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30 November

15:40 Indies praise lack of restrictions on Wii U eShop 1

15:20 Train2Game partners with Microsoft BizSpark

11:12 Frima honoured for 'outstanding' corporate culture

10:50 Hansoft 7 goes live

10:10 Report: New Xbox arriving in 2013 2

08:39 Jason Rubin gives $1k to THQ Humble Bundle

07:48 Jagex two months overdue on latest financial report 14

07:07 Kojima seeks greater legacy

06:31 Zynga loses Facebook perks 1

29 November

22:30 THQ teams up with Humble Bundle

16:40 Report: Del Toro's Insane revived by mystery dev

15:40 Microsoft renames Vancouver dev Black Tusk Studios

13:50 Dev blames motion control 'hatred' for Kickstarter failure

13:20 Rare gaming goodies up for grabs in GamesAid Christmas Auction

12:46 Gamemaker anti-piracy bug destroys developer assets 2

11:58 Tapjoy CEO resigns

11:20 Iwata 'very sorry' for 1gb day one Wii U update

08:06 Kongregate now supports downloadable titles

07:51 Amazon launches Appstore in Japan

06:56 Notch, Gilbert and Santiago judging game jam 1

06:16 Binding of Isaac 'a buggy mess', says McMillen

05:49 Ex-Rovio trio Boomlagoon gets financial backing

28 November

17:28 HeroEngine 2 goes live

15:45 Ill-fated Haze and marketing halted TimeSplitters 4

14:37 Oculus Rift: New dev kit date, new form 1

11:30 Developing the new curriculum

11:30 Bungie's Destiny detailed in asset leak

10:50 Wii U sells 400,000 units in US launch week

10:20 Katamari Damacy and Canabalt creators making a game

09:08 AudioGaming debuts vehicle sound plug-in

06:40 Tadhg Kelly joins Jawfish Games

06:05 Xbox 360 shifts over 750k on Black Friday weekend

05:44 Windows 8 moves 40m licences 1

05:15 Another FFXIV would 'destroy' Square Enix 1

27 November

15:14 iOS reclaims top spot in US handheld market

14:54 House of Moves provides Black Ops II performance capture

14:00 Oliver twins defend Dizzy Returns Kickstarter

12:49 Zynga UK GM Matthew Wiggins quits

12:30 Sulake launches API for Habbo Hotel game platform

11:56 Ed Fries: Consoles can't ignore Apple model 2

11:11 Wii Mini leaked online

10:54 Women devs speak out on rampant industry sexism 16

26 November

22:02 GOG.com now supports Windows 8

21:28 Shadowrun's crowdfunded return delayed

20:40 Double Fine Amnesia Fortnight games chosen

15:44 Call of Duty looks 'dramatically better' on Wii U 5

15:25 Notch: I worry about Mojang growing

15:00 Bafta names Young Game Designers 2012 winners

12:35 Hundreds of Christmas bargains hit GamesAid eBay store

12:15 Finland game industry expanded by 57% in 2011

11:30 Atari founder 'baffled' by Wii U 1

10:50 Minecraft marches onto Raspberry Pi

10:25 Indies spark funding overdrive on Maia Kickstarter 3

23 November

16:31 Crytek shooter Warface garners 5m users in Russia

15:50 Mojang plots one game release a year

15:29 Tiny Invaders developer Hogrocket closes doors

15:13 Axed Skullgirls team form new studio

15:05 400 descend on Gamecity Night to celebrate industry

14:45 5,000 more users invited to Steam Linux beta

12:45 150 job losses hit Goldeneye developer Eurocom 1

12:18 The top five game job vacancies (23.11.12) 1

09:45 Dizzy Returns in Blitz Kickstarter 8

22 November

16:50 InnoGames appoints new head of game development

15:25 London Games Conference 2012: All the news here

13:19 Gree 'sorry' for handling of OpenFeint closure 1

12:50 Steam amasses 50 million users

12:29 Windows 8 Store has less than 1,500 game apps 3

12:07 ESports can help games last test of time

11:21 Sega shares strategies for Steam success

11:07 Decker: Less than 20% of F2P users typically pay

10:30 First free Raspberry Pi hack day

09:43 Disney's six point plan for game dev success

08:42 Steam puts GameMaker: Studio HTML5 on sale 1

02:34 Report: Microsoft working on Xbox TV

01:48 Molyneux launches Kickstarter Populous reboot

21 November

18:43 Video games the 2nd most popular category on YouTube 1

18:25 70% of free-to-play users leave after first day 2

16:57 Harrison: I used to envy Xbox Live

16:04 Watch the LGC closing keynote live tonight

12:30 Dev contests 'a huge motivator' for development

11:35 London Games Conference - follow live updates on Develop today

11:25 Game Connection reveals Selected Projects nominees 1

11:15 Strict tax laws holding back Brazil game industry

10:46 Zynga appoints new chief creative officer

09:11 Amazon launches in-app purchase Unity plug-ins 1

08:48 THQ fends off default with forbearance deal

06:50 THQ CFO Paul Pucino resigns

20 November

18:00 Seven new games on show at TIGA event

17:33 Just one week left till Game Connection Europe

15:20 Star Citizen breaks crowdfunding record raising $6m

12:28 Ex-Bioshock and Crackdown devs form new studio

11:26 Gree closing OpenFeint 1

11:00 PathEngine SDK 5.31 goes live

10:50 Team interaction is key to success, says Field

10:08 Sony launches PlayStation Mobile SDK

19 November

22:52 Telltale doubles California studio size

21:07 Double Fine takes Amnesia Fortnight to public

18:38 Jailed Arma III devs denied bail 2

15:54 Indie superstars back LA Game Space

15:14 GamesGrabr aiming to be Pinterest for games

13:30 Super Hexagon 'clone' hits PC ahead of original 1

11:48 Mind Candy inks toy deal with McDonald's

11:47 $4m in funding prompts Outplay expansion

11:22 Trine 2 maker: Wii U eShop puts pricing in devs' hands 2

11:00 Consumer claims Wii U 'hack'

10:30 Gabe Newell to be welcomed into AIAS hall of fame

16 November

13:46 Record breaking Black Ops 2 makes $500m in 24 hours 1

13:20 Big Fish expanding into free-to-play

12:25 PS3 ships 70 million units

11:18 Irish game industry shows huge jobs growth

11:15 Over 100 companies will be at LGC - want to come and meet them?

10:53 The Old Republic goes free-to-play

10:10 Nintendo takes foray into App Store with Pokédex

08:21 Driver Nicolas Hamilton joins Project Cars

07:44 Glu Mobile closes Brazil branch

07:32 Zynga loses treasurer to Twitter

15 November

19:00 Former LucasArts president Paul Meegan joins Epic

16:51 Blackberry 10 SDK goes gold on December 11th

15:54 Tiga event to debut seven new games

15:40 Arkham City scribe wins Writers' Guild award

15:30 Final sessions for Evolve in London

14:55 Mixamo building 'free-to-play' animation tool Fuse 1

14:00 HeroCloud integrates foliage middleware SpeedTree

12:18 Punch Quest goes paid as free-to-play model fails 1

11:42 Layoffs at Tiny Speck as MMO Glitch closes

11:05 Start your own studio: The essential guide

11:05 First GDC 2013 sessions revealed 2

10:16 Only 17 seats left at next week's London Games Conference

08:12 Molyneux: Games have failed as new entertainment 1

07:41 EA's Gothenburg studio christened Ghost games

07:09 Gree sales up, profits down

06:29 Australia puts $20m into game development

14 November

15:00 Unity 4 launches 1

13:55 Crytek offers TimeSplitters fans hope of series return

12:20 Gree adopts HTML5 for web apps

11:00 Testing Times: Making sure your apps work

11:00 Indie title McBank challenges the social order

10:05 Serious Games International boosts team with new appointments

09:40 THQ's troubles mount as it defaults on $50m credit

08:24 Free-to-play beats retail, says Epic's Sweeney

07:36 Sweeney hopes next gen costs only double

06:49 Zynga CFO resigns as new COO steps up

13 November

19:54 36-hour crunch to bolster Curiosity servers 1

15:58 Faceware moves on China and Japan

15:21 Mobile app optimisation firm raises $6m

12:45 Microsoft Windows chief steps down 1

11:46 Former Zynga vets join Rumble Entertainment

11:14 Minecraft PC passes eight million

10:44 Next Mass Effect in development

12 November

15:48 Stormcloud Games forms in Scotland

15:37 Blackberry 10 to go public Jan 30th

15:13 ME Awards 2012 recognises the surge in mobile games

14:43 Next DirectX iteration a Windows 8 exclusive 3

14:20 Russian MMO developer receives $1.86m investment

11:30 Rovio eyes 50/50 digital-physical revenue split 1

10:00 30 Under 30: Last chance to nominate

07:39 D&D is games development, says Alex Peake 2

06:55 Valve working on next-gen Source engine 1

11 November

06:07 November Software joins Zynga

9 November

14:08 30 Under 30 - Just three days left

13:05 Norwich Uni games course gets Skillset approval

12:48 Molyneux: I'll only make one more game 6

12:12 US Navy Seals in hot water for Medal of Honor work 1

11:28 SI: Preventing piracy enabled us to hire 17 devs 4

11:08 Silicon Knights forced to destroy Unreal Engine titles

08:18 Tim Schaaff to step down as Sony NEI boss

07:01 JS Joust and Hokra launch Kickstarter campaign

06:15 Standalone Half-Life mod pulls $1m in first week 3

8 November

17:10 Microsoft calls on indies with Windows 8 contest 1

15:50 Spil steps up mobile push with biggest girls brand

15:36 Montreal-based indie incubator raises $1.4 million

14:43 Apple sheds £80bn in value in two months 6

13:41 Gears of War amasses 19 million sales

13:35 Bohemia instructs DayZ gambling modders to cease development

12:32 Japanese game industry vet Matsuno quits Level-5

12:08 Epic unveils Make Something Unreal Live shortlist

12:00 World of Warcraft claws back 1m subscribers

11:21 Activision Blizzard Q3 revenue climbs to £530m

10:33 EA adds live video broadcasting to Origin

08:15 Pre-orders open for Ouya dev kit

06:52 Square Enix merger 'a complete failure'

05:42 Take-Two moving Northridge QA centre to Vegas

7 November

13:28 DeNa acquires 20% stake in Rage of Bahamut dev

12:48 Epic artist makes tool to exercise drawing skills

12:34 Gameforge Berlin suffers 20 layoffs

11:34 Ubisoft reports £26m loss before major games hit

11:30 UDK adds iPhone 5 support and new mobile upgrades

10:13 Tiga surveying developers on game cloning

06:30 SmartGlass goes live on iOS

02:28 THQ stocks dive 50% after Q2 report

01:48 Steam begins Linux beta 2

6 November

15:48 Report: Microsoft building mini Xbox Surface tablet

15:40 Yoshida refuses to date Last Guardian for 2013

13:14 Evolve in London early bird ends tomorrow

12:37 DeNa rakes in $600m in revenue during record quarter

11:56 Kickstarter CEO: We'll never sell

11:05 Miyamoto on convincing third-party devs to join Wii U

10:07 Capcom plots hiring spree of 1,000 devs by 2022

04:52 Fez's Renaud Bedard joins Capybara

04:15 David Braben takes Elite to Kickstarter 1

01:51 THQ hires M&A consultant as finances worsen

00:46 THQ delays South Park game till FY 2014

5 November

15:51 Zynga begins axing its Facebook games 5

13:30 Learn how to start your own studio in this month's Develop

13:08 Reflections hiring staff for Watch Dogs

12:00 Scotland in focus - Get involved

12:00 Fishlabs hires two new senior staff

10:48 More than 60 jobs at Ubisoft Blue Byte 2

10:35 30 Under 30 - One week to go

06:21 Dreamfall Chapters to get Kickstarter

00:37 Former GameStop VP pleads guilty to fraud

4 November

22:29 University of York bridges industry gender gap

2 November

15:40 Molyneux feared Apple would reject Curiosity

15:00 Get booked for the ME Awards 2012

14:00 BAFTA winning students launch own studio

13:55 21 speakers in final London Games Conference line-up

13:05 Over 800 jobs on offer at two-day Silicon Milkroundabout

12:13 EA responds to Watchdog FIFA 13 bug allegations 1

11:47 Will Wright's Hive Mind lawsuit settled

06:47 Unity 4 launches public beta

06:11 Agawi launches Windows 8 cloud gaming app

05:48 Take 2 may open Vegas office 2

1 November

19:44 Rhode Island sues 38 Studio's Curt Schilling 1

18:24 Dear Esther's dev: Embrace failure

16:45 Report: PS4 dev kits shipping 1

15:50 Making premium games? 'You're dead', says Oscar Clark 11

14:41 UPPM debuts Universal Trailer Series

13:27 Red Thread working on Dreamfall sequel

12:40 Ninja Kiwi acquires Digital Goldfish

12:16 King.com steps up its focus on mobile

11:20 30 Under 30 - There's still time

11:08 Scaleform 4.2 adds new platforms and AS3 enhancements

11:00 Oculus Rift inventor to keynote Evolve 1

10:52 Want a game job? 'Make a game' 6

06:42 Rockstar asked to make Sons of Anarchy game 3

06:06 Ouya hits development phase

05:52 Zelnick: Next-gen development not more expensive

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