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30 March

21:36 Obsidian will join Wasteland 2 if $2.1m raised

20:03 Triple Town 67% of iOS revenue on GooglePlay

19:35 Last hours for Auditorium 2 Kickstarter

17:06 SimBin CEO steps down

15:40 Long lost Prince of Persia master copy discovered

15:05 John Romero and Brenda Brathwaite to marry 1

14:37 Nintendo to offer Green Hills tech to Wii U devs 4

14:14 Zynga exec Roseman quits 'to see family more'

13:58 New Adobe Flash policy 'will not hurt small devs' 3

11:40 Sega prepares for sweeping layoff operation 1

11:05 EMI sues 4mm Games and Terminal Reality for $8m

10:28 Mobile free-to-play market 'worth $4bn by 2015'

10:03 BlackBerry firm steps away consumer business

29 March

23:39 Android profits at $550m

22:49 Robin Hunicke leaves Thatgamecompany

21:28 Double Fine brings surge of pledges to Kickstarter

20:16 THQ to axe 120 jobs across studios 2

20:10 Levine candidate for Time's Most Influential People

17:16 CCP suspends Eve player after 'suicide mocking'

16:28 Ono hands over duties following hospitalisation

16:07 PlayStation 4 'design sketch' shows motion control camera mixed with mobile

15:07 Rovio to open 30-person Sweden studio

14:57 Raspberry Pi stock stuck in warehouse 2

14:28 Game Republic membership 'doubles in a year'

13:37 NaturalMotion Games opens QA office

13:22 Bleszinski joins dev contest judging panel

12:17 Santiago resigns from Thatgamecompany 3

11:37 Vaizey: I want to pay tribute to Livingstone

11:20 Game tax breaks: Major firms eye UK investment

28 March

23:04 'Anti-preowned PS4 foolish,' says Pachter 4

17:51 Rumour: PS4 to employ anti-pre-owned tech 2

16:53 Runescape studio resists virtual currency temptations 12

12:13 'The $1bn Skyrim of free-to-play is coming' 3

11:21 Cousins: Free-to-play is not exploitative

11:05 Schafer, Molyneux to open Game Masters exhibition

10:09 Giant licenses CryEngine 3

09:37 Brian Fargo: Publisher treatment of devs 'abysmal' 1

01:10 Xbox: Less gaming, more streaming 1

00:09 Unreal Engine licensed by US Govt

27 March

20:54 EVE CSM chairman announces resignation 3

20:13 Three days left for Auditorium 2 Kickstarter

17:07 Google homepage adds Android store tab

16:43 Platform holders 'running scared of free-to-play' 3

12:30 PS Vita game 'removed after piracy scare' 3

11:02 UKIE launches Scotland office at Abertay

10:49 Eve man 'ashamed and sorry' for suicide jokes 1

10:20 Persson: Digital distribution is saving games 1

09:52 Rovio acquires Futuremark Games 1

00:12 Indie Gala launches new bundle

26 March

22:15 Robert Bowling steps down from Infinity Ward

21:30 Tax Breaks not just cause to bring Avalanche to UK

20:56 Codemasters signs Warner Bros distribution deal 1

16:40 Develop in Brighton call for speakers ends Friday

16:10 Junction Point teams with Blitz for Epic Mickey 2

15:47 Remedy hiring for next-gen projects

15:30 CCP investigation into 'suicidal player jokes' 7

15:11 Angry Birds Space soars past 10m downloads

14:29 Slightly Mad crowdfund scheme raises £400k

13:46 Devoted modders renovate GTA 3 with Rage engine 1

13:18 Starbreeze joins free-to-play rush

12:17 SOE to transform Vanguard as free-to-play

11:52 Yoshinori Ono 'hospitalised' after promotion tour 1

11:01 Wii U hardware 'on par with current gen tech' 10

10:32 Minecraft riches put at $80m

09:56 Sony 'ready to axe Zipper Interactive'

23 March

20:52 Wasteland 2 Kickstarter raises $1.5m

19:59 Double Fine opens forums for Kickstarter backers

18:50 Crowdfunding platform offers returns on investment

15:46 Cubic Motion animations get new compression tech

15:30 Jagex promotes Peter Lovell 7

12:30 Draw Something breaks ahead on Facebook 1

11:04 EA Partners contracts permit Steam publishing

10:36 Angry Birds Space soars past Draw Something

10:16 Next Xbox won't block used games, says retail boss 6

22 March

21:38 Kawata: 'Survival Horror too small for investment' 1

20:01 Analyst: 'Xbox 720 could launch fall 2013'

13:44 Successful Kickstarter devs 'should reinvest profits' 1

12:59 Zynga set for debut E3 showing

12:08 Disney, Viacom and BBC lead charge for UbiQ

11:23 Small favourable loans to be offered to UK start-ups

10:35 Channel 4 outlines games commissioning strategy

10:06 German dev Spellbound files for insolvency

10:00 Tiga: Now industry must work to keep tax breaks 1

21 March

21:21 Houser finds a home at rockstar price

20:11 Draw Something stats take you inside the super-hit

20:01 Brain in a Jar gets EU rights for Indy 500 sim

19:51 Fabric Engine goes live

19:45 Zynga sketches out plan to buy Draw Something firm OMGPOP

18:49 Developers choose Apple, back away from Android 5

18:06 'An important day for Europe', says Quantic Dream boss

17:39 Skillset: Tax breaks a welcome boost to industry

17:20 Molyneux: Game tax breaks can help UK innovation

17:15 BioWare considers Mass Effect 3 ending change

16:27 Treasury 'may adjust £50m game tax break fund'

16:27 Mind Candy: Tax Breaks to benefit small studios too

16:02 Square Enix: Tax breaks will stimulate growth

15:53 Jagex praises Tiga for UK games tax breaks 1

15:48 Abertay: Tax relief 'a breakthrough for the industry'

15:13 Kotick: UK tax breaks are 'a great first step'

14:12 Channel 4: Tax breaks mean more studios to give commissions

13:25 UK games tax relief: Devs' shock and jubilation 2

13:15 Tiga: Tax breaks will secure and create 4,700 jobs 6

13:11 Torsten Reil: Tax breaks mean UK can compete with Canada

13:07 Livingstone: Tax breaks level the global playing field

13:00 UK Govt makes shock games tax breaks proposal 25

13:00 As it happened: Games tax breaks live blog 1

11:01 Walking Dead to release cross-platform next month

10:11 BioWare 'shouldn't change' Mass Effect 3 ending 3

20 March

21:45 Bill proposes cigarette type warning on games 1

21:15 OnLive brings LA Noire to tablets

20:36 Grand Cru gets $2m in seed funding for Supernauts

19:15 Indie dev ports to PC, XBLIG sales quadruple 1

15:27 Develop Quiz returns in May - booking opens 2

14:48 Edinburgh Interactive 2012 speakers announced

14:40 New Quantic Dream game to employ Autodesk tech

14:00 Publishing giants back Gamescom 2012

11:07 Accused 'game plagiariser' lays off dev staff 2

10:44 Govt to ease business loan terms for small firms

09:58 Zynga in '$150m bidding war' for Draw Something 1

19 March

20:57 Epic VP: Unreal 3 'the best start for next gen games'

20:11 Humble Bundle brings iOS games to Android

19:13 Whale Trail dives into book deal

16:51 Zynga 'in talks to buy Draw Something studio' 1

16:23 Zynga boss Pincus hints at Xbox deal

15:53 Draw Something dethrones Zynga on Facebook

15:23 Mass Effect 3 ending 'may change' amid protests 1

14:26 EA blocks online access to 11 current-gen games 11

12:19 Obsidian XBLA project 'put on hold'

11:50 Last-gasp triumph for game documentary Kickstarter

11:18 Gifted game students crowned on BAFTA night

10:23 Draw Something craze 'banks dev $100k per day'

16 March

21:10 'Consoles won't go away' says Warren Spector 4

20:21 Indie Royale sells 22,000 bundles in a day

19:45 Game mocking DLC most popular on Desura 1

17:58 Gree Platform to 'Unite East and West'

15:28 Just three days left to catch Nordic Game early bird

14:43 Notch: Digital distribution monopoly 'dangerous' 1

13:04 Report: Bethesda 'set to reveal Elder Scrolls MMO' 2

12:43 38 Studios hires duo of MMO veterans

12:23 Apple shares surpass $600 amidst new iPad launch

11:49 EU indicates it will lift block on games tax breaks

11:09 Next Gen Skills highlights computer science education crisis 2

10:07 Channel 4 set for new games funding round

15 March

20:25 Microsoft: No Xbox 720 reveal at E3

19:20 EA considers subscription service for Battlefield 4

18:56 Bethesda hiring for iOS game

18:27 Amazon's Android App Store celebrates first birthday 1

16:37 NeoGeo X handheld 'months away from release' 1

16:08 GREE debuts its first US-made game for US audiences

15:42 Double traffic record for Develop Online

12:29 Microsoft 'axed next-gen Obsidian game'

11:46 Obsidian staff 'missed Metacritic pay by 1 point' 6

10:38 Tall order for game documentary Kickstarter 1

10:09 Sega backs EA Origin platform

09:54 Kickstarter joy as Wasteland 2 hits $900k target 1

14 March

21:08 Peter Molyneux may attend Molydeux game jam

20:31 The Old Republic gets free-to-play weekend

19:40 Zynga plans secondary offering, sources claim 1

19:00 Zany 'Molydeux' tweets spawn Game Jam contest

18:16 10th annual G.A.N.G. award winners

17:52 PS Store added to Android Xperia S smartphone 1

15:42 'Up to 30 jobs gone at Obsidian amid project axe'

14:53 BioWare faces petition over Mass Effect 3 ending 8

13:23 $600,000 made in Wasteland 2 Kickstarter craze

12:50 Indie dev tops Vita digital chart with Escape Plan

11:39 Sony counter-intelligence plan against Anonymous

11:30 F2P Summit early bird deadline nears

06:14 Double Fine Kickstarter finishes at $3.3m

13 March

17:33 Microsoft 'still looking for Molyneux replacement'

16:30 Harrison joins Microsoft - reaction and analysis

15:34 CEDEC 2012 speaker call deadline nears

15:10 Harrison confirms new Microsoft role

14:00 Jagex hires ex-Microsoft exec as marketing manager

13:56 Microsoft swoop for Phil Harrison

13:29 MCV Nordic website now live

11:17 Double Fine Kickstarter hits $3m

10:36 EA denies foul play with Mass Effect 3 DLC 2

10:01 New iPad pre-orders sell out, Apple claims

12 March

20:50 Capcom announces its first browser-based title

19:28 Current Steam mobile app 'only phase one'

18:04 Attendance record broken at GDC 2012

15:33 GDC: Lack of games variety 'down to everyone' 11

14:25 Charity games tournament heading for Guildford

13:22 F2P Summit finalises speaker list with Innogames

13:15 ITAG conference calls for speakers

12:38 GDC: Sony furthers AR commitment with Vita hockey game

12:19 Mojang settles legal dispute with Bethesda

11:38 Double Fine's Kickstarter journey ends tomorrow

11:02 Former execs lose fraud claim against Activision 1

10:23 Riccitiello: Staff departures have not weakened us 1

10:20 GDC 2012 - Did you miss anything?

09:43 Microsoft: 'OnLive Desktop may violate license' 2

11 March

11:10 GDC: Words with Friends dev talks coding culture

9 March

20:37 GDC: Notch is the industry's Justin Bieber, says Cliffy B 3

19:00 GDC: All the news in one place

18:43 VIDEO: Sony steals the show at GDC with PS Vita's astounding augmented reality tech 5

17:05 Mass Effect 3 ships 3.5 million units

16:33 GDC: Guerrilla working on three new titles

15:22 'We're evolving Sears' Rainbow 6 vision' says Mallat

14:58 GDC: 'Paying real money in-game ruins atmosphere'

14:29 GDC: 'Lack of stimulation can enhance game experience'

13:58 GDC: Ubisoft Toronto to reveal first triple-A game

12:42 GDC: CD Projekt: 'DRM does not protect your game' 1

12:09 GDC: Triple-A push 'a cancerous growth'

11:47 GDC: Quantic Dream 'open' to being first-party Sony dev

11:14 GDC: Bleszinksi: 'Indies should develop for PC'

10:48 Next Xbox 'ditches disc drive and gets 2013 release' 6

10:03 Valve refutes Steam Box console rumours

09:36 GDC: Wargaming.net opens four new offices in Asia

04:49 GDC: Entire game built with GUI tool

01:56 GDC: Experimental developers make love, not war

01:53 GDC: UK devs jump onto Zynga platform

8 March

19:01 GDC: Epic wants PC-like hardware settings on iOS 1

18:49 GDC: YoYo Games prices GameMaker: Studio

18:15 GDC: 'I'm truly sorry' for Deus Ex bosses says dev 2

17:55 GDC: 'Consoles will die out in face of new platforms' 6

17:05 Sony 'removes PSN restrictions' for Dust 514 9

16:40 Charity tech developer secures £500,000 funding

16:08 GDC: PlayStation Move sales soar past ten million

15:25 GDC: 'Consoles must push technical limits to beat Apple' 2

13:41 GDC: Video: UE3 startles with next-gen visuals

13:12 GDC: 'Players hate buying virtual currency' 1

12:35 'Record revenues for PC games market'

12:04 Ubisoft axes creative heads behind new Rainbow 6

11:42 GDC: Epic wants next-gen graphics on Flash 1

11:01 GDC: Dev platform unveiled by Kuju, Testronic and Doublesix

10:40 Gabe Newell joins billionaires club

10:03 GDC: Ubisoft powers up dev blog The Engine Room

09:45 GameGadget handheld gets SDK release 1

06:47 GDC: OpenNI readies 'natural interaction' dev contest

06:22 GDC: Valve scoops three awards for Portal 2

06:15 GDC: Epic secures largest Asian UE3 deal yet

06:01 GDC: Phil Fish honoured with IGF grand prize

02:22 GDC: Sony eager to publish free-to-play projects

01:49 GDC: Inafune's call to arms for Japanese devs 1

7 March

22:59 GDC: Notch making games that he will never release

22:50 GDC VIDEO: Quantic Dream's new game engine

20:44 Apple launches new HD TV device

20:28 GDC: Sony wants to pub-fund PS Vita projects

20:23 Apple unveils new iPad for March 16th release

20:01 GDC: Epic unveils Infinity Blade: Dungeons 1

19:20 GDC: Sony boasts 90 million PSN accounts 4

18:08 GDC: Quantic Dream set for new project reveal

16:22 GDC: Firelight releases FMOD Studio

15:19 GDC: NCsoft licenses Unreal Engine 3

14:59 PlayStation Suite SDK open beta begins next month

14:10 Single US store stocks Apple TV ahead of iPad reveal

13:47 GDC: Marmalade backs open source engine

13:23 GDC: Kickstarter devs must 'excite contributors'

12:50 Molyneux quits Microsoft 1

12:10 Big Fish acquires casino games developer

11:25 GDC: Autodesk unveils new AI tools

10:43 GDC: To middleware or not to middleware

09:54 GDC: Maxis rebuilds SimCity for 2013 release

02:07 GDC: Crowd sourcing tips from the pros

00:50 GDC: Havok secures Wii U deal

00:38 GDC: 'Do not ignore how plagiarism harms devs' 4

00:01 GDC: Indies' priceless lessons from costly failure

6 March

21:11 GDC: Android Market redesigned as Google Play

18:14 GDC: Partnertrans to open Texas office

17:54 GDC: New brand launched to promote French games industry

17:28 Maximum Android app size rises 8,000% to 4gb

15:32 Reports: Mafia II dev collaborating on GTAV

15:17 GDC: PopCap releases Solitaire Blitz for Facebook

15:01 GDC: Nintendo licenses Autodesk tech for Wii U devs

14:29 GDC: Bigpoint opens offices in London and Paris

14:07 GDC: 'Digital to make up half of Capcom revenue by 2017'

13:40 GDC: Devs 'must be willing to make radical changes'

13:05 F2P Summit adds Gree to list of speakers

12:32 GDC: Modo 601 integrates Ikinema Runtime tech

12:03 'Most successful developers will be on all platforms' 1

11:22 Zynga downgraded to 'neutral' as shares rise

10:26 Demand for Raspberry Pi 'at 700 per second' 1

09:45 GDC: Paradox unveils three new indie IPs 1

09:12 GDC: Japanese dev mocked 'your games suck' 50

07:47 GDC: Standing ovation for Indie Game The Movie

06:45 GDC: Yves Guillemot's Child of Eden brainwave

05:55 GDC: RedLynx: Independence can be an illusion 1

05:19 GDC: Square Enix opts for Umbra

04:59 GDC: Fruit Ninja Kinect hits 1 million downloads

00:51 GDC: Testronic expands London studio

5 March

22:35 GDC: Electronic Arts opens Gothenburg studio

21:50 GDC: Facebook 'paid $1.4bn to devs last year'

20:55 GDC: Paulina Bozek on gamification's potential 1

19:38 GDC: Crytek puzzle game set for iOS and Android

18:10 GDC: TriOviz releases version 3.0 of SDK

17:50 GDC: Hansoft announces new free start-up license

17:30 Iran overturns death sentence for US-born dev

17:00 Seven studios collaborating on Assassin's Creed III

15:47 Halo: Reach lead begins Kickstarter project 1

15:35 GDC: Reverb Publishing licenses Unreal 3 3

15:29 EA 'temporarily' pulls The Simpsons from App Store 1

15:07 GDC: Hitman dev to showcase crowd technology

14:25 Markus Persson set for BAFTA Special Award 2

14:14 Moshi Monsters dev signs record deal with Sony

14:00 Confirmed: Playground takes charge of new Forza

13:25 Pirates leak Mass Effect 3 online ahead of release 10

12:30 CityVille lead designer quits Zynga for Idle Games

11:54 App Store hits 25bn downloads ahead of iPad 3 reveal

11:22 Adidas sues THQ for $10m over breach of contract

10:33 Infographic: How Vita sales compare with rivals 2

09:59 Dust 514 skips retail and goes free-to-play

03:54 GDC: 2013 show dates confirmed

00:22 Lionhead's Fable Heroes leaks ahead of reveal 1

4 March

23:38 Valve product designer 'leaks Steam console photo' 12

21:36 UK indies Playground 'co-developing next Forza'

2 March

17:15 GDC 2012: Develop is coming for you

15:58 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 02.03.12)

15:46 Notch gifts $3 million to Mojang team 2

15:37 Crytek to showcase next-gen DX11 tools at GDC

15:36 Gamescom 2012 to begin ticket pre-sales next month

15:04 Jagex freezes Stellar Dawn development

14:35 Zynga stock soars as social giant turns publisher

14:03 God of War director joins Crystal Dynamics

12:04 EA shelves Battlefield iOS

11:48 $900 Substance discount during GDC

11:27 The world's most essential game engines: Develop's list in full

11:03 GDC to host first ever 'Play showcase' for all devs

10:02 GAME website to stream games through Gaikai

1 March

19:00 Zynga moves into third-party publishing with new games portal

15:53 Nintendo rejects indie title for 3DS 3

12:50 Develop Studio Sales Charts: February

11:38 Eutechnyx hires new worldwide publishing head

11:17 Raspberry Pi craze crashes seller's website 2

10:46 Former Lionhead veterans found digital studio

10:13 Steamworks chosen for Borderlands 2

10:10 SOE closes four online games

10:00 Mojang hires from the Minecraft community 1

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