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31 August

15:15 OptiTrack debuts new mo-cap camera range 1

15:14 Develop 100: The Top ten studios in Continental Europe

15:00 Big Fish launches cloud gaming service on Android

10:38 Steam Greenlight goes live

10:12 Ngmoco lays off 20 staff at iOS studio Freeverse

09:40 DICE senior producer Patrick Liu heads to Rovio

08:37 SWTOR free-to-play a 'straightforward decision' 2

07:52 Report: Zynga loses two more key execs

07:26 Double Fine unveils first iOS exclusive

30 August

17:45 Flash temporarily returns to Google App Store

14:01 Microsoft launches free Atari Arcade for browser 6

12:18 Gibeau: Mobile is putting consumers off social

12:01 PopCap layoffs part of 'efficiency savings' at EA 1

11:10 US urges release of imprisoned dev in Iran

10:40 Amazon App Store rolls out in Europe

10:12 Konami unveils open-world Metal Gear Solid

29 August

16:50 Square takes to cloud gaming with CoreOnline

16:48 Unreal Engine 3 supporting Windows 8

15:52 F2P Summit: Early bird deadline nears

11:26 Perforce offers free tools suite to students

10:56 2K forced Yager to 'tack on' Spec Ops multiplayer 2

09:59 Poor Secret World sales sparks Funcom re-focus 2

08:32 Zynga CCO Mike Verdu quits

06:53 Vancouver studio closures spark indie wildfire

28 August

15:35 Neon Play accrues 40m downloads in two years

15:00 Develop Recruitment Special - Get involved

14:45 Cave CEO steps down

13:15 Cage: The industry suffers from Peter Pan syndrome 2

12:24 Free-to-play game clones Counter-Strike map

11:30 Apple wants sales ban of eight Samsung phones 1

10:55 Shadow of the Colossus producer leaves Sony

10:20 Nexon America appoints SVP as new CEO

09:58 Gree picks up four indie developers

27 August

23:33 OnLive replaces Perlman as CEO

26 August

00:03 Xbox opens up to free-to-play 4

24 August

15:30 Develop 100: The curious case of Modern Warfare 3

12:45 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 24.08.12)

11:20 Allegorithmic unveils Substance Designer 3

10:32 OnLive founder Steve Perlman remains as CEO 3

10:04 South Korea bans iPhone 4 and iPad 2 sales 1

08:47 THQ lays off 20 staff as it shifts to dev focus 1

08:18 NASA forces 22 Cans Curiosity name change 5

07:54 Zynga's CityVille GM heads to Kixeye 1

23 August

22:01 Unity Awards: The winners

15:55 Juice Games founder launches new mobile studio 1

15:53 Revolution takes Broken Sword 5 to Kickstarter 2

13:28 High costs scaring developers away from Facebook

11:40 A sad day for the industry, say ex-Psygnosis devs 5

10:35 OnLive 'had days to live' after accruing debts of $40m

08:33 Oculus hires Dillon Seo to lead South Korea operations

07:58 Brain Training developer gets $31.5m funding

06:53 Report: Interplay to resurrect Black Isle Studios

22 August

15:56 Retrospective: SCE Studio Liverpool

13:24 22Cans prototyped its first games within 24 hours

12:02 Sony closes Liverpool studio 2

11:01 Molyneux: Games the last medium that can surprise 1

10:38 Hutchinson: Mid-tier games don't exist anymore

09:00 Unity to support Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 1

09:00 Unity inks Intel deal for Atom-powered Android platforms

09:00 Unity debuts publishing and monetisation Asset Store

07:43 Xaitment brings AI tech to the classroom

07:14 Consumers find new ideas 'off-putting'

00:54 Secret World dev enacts layoffs

21 August

21:29 Layoffs strike at PopCap as it considers Dublin closure

14:10 Game Connection begins call for Selected Projects

12:00 PS Vita selling 11,000 units a day

10:54 Moore affronted and upset by Zynga's copycat games

10:10 Update - Report: PopCap staff struck by layoffs

07:39 Apple becomes most valuable company in history 1

20 August

23:45 Record breaking attendance for GDC Europe

22:56 Console 'is still a thriving market'

15:12 It's sad to see Zynga cloning games, says Nimblebit 1

12:40 Red 5 doubles dev team in recruitment spree

12:05 38 Studios was making a $100m free-to-play MMO

11:40 3D art tool Mari powers Star Wars 1313 visuals

10:00 OnLive reveals new owner as Lauder Partners 1

18 August

00:48 OnLive sells assets to new company

17 August

20:29 UPDATE - Report: OnLive closing down

13:00 Develop's London issue; get involved

12:02 Assassin's Creed dev: Journalists have Japanese bias 4

10:57 Rebellion files lawsuit against Stardock and Ironclad 1

10:30 EA shares jump after sale rumours

10:04 Ubisoft debuts PC digital distribution platform

05:05 Cage: It's time to grow up 10

16 August

14:43 Report: EA up for sale 2

14:24 Subscription model is still viable for MMOs, says CCP 1

13:45 Media Molecule developing second project

12:26 CCP: The industry is retreating from ambitious games 2

11:55 Business models 'should not define game design'

11:05 Ex-Vigil devs uncredited in Darksiders 2 8

07:12 Spector trying to shame Carmack and Sweeney 1

06:14 GDCE: Devs should avoid 'false choices'

15 August

17:41 NaturalMotion acquires CSR Racing dev Boss Alien 2

17:00 Publisher-owned devs 'can't take creative risks'

15:50 The Creative Assembly opens new mo-cap studio

13:48 Former Ubisoft devs take to Kickstarter with new studio 1

13:19 Command & Conquer: Generals 2 goes free-to-play 1

11:37 Nihilistic developing Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified

11:04 Origin coming to Mac, Facebook and Android

10:20 Hirai: Gaikai deal will propel games industry to the cloud 2

10:02 Indies should start on PC, says Frozen Synapse dev

14 August

23:47 VIDEO: Crytek shows off CryEngine 3

22:09 Oculus hires Scaleform founder as CEO

20:35 New IP dominates Sony's Gamescom showing 1

18:20 VIDEO: Media Molecule at work on new IP

15:26 Facebook games attracting 235m monthly users

15:21 Steam update to showcase user-generated content

14:35 Gree bags two new Moshi Monsters games

13:21 Gamescom guide suggests Valve Half-Life 3 reveal

13:15 Hamburg swells to 3,000 game jobs

12:23 Jonathan Blow: Devs should be pushing boundaries

10:52 Ex-EA Easy GM heading up Rovio Sweden

10:28 Mobile dev TinyCo opens new studio in Vancouver

08:45 GDCE: Companies 'too attached' to business models

02:32 Bioshock artist Nate Wells joins Naughty Dog

13 August

21:59 Secret World undermined by poor Metacritic ratings 3

17:00 Minecraft PC passes seven million sales 2

13:39 GDC Europe 2012 kicks off - What to see

13:05 Founder of People Can Fly leaves studio

11:00 Industry figures praise Brunel's games courses

06:56 Valve cuts IP protected axe from DOTA2

06:30 Greg Zeschuk still at BioWare, no longer GM

11 August

01:24 More funding means more freedom for Schafer

10 August

15:20 Scotland invests over £80k in Dare to be Digital

12:55 BioShock Infinite multiplayer axed following staff departures

11:30 Rumour: Greg Zeschuk has left BioWare Austin 1

10:50 Blizzard's Battle.net hacked

03:18 Indie games festival submissions now open

01:46 Yoshida: Vita struggling with third-party support

9 August

15:40 Impossible Studios making Infinity Blade: Dungeons

15:34 Epic opens new dev house Impossible Studios

15:15 BigWorld CEO resigns following $45m sale

15:07 CSR Racing creator to share secrets at F2P Summit 1

14:20 38 Studios' assets claimed by Rhode Island

10:37 GMA 2012: The finalists in full

10:05 Ouya closes Kickstarter campaign with $8.5m

09:45 Former Rockstar Leeds boss joins Activision Leeds

07:38 Layoffs at MMO publisher En Masse

07:06 Bioshock Infinite loses two key staffers

05:39 New indie incubator launching in Montreal

8 August

22:35 Zynga COO John Schappert quits

19:04 Steam expanding digital library with non-games 2

15:39 Elblabs targets social devs with in-game ad network

15:05 Cevat Yerli: Social gaming will be key for next-gen

14:40 Ouya confirms four-player support

14:22 Namco Bandai in talks to bring games to Ouya

14:05 Crytek heads to Shanghai with new studio

12:00 Gameforge cancels Star Trek: Infinite Space

11:35 Minecraft selling 17,000 copies a day on Xbox 360 6

11:25 Calling all London studios

10:12 New Xbox reveal was a 'misunderstanding'

07:34 New consoles are overdue, says Crytek founder

07:00 Young artists need to be more than best in class

05:59 Four secret projects underway at THQ

7 August

17:00 Autodesk adds animation extensions for Maya and 3ds Max

16:20 Microsoft launches Windows 8 site for developers

14:35 Wargaming.net acquires BigWorld for $45m

14:03 ArmA II mod DayZ becomes standalone game 3

13:42 Amazon unveils social games studio

13:02 Enlighten comes to iOS and Android

12:45 Frontier opens new studio in Canada 2

12:30 Ex-Battlefield 3 lead designer joins Starbreeze 3

10:45 Hansoft welcomes new COO

10:30 Actors help university create body recognition tech

00:11 THQ cans Guillermo del Toro's Insane 2

6 August

23:37 THQ beats forecasts, still claims loss

22:49 Microsoft exec outs Xbox 720

20:00 Zynga serves up 'next-gen social game' ChefVille

17:50 ArmA II mod DayZ hits 1m unique players

15:02 Apple TVs on offer for London Games Conference attendees

14:55 LGC builds momentum: EA/Origin, Yogscast, Disney, Sega and more

14:20 Seropian: Porting analogue shooters to touch is lazy

13:52 Konami moves European HQ to the UK

13:05 Activision veterans pledge Ouya support

12:21 Angry Birds dev Rovio preparing for IPO in 2013

11:35 Valve Filmmaker code uncovers Source 2 engine

10:56 Game graphics 'will mimic reality' in ten years 12

10:14 Creative England pledges £1m funding to digital fiction

07:51 Zynga says EA copyright lawsuit 'ironic' 2

3 August

23:02 Virtual reality kickstarter Oculus surpasses $1m

21:00 EA sues Zynga for copyright infringement

15:10 VIDEO: Develop Awards 2012 highlights

12:50 16 jobs lost as Swedish dev declares bankruptcy

12:07 Glu Mobile acquires GameSpy

12:00 The life of a legend - David Perry profiled in Develop's August issue

11:31 Dare Indie Fest just one week away

11:00 UK chancellor lauds British video games excellence 3

10:37 Id Software shuts down mobile operations 1

10:15 LucasArts president steps down

09:59 Gree opening new London studio

08:29 Call of Duty Elite boasts over 12m registered users

06:28 Activision beats Q2 outlook by $100m

06:00 World of Warcraft loses a further 1m subscribers

2 August

22:43 Temple Run passes 100m downloads

18:15 VIDEO: Ubisoft shows off Assassin's Creed 3 engine 3

17:50 Windows 8 reaches manufacturing phase 2

15:22 Develop Quiz sold out

14:35 Ignoring violence in games undermines narrative

13:49 Nintendo's handheld ecosystem 'will fall apart' 10

12:22 Sony games division suffers $30m loss

12:03 Livingstone: The UK games industry needs one trade body

11:19 Eutechnyx welcomes new dev team lead

10:15 Gree joins forces with MobPartner 1

04:47 Google cracks down on fake apps

1 August

21:23 Oculus Rift kickstarter flies past $400k

17:10 Windows 8 Indie Game Dev camp coming to London

15:35 Virtual Reality gaming headset takes to Kickstarter 1

15:04 IKinema debuts virtual production toolset

13:28 Sony aiming to make PS3 more open for devs 2

10:52 Origin doubles userbase to 21 million in 3 months 2

10:28 Zynga strips Schappert of games oversight role 1

10:00 Take-Two reports heavy losses of $110m

09:00 Microsoft targets world record at largest game jam 3

00:08 Valve's Linux move labelled unethical 5

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