certified work-family friendly

11:01 The Tap Lab raises $550k for location-based games

10:25 Minecraft creator reveals 'ambitious' new project

3 April

22:54 Microsoft names Kinect Accelerator finalists

22:08 App Store revenue 'climbs to $5m a day'

20:52 Funcom Dev: Wii U first MMO-capable console

20:28 Zeboyd to make next Penny Arcade game

16:29 Battlefield dev DICE hiring for next-gen

15:23 Ubisoft: 'We intend to be number one on Wii U'

13:36 Dare to be Digital deadline nears

13:28 Game Connection heads to Shanghai

12:11 Codemasters hiring for 100 jobs in Midlands spree 1

11:25 Australia to restrict sale of MA15+ games to adults 2

10:40 Indie Fund backs multi-award winning puzzle game 1

10:01 Female players to receive discounts in new MMO 7

2 April

22:20 Molyjam produces over 260 games 1

21:37 Rumor: Wii U release date leaked 2

21:03 Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter raises $25k 1

19:33 Capcom: 'On disc DLC no different than download' 7

18:10 Sports Interactive continues expansion

17:06 Takedown hits Kickstarter goal with hours to go

15:39 'Massive retraining' required for computer science

14:50 Ten studios collaborated on Kinect Star Wars 2

14:23 Runescape begins first microtransaction experiment 26

14:17 Super Meat Boy jumping to iOS

13:48 Mediatonic to double headcount with new office

12:07 Pain studio Idol Minds loses Sony project

11:48 Xbox 720 'to employ always-on DRM' 4

11:04 Devs come together on Twitter to help ex-THQ staff

10:52 Worms creator returns to Team17

10:17 80 jobs affected as Sony closes Zipper

10:15 Zynga draws in 14m users after OMGPOP purchase

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