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29 September

02:01 Facebook games becoming more diverse, says exec 1

28 September

22:02 Kojima: Games dev auteurs a dying breed 1

20:06 Roy Bahat appointed Ouya chairman

16:05 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 28/09/12)

15:14 100 developers working on Blizzard's Project Titan

14:43 US mobile studio Pixowl raises $1.2m in funding

13:58 38 Studios assets to be auctioned off

12:38 Former Codemasters execs heading up Sega Hardlight 1

09:55 Maxis opens new mobile studio in Finland

27 September

19:17 Kojima LA to develop Metal Gear Online

18:19 Notch refuses Windows 8 certification 14

18:00 GamesAid reveals successful 2012 charities

17:45 Oculus Rift developer kit pre-orders go live

16:30 Alice Taylor amongst six new Ukie board members

12:44 Lexis Numerique: Nintendo doesn't push digital enough 2

12:00 Valve to begin Steam Linux beta next week

11:15 Bungie saw Halo Wars as 'whoring out the franchise'

10:10 Report: Nexon and NCSoft in $900m Valve buyout talks

08:36 Steam publishes first Greenlight game McPixel

26 September

19:26 Obsidian's Project Eternity Kickstarter passes $2m

18:24 GDC 2013 opens call for submissions

16:53 EA acquires Swedish online tech firm ESN

15:31 15 ways to make free-to-play pay 3

13:25 Google Play surpasses 25 billion app downloads 3

12:05 Tiga: Late payments damaging games industry

11:13 New Facebook SDK gets iOS 6 compatibility

10:40 38 Studios closure remains an economic crisis for Rhode Island

09:50 GameSalad Creator adds Windows 8 support

08:13 Undercover Journalist exposes plight of iPhone 5 workers 1

07:30 Record attendance for Tokyo Game Show

25 September

17:06 Unity opening Berlin studio

16:38 Martha Lane Fox named new chair of MakieLab

15:25 Final week for Develop Jobs in Games Special

15:10 US cable firms plot TV cloud gaming push 1

14:45 Sony XDev establishes £25,000 funding scheme

12:25 The iOS 6 App Store 'is a disaster' for developers 19

12:18 New games chairman and award for BAFTAs

11:10 Rovio Stockholm hires ex-Ubisoft senior programmer

10:40 New crowdfunding platform Gambitious goes live

10:00 The Foundry merges with Luxology

07:19 Court denies motion to dismiss Spry Fox vs 6Waves

06:29 Valve faces legal challenge over Steam EULA

24 September

19:21 Adobe launches HTML5 toolset Edge

18:50 Evolve in London opens call for speakers

17:45 Kuju launches consultancy, QA and publisher negotiation service 1

16:21 iPhone 5 sales speed past five million in 3 days

15:40 Facebook firmly denies mobile hardware plans

15:29 The Secret World gains new director

14:55 VooFoo moves to Birmingham as studio expands

14:31 RealtimeUK takes recruitment drive to Manchester

14:20 Revolution greenlights Beneath a Steel Sky 2 4

12:20 EA closes PopCap Dublin 2

11:50 Obsidian adopts Unity for Project Eternity

11:08 Blizzard considers F2P Starcraft 2 multiplayer

10:25 Steam Greenlight attracts 3,000 games

10:00 Broken Sword Kickstarter finishes at $800k 1

04:58 Tiny keyring sized tablet controller launches on Kickstarter

22 September

12:49 Happy ending for Borderlands 2 box art bungle 3

21 September

15:45 GameMaker: Studio supporting Windows 8

13:50 Kickstarter pledges new guidelines to protect backers

12:38 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 21/09/12)

12:21 Will Luton leaves Mobile Pie

09:53 GamesAid charity voting ends Sunday

20 September

18:02 Ex-Zynga marketing chief Jeff Karp heads to GSN

15:05 Steam 'lacks' Japan dev support

14:25 Game Connection Selected Projects deadline is tomorrow

13:20 Rez creator Mizuguchi steps away from development

12:00 Wave of free online dev courses emerge on Coursera 1

10:36 The Creative Assembly triumphs at Develop Quiz 4

10:35 Last Guardian still coming to PS3, says Sony dev

10:05 Amazon games boss joins Scottish mobile publisher

08:37 Report: Zynga's chief security officer resigns

07:41 Valve's first hardware beta set for 2013 1

07:08 Idle Games lays off 25 staff

19 September

22:00 Unity inks Wii U deal

14:42 Obsidian accuses publishers of abusing Kickstarter 10

12:38 Inafune: Japanese devs must foster more creativity

11:27 Report: Zynga splashed out $20m for A Bit Lucky

10:40 BioWare plots Mass Effect sequel and new IP

10:00 Tiga calls for cultural test input on tax breaks

09:16 PS3 Super Slim confirmed 1

08:33 Sony to launch PlayStation Mobile in October 1

18 September

19:54 BioWare co-founders Muzyka and Zeschuk resign

17:45 £100k Games for Film contest deadline extended

17:06 Nomad picks up Games Workshop's Talisman 1

15:45 QA specialist Bug Tracker opens new China office

15:30 Autodesk unveils new AI tech Gameware Navigation

14:54 Never underestimate Nintendo, says Firebrand

13:05 PS3 super slim leak suggests imminent reveal

12:14 iPhone 5 sparks Apple share rise to $700

11:12 Australia MA15+ classification gets the greenlight 1

10:55 Okamoto: It's the end of an era for Japan console devs

08:14 Zynga acquires multiplayer-focused dev A Bit Lucky

06:09 YoYo releases Game Maker: Studio 1.1

17 September

18:00 Gree acquires San Francisco developer App Ant

17:14 Wipeout franchise returns 6

16:30 BioWare reveals Frostbite 2-powered Dragon Age 3

15:35 GDC Next replacing GDC Online next year

14:37 iPhone 5 shatters 4S record with 2m pre-orders 1

14:15 UK game jam breaks world record 1

12:48 Our families need not worry say imprisoned ArmA devs

12:30 Contractors let go at Climax 1

11:30 Hide&Seek opens New York studio

10:55 Valve: Team Fortress 2 a testbed for new ideas

10:20 WoW virtual worlds patent lawsuit moves ahead

08:22 Zynga files countersuit against EA

07:53 Obsidian Kickstarter smashes $1m goal in 24 hours

14 September

17:10 UK Writers Guild names videogame script nominees

15:45 Funcom insists less than 50% of Oslo studio let go

14:44 Microsoft begins world record game jam attempt 6

14:10 Nintendo not milking Mario IP, says Fils-Aime 1

12:20 Nintendo 'dedicated to establishing new industry future'

11:35 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 14/09/12)

10:40 Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter hits $2m

09:54 Rare's Schuneman heading up new Microsoft studio

09:30 GamesAid 2012 charity voting now open

08:45 Inafune working on new Zombie game

08:32 Desktop social gamers going mobile

07:48 Stanley Parable headed to Steam Greenlight

13 September

15:45 Platinum Games bringing Bayonetta 2 to Wii U

15:38 Perforce Software debuts Visual Studio 2012 integration

15:30 Microsoft opens Windows 8 App Store to developers

15:20 Wii U UK release date set for November 30th 1

15:00 Ubisoft Toronto opens performance capture studio

14:00 Jagex hires ex-Bigpoint MD as VP of third-party publishing

12:30 NaturalMotion's Reil showcases hilarious Clumsy Ninja for Apple 1

11:35 Ubisoft: Next-gen will have fewer triple-A games

11:00 Australia R18+ guidelines highlight 'harmful interactivity'

10:03 Nintendo sets US and Japan Wii U release dates

08:24 Code Club brings programming to the classroom

07:48 Zynga to import two Japanese games

12 September

18:16 Apple unveils iPhone 5

17:40 £100k Games for film contest ends next week

15:25 New book to teach kids games coding

15:20 Win a Nokia Lumia 800 at next week's Develop Quiz

15:04 Kojima Productions opens LA studio

13:30 Three weeks till coders swap with journos in 48-hour event

13:15 JOBS IN GAMES: You don't need a degree to be a dev

12:00 Not making New Star Soccer Android F2P 'a big mistake'

10:50 Legal gaffe delays Insomniac's Fuse unveiling 1

10:08 First ten games pass through Steam Greenlight

08:58 Splinter Cell: Conviction 'became a rescue job'

07:12 Arma III devs arrested for espionage 1

11 September

16:15 Indie hit Terraria coming to XBlA and PSN

14:32 Caperfly signs Press Association deal

14:10 Build your own game contest comes to India dev conference

12:55 Pitbull commences hiring run to double studio size 1

12:02 Jagex promotes Remo Gettini to CTO

11:20 VIDEO: Sony to unveil virtual reality headset 1

11:00 Funcom lays off lead designer of The Secret World 2

10:18 Gibeau: EA encourages creative freedom

08:53 Deathspank a protest against sexism in games

06:38 Gilbert blames Doom for fate of adventure games

05:35 Cloud gaming comes to Windows 8

10 September

21:23 Zynga marketing chief Jeff Karp quits

17:38 DICE: EA gets too much flack for not being innovative 1

15:29 Setgo offers free analytics trial to Marmalade users

14:55 Ukie joins Tiga in call for 30% tax relief

14:15 PSP was overrun by ports admits Sony 2

12:35 11,000 Guild Wars 2 players fall victim to hackers

11:56 Large Sony dev team supporting Skyrim for PS3

11:18 EA 'held talks to acquire Valve for $1billion' 19

10:45 Newell: Copying Apple will hasten Microsoft's decline 2

10:04 Super Hexagon accrues 10k downloads in three days

08:00 Double Fine turns accidental launch into beta

7 September

21:30 Creative Scotland defends games industry report 1

17:28 Scottish Govt: Our games industry is worth £1bn 1

15:58 Activision endorses Kindle Fire with Skylanders

15:47 New gaming tablet Wikipad debuts in US

14:30 Develop September: The London Special

12:59 The top five games job vacancies (w/e 07/09/12)

12:35 Auto Club Revolution expands to Russia

09:07 Kickstarter's 'year of the game'

08:35 UN to use Minecraft for urban development

6 September

20:27 Epic opening new Seattle studio

17:21 Creative Scotland report 'ridiculously inaccurate' 1

15:54 Raspberry Pi gains UK manufacturer

15:37 Rocketbox debuts new prefab asset library

15:20 Starbreeze partners with 505 for Payday 2 2

10:38 Beneath a Steel Sky sequel is $1m Kickstarter bonus

09:10 HeroEngine outfit inks PlaySpan deal

08:28 Broken Sword Kickstarter reaches $400k goal

07:44 Creative Assembly: 70% of games fall short

5 September

15:39 Scientist and developer team wins Wellcome Trust dev contest 1

15:21 BAFTA and Blitz back games education module

14:48 Marmalade SDK spreads to Windows and Mac

14:14 Ubisoft scraps always-on PC DRM 3

14:11 Silverball: Crowdfunding involves the consumer

10:44 Nicholas Lovell joins Spilt Milk board 2

09:49 Hide&Seek's conference tackling public play

08:36 EA working on 4 to 5 new IPs for next-gen

07:43 Gameloft posts record sales

06:07 Valve charging $100 for Greenlight 3

4 September

15:50 Accessibility guidelines help devs welcome gamers with disabilities

15:13 Gameforge to host Aion talk at F2P Summit

13:04 First Windows 8 Xbox 360 games confirmed 1

11:40 MoMo London to launch Mobile Academy coaching programme 1

10:08 Wargaming.net: Publishers don't get free-to-play

09:45 Freedom Engine debuts in-browser dev platform

05:09 Valve hiring for hardware project

3 September

15:10 Wild Rumpus returns

14:59 Insomniac developing new IP, Fuse

12:34 Tiga calls for 30% tax relief rate

12:30 WIN: Borderlands 2 Top Trumps up for grabs 1

11:39 Luxology backs stylistic flair with modo NPR Kit

11:03 Oculus: Kickstarter connects us with developers 2

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