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21 December

11:18 Ubisoft plotting THQ bid

11:07 The top five Christmas game job vacancies (21.12.12)

10:55 GDC Play expo returns in 2013

10:35 Infographic: World of Tanks fires past 45m users

09:06 US bill proposes investigation of violent games 2

08:34 DayZ creator 'depressed' about development saga 3

20 December

15:15 Game Connection begins call for Selected Projects

14:49 Interplay crowdfunding Project V13 revival 2

12:32 THQ bankruptcy filing reveals unannounced games

11:02 Rubin: THQ sale a new start for our company

10:10 Valve rolls out public Steam Linux beta 1

19 December

20:36 Project Godus reaches Kickstarter goal

20:04 Notch fronts $250k to fix software patents 1

19:29 The War Z sales shut down on Steam

19:09 THQ files for bankruptcy

15:30 PlayStation 3 sells 30m in Europe and PAL regions

15:13 Game Connection reveals Selected Projects winners

14:52 Unity launches $10k DirectX 11 contest for Unity 4

12:28 'Misleading advertising' controversy plagues The War Z

12:00 What's so special about the Ultrabook?

11:14 Dare to be Digital winner gets Windows Phone release

10:49 How big was your Christmas bonus? 2

10:30 Godus Kickstarter conjures £50k in late funding surge 2

08:39 Court denies Apple injunction in Samsung lawsuit 1

07:58 Happy Wars gets 1.2m downloads on XBLA

18 December

14:45 Molyneux: Assumptions of wealth hurt Kickstarter 7

14:00 Smedley: Zynga has done F2P a 'terrible disservice'

12:33 InnoGames appoints new CEO

11:00 Carmack: Next-gen games will still target 30 fps 6

07:55 Codemasters and Rare veterans launch Pixel Toys

07:27 Chinese dev XPEC building $3m art studio

06:57 Gamevil claims over 200m smartphone downloads

17 December

17:40 HTML5 and Canvas 2D specs now feature complete 1

17:00 Devs praise Scotland's resilience after Realtime Worlds collapse

13:10 EA drops out of NASDAQ-100

12:50 Raspberry Pi store opens

12:31 Redundancies strike at Frontier Developments 2

11:47 Nearly 1,000 games developed in Ludum Dare 25

11:19 UPDATE: Layoffs hit social developer Portalarium 2

10:22 THQ considering Linux for upcoming releases

07:39 Double Fine exploring other free-to-play avenues

06:30 Kickstarter report claims rising support for big projects

06:12 Job cuts at Square Enix LA

14 December

16:45 GSC denies STALKER rights sale

15:40 Studio launches alternate commerce platform for Windows 8

15:38 Epic hints at Unreal Engine asset store

12:13 Minecraft Pocket Edition shifts five million

11:48 Report: Valve acquires US dev Star Filled Studios

11:07 Salary Survey: Satisfied with your job?

10:22 Oliver Twins accept defeat in Dizzy Returns Kickstarter 1

09:30 VR market 'more tolerant' than 3D sector 1

13 December

17:33 'Where did the money go?' ask Code Hero devs 4

17:00 Bleszinski considers launching own studio

15:29 Hawken dev wants to be vanguard of core F2P gaming

13:57 EA launches Origin Free To Play

13:23 Oculus Rift wouldn't get through new Kickstarter rules 3

12:30 Marmalade SDK hits Windows Phone 8 tomorrow

12:12 Eve Online amasses 450,000 subscribers

11:38 Development turmoil threatens Code Hero survival

10:39 Windows 8 store lifts ban on 18-rated games

10:14 Assassin's Creed 3 surpasses 7 million sales

05:47 Valve opens Steam Community Market

12 December

22:15 THQ Humble Bundle closes at $5m

17:04 GameSpy blames devs in server shutdown row

16:01 GamesAid LittleBIGBunch 2 indie bundle goes live

15:30 UK games tax relief gets mixed response 3

12:37 The Secret World drops subscription fee

12:35 Dev stung by Windows RT gets promotional boost

12:02 Donya Labs signs licensing deal with Epic

12:00 Why multiplatform matters

11:34 Windows 8 game engine Rapid2D goes live 3

10:51 Hotline Miami pirated 'to extraordinary levels'

08:38 Trion Worlds lays off 40 developers 1

08:10 Crytek's Gface to be an open platform

07:47 MGM and Warner Bros invest in Kabam

06:45 Free-to-play and retail can co-exist, says Yerli

11 December

15:40 How much does your boss earn?

15:28 FuturLab signs Sony funding deal 1

14:20 Trade bodies pleased with tax relief plans

13:55 UK Gov details draft legislation for games tax relief

12:54 Oculus Rift boss on the key VR dev challenges 3

12:30 Revealed: The UK video games cultural test 32

11:20 Make Something Unreal Live names dev mentors

07:47 Journey composer writing Leisure Suit Larry music 1

07:32 Valve wants DOTA 2 on tablets

06:54 Warhorse working on next-gen medieval RPG

10 December

16:25 Sportsfriends Kickstarter funded with hours to go

15:32 End of Nations dev confirms 19 layoffs

15:05 Develop's 30 Under 30 now online 2

12:30 Talking Hawken (and the 30 Under 30) in Develop's new issue

12:20 German law restricting adult content on Wii U eShop

11:35 MoMinis raises $6m for Android games portal

10:44 Australia gov calls for feedback on games fund

08:14 Sportsfriends Kickstarter goes to the wire

07:39 Games 'Wild West' for music, says Journey composer

07:04 PopCap working on triple-A console title

06:20 Newell: Valve designing its own living room PC

7 December

16:00 Unity, DeNA and Scattered collaborating on The Drowning

13:10 Eurocom shuts its doors amid financial pressure 1

12:50 Gree restructure means US job cuts

11:44 Defence firm licences Unreal for military sims

10:58 Dev slams Microsoft after making £52 on Windows RT 11

08:41 Kixeye opens Canadian studio

08:20 Minecraft sells 4.5m on XBLA

08:01 All IGF finalists approved for Steam

07:40 Obituary: Game designer Dr. Christopher Erhardt

07:19 Journey soundtrack nominated for Grammy

6 December

17:00 Ben Cousins' mobile studio named Scattered

13:55 Adhesive breaks open Hawken beta 2

13:05 Ex-Naughty Dog, Sony and Ubi execs form Mojaro

11:40 Creative Assembly captures Warhammer licence

11:12 Microsoft invites indies to training classes

11:12 Make Something Unreal Live finalists picked

10:35 Bigpoint passes 300 million registered users

07:55 Social good for business, bad for users says CEO

07:23 Kabam acquires Balanced Worlds

06:57 InXile turns to community for art assets

06:33 Report: Petroglyph lays off 30 developers

06:03 Zynga seeks gambling license in Nevada

5 December

16:15 NewBay Media acquires Intent Media

15:14 Trade bodies respond to UK games tax relief

14:24 UK games tax relief set at 25 per cent 1

14:05 UK Govt investing £6m in creative industry training

12:54 Cut the Rope maker debuts new mobile title

12:00 Jonathan Ross opens games studio

12:00 Has Eyeo put paid to freemium? 1

11:57 Goldsmiths and NFTS join to create game innovations

11:32 Rapid2D engine offers Windows 8 exclusive focus

10:30 Epic to hold GDC session on art outsourcing

08:09 Motorla can't ban Xbox 360, says Judge

07:40 Start-up raises $6m to turn mobiles into consoles 1

06:48 NCsoft Seattle hit with layoffs

4 December

21:30 Mike Capps steps down as president of Epic Games

13:10 Wooga now prioritising mobile 1

12:13 LA Game Space hits crowdfunding goal

12:05 Free Radical dev responds to Battlefront III allegations

11:50 £2m pledged on Kickstarter UK in first month

11:00 Kickstarter sticks to all-or-nothing policy 1

11:00 Are you paid enough?

08:00 Indie console success due to XBLA, says Behemoth 1

07:39 Retirement 'abhorrent' to Molyneux 1

07:03 Alpha Colony misses Kickstarter goal by $28 5

06:43 Steam Big Picture mode released

06:15 Adobe launches Flash developer tools

3 December

15:07 Axis Animation behind Halo 4 episodic CGI

13:25 Games welcomed into the MoMA

13:14 UK Chancellor to detail tax breaks this Wednesday

12:02 Square Enix trademarks All the Bravest

10:58 Virtual board game wins Raspberry Pi hack contest 1

10:45 Ouya dev kits to ship this month

07:50 Zelnick predicts console transition closures

07:15 Santaro to distribute third-party games

1 December

06:47 Combined Dualshock and Move controller patented