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31 October

15:05 Molyneux's Curiosity out next week

13:18 Perforce engine declared 'VMware ready'

10:23 Kickstarter opens doors to UK developers 3

09:29 A wealth of tools support for Windows Phone 8 4

07:15 Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 dev platform 1

06:38 EA meets Q2 predictions

05:20 Openness key to Chicago games industry

04:31 Activision Minneapolis cuts 30 jobs

30 October

21:00 Autodesk shows off latest Scaleform mobile tech demo

20:10 Disney swoops in to acquire LucasFilm for $4bn

16:14 Former 38 Studios' creative lead now at SOE

13:05 AppMobi adds Windows 8 support to HTML5 SDK

11:40 Too Easy Games formed by Abertay graduates

09:25 UKIE: Culture test should recognise all of the games industry

06:09 Hawken developer raises $18m in funding

05:33 Two senior execs leave Apple

04:54 ESA raises $822k for charities and scholarships

04:30 Activision launches social games platform 1

03:39 Layoffs at Loot Drop as Ghost Recon cancelled

29 October

16:45 Silicon Knights reduced to five devs, report claims

14:55 TIGA proposes changes to cultural test for games

14:15 Channel 4 commissions game for sitcom Full English

11:40 Beartrap Games is latest Scottish developer

11:00 Develop's 30 Under 30 is back - nominations open

10:57 Anonymous threatens to take down Zynga 1

26 October

15:12 Halo 4 is Microsoft's most expensive game ever 5

14:17 Hotline Miami creator lends support to game pirates

12:35 Apple amasses $36bn in revenue during record quarter

12:00 Ngmoco founders Young and Stevenson step down

10:58 Microsoft greenlights 18-rated games for Windows 8

08:00 MW3 loses Xbox Live throne to Minecraft 1

07:25 MMO developer Turbine lays off staff

25 October

16:30 Over 100 developers working on Civilization MMO

15:46 Microsoft offers dev support classes for Windows 8

12:42 Mind Candy usurps Mayfair in Tech City Monopoly

12:04 Side collaborates on Fable: The Journey

11:41 Phil Harrison to give first public address as Xbox exec at LGC

11:29 Thatgamecompany's Journey wins GameCity Prize

10:58 ESRB launches no-cost game ratings service 1

08:45 Gree shells out $175m for Pokelabo 1

08:25 Zynga weighed down by OMGPOP purchase 1

07:13 One million downloads for Kumo Lumo

24 October

13:41 Star Citizen hits $500k Kickstarter target

12:15 Nintendo reports $350m loss as finances improve

11:12 Facebook revenue rises by $300m year-on-year

10:15 Troubled Haunts Kickstarter saved by volunteers

23 October

23:08 Apple unveils iPad mini and iPad 4 1

23:01 Zynga kills 13 games, proposes closure of UK and Japan offices 6

20:49 Report: Over 100 layoffs at Zynga

19:29 Bigpoint cuts 120 jobs

16:06 SingStar goes free-to-play

14:03 Square Enix signs Unreal Engine 4 licensing deal

12:00 Mind Candy teases multi-platform Moshi Monsters games

11:40 Xbox SmartGlass goes live on October 26th

10:51 Origin compulsory for online EA Wii U games 2

10:16 Mixamo offers unlimited access to animations on Unity

08:20 Routine layoffs counterproductive, says Schafer 3

08:00 Wish Studios prototyping new Sony IP

07:41 Joystick Labs shutting down

22 October

15:55 Vigil Games co-founder quits

12:50 EA's free-to-play boss joins LGC speaker roster

11:15 Game industry 'too volatile' to assure job stability 3

10:43 Australia to introduce developer incentives

10:28 The Wii U is 'surprisingly powerful', says Rayman dev

08:41 Brathwaite and Hall drop Kickstarter project 1

07:40 Udacity offers free HTML5 game dev course

20 October

01:10 Turbine revs up with hiring spree

19 October

17:23 ESA Canada welcomes new president and CEO

17:22 Marvelous launches indie dev support program

14:25 The top five game job vacancies (w/e 19.10.12)

13:12 Backers left in cold as devs quit Kickstarter project 6

12:25 Xbox 360 revenue drops by $400m

12:03 Star Citizen makes over $1m in crowdfunding

11:52 UK games press honoured at best GMAs yet

11:18 Witcher studio sends dev toolset RedKit to beta

10:33 Nihilistic rebrands and shifts focus to digital

10:21 Most social players move on after 24 hours

10:08 UK gov outlines computer science teaching plans

18 October

14:00 Laura Fryer to head Epic Seattle studio

13:55 LCD Dreams making Dungeon Keeper-inspired mobile game 3

11:59 Games Media Awards 2012 Liveblog

11:33 GREE debuts Unity and HTML5 toolset

10:49 Ubisoft vets form new studio

09:57 Rare hiring for Windows 8 mobile development

05:56 Lightbox Interactive lays off 24

03:32 Valve adds Greenlight concept section

02:29 Greenlight adds software projects 1

17 October

15:43 Rez creator steps down from Q board

13:32 Microsoft details Surface pricing

13:10 Prey 2 stuck in limbo, says Human Head dev

13:07 Kixeye CEO attacks Zynga as restraining order is extended 2

13:02 Path of Exile secures $1.2 million in crowdfunding

12:42 App Store rejects game for in-app purchase remark 5

08:04 Obsidian Kickstarter closes just shy of $4m 1

07:03 Xaviant buys 50% of Blue Mammoth

06:34 Ubisoft sues Black Eyed Peas for $1m

16 October

16:24 GREE bolsters Platform language support

15:00 Layoffs strike Fable developer Lionhead

14:20 Ex-NCsoft Europe COO founds new studio

13:05 Facebook opens London engineering office

12:20 Second batch of games pass through Steam Greenlight

12:12 Obituary: Mike Singleton

11:02 Irrational Games devs depart for Microsoft

10:20 iLogos and Youdagames partner for co-development

08:12 TinyCo reveals revenue sharing programme 1

06:31 Zynga sues ex-Cityville GM Alan Patmore

06:02 Project Eternity most funded game on Kickstarter 1

15 October

17:52 Publishers 'offer nothing' for small developers

15:00 SingStar could go free-to-play

14:44 Blackberry opens developer support centre in UK

14:15 Raspberry Pi doubles RAM and freezes price

13:15 Christmas classic The Snowman makes its way to mobile

11:26 25 layoffs as ImaginEngine closes doors 1

10:16 Origin gaffe leaks thousands of free games

06:05 Del Toro 'not giving up' on Insane

05:47 Triple Town cloning suit settled

12 October

13:15 Chris Roberts: Mobile is going to be a bloodbath 2

12:26 Autodesk bolsters Scaleform SDK and plug-in 4

11:00 Win an iPad with Hitman Sniper Challenge 1

10:17 GMA 2012: Last few spaces remain

07:53 Report: 40% of US teens have iPhone 2

07:18 Playstation Store gets facelift Oct. 23rd 3

06:01 CCP veteran Nathan Richardsson joins Trion Worlds

05:44 People Can Fly veterans launch new studio

11 October

16:10 Gaikai sued over alleged cloud gaming patent infringement

15:40 Audiomotion contributes to Far Cry 3 and Forza Horizon

14:00 Jagex opens California studio 1

12:58 18-rated games banned from Windows 8 marketplace 2

11:30 Smash ghouls with BonusXP's Monster Crew 1

10:40 Oscar Clark leaves Papaya for Appifier

00:40 GameMaker: Studio adds Windows 8 export option

00:02 Kickstarter coming to UK October 31st

10 October

23:31 THQ closes Melbourne publishing office

15:10 Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts returns with Star Citizen

14:45 4Talent games development day in Scotland

13:27 Hurry - London Games Conference early bird ends tonight

12:20 Virtual holographic 3D tools come to Unity 1

11:41 OnLive sold for just £4.8m

10:45 [Correction] Millions of PlaySpan user IDs and passwords leaked online 12

06:50 GDC Austin: 'Greater diversity coming to online games' 1

05:04 Aspiring indies should think of 'the long run'

9 October

21:09 Microsoft 'Digits' keeps motion control in hand

14:01 Valve invites fans to test new hardware prototypes 2

13:00 Report: Backbone Entertainment facing closure

12:39 24 hours left for London Games Conference early bird

12:15 Finnish F2P mobile dev making $500k a day on iOS

11:20 Bruusgaard: Secret World needed to be more commercial 1

10:30 Zynga Poker exec quits

05:58 DayZ creator: Development needs singular vision

04:45 Gree declares indie love with new competition

8 October

23:50 Fake Angry Birds ensnares 80,000 on Chrome Store

14:20 Microsoft Points not compulsory in Windows 8

12:53 Gree snaps up four more indies

12:30 Mergers and acquisitions shatter records in 2012

10:54 Rovio and LucasArts join forces for Angry Birds Star Wars

10:30 JournoDevSwap: All the games and stories here

7 October

18:31 JournoDevSwap: The winners 4

17:00 JournoDevSwap: Split Destiny review

17:00 JournoDevSwap: Just Like Real Life review

17:00 JournoDevSwap: Double Droids review

16:56 JournoDevSwap: GI Joyce review

6 October

22:01 JournoDevSwap: The magic and misery of game jams

22:00 JournoDevSwap: The message of this game jam

22:00 JournoDevSwap: Players want more stupid story in their games

22:00 JournoDevSwap: Land of the Rising Fun 2

16:10 JournoDevSwap: UKIE dev-press swap confirmed to return next year

16:00 JournoDevSwap: Just Like Life's spaceship leaked

16:00 JournoDevSwap: Hacks hash hack

16:00 JournoDevSwap: First fully working game

12:30 JournoDevSwap: The story of Love Octopus' auto-runner

12:13 JournoDevSwap: Granny Ninja

11:40 JournoDevSwap: It's a hard life

11:30 JournoDevSwap: Double Droids' double-or-nothing

5 October

23:10 JournoDevSwap: Through the looking glass

22:45 JournoDevSwap: A journalist and a student walk into a game jam 1

22:30 JournoDevSwap: Dual shmup showdown

22:25 JournoDevSwap: Keith Stuart wants you to look Normal

19:25 Developers take over for one weekend only

15:20 Molyneux: Big publishers can't allow unbridled creativity 2

14:56 Digital retail card specialist backs LGC

14:05 Unity confirms new Berlin studio

13:34 Windows Phone 8 launches October 29th

12:45 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 05.10.12)

12:05 Seven dev teams supporting Guild Wars 2

11:16 Activision settles No Doubt dispute

09:42 BAFTA takes games program stateside

07:48 Four Kixeye employees sacked for racist behaviour 2

07:39 Homestuck Kickstarter closes at $2.4m 3

06:32 Zynga shares fall as company slashes forecast

4 October

15:05 One week left for London Games Conference early bird

14:52 Crowdstar promotes co-founder Jeffrey Tseng to CEO

12:55 Facebook amasses one billion monthly users

12:00 One day left to register for GDC Online 1

10:15 The Old Republic lead designer quits BioWare

10:00 Mike Hayes helps establish Serious Games studio

3 October

23:13 Report: New iPad Mini in mass production

22:39 Cliff Bleszinski leaves Epic Games 2

21:38 Bethesda opens new Austin studio Battlecry

17:15 Coders and journalists named for 48-hour game jam

15:10 Crowdfunding 'should be a red flag' to backers 8

14:15 MiiVerse is Wii U's killer app, says Fils-Aime

14:00 Wii U 'more open and indie friendly' than Wii 1

12:30 Romero's Loot Drop begins $1m Kickstarter campaign

11:24 ESA to honour Valve's Gabe Newell at charity event

11:05 PlayStation Mobile goes live on Vita and Android

10:00 Epic launches Make Something Unreal Live 2013

00:25 Humble Bundle 6 closes at $2m

2 October

21:08 Motorola moves to dismiss its lawsuit against Apple

20:46 Games development software arrives on Steam

17:30 World of Tanks fires past 40 million users 1

16:40 Mojang inks Minecraft magazine deal

15:40 Mediatonic opens Brighton studio

14:00 Perforce unveils new management tool Git Fusion 2

13:20 Prototype Fund pledges £25k to White Paper Games

12:43 Tasteless cat euthanasia promo angers Steam users 1

1 October

21:15 Apple takes a bite out of promotional apps 2

20:40 Microsoft's Phil Harrison joins NFTS board

16:05 What makes a game 'British'? UK Gov wants to know

15:25 Finalists confirmed for ME Awards 2012

14:42 Prison Architect alpha reels in $100k in 3 days

12:22 Nexon acquires Japanese mobile dev for $500m 1

11:48 Mind Candy hires former MTV Networks CEO

11:38 22Cans will only make one full game, says Molyneux 3

11:00 38 Studios avoids federal criminal charges 2

10:30 US Court puts Xbox 360 Germany ban on hold 1

10:30 Develop October: The microstudio that won over Microsoft

05:43 Minecraft XBLA averaging 27,000 sales a day 3

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