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31 January

16:45 Microsoft 'phasing out' XNA development framework 3

16:20 TIGA: Policy makers must raise maths standards

15:33 EA shelves Medal of Honor 1

14:44 Develop Studio Sales Charts: January 1

13:36 Casual Connect Europe early bird ends tomorrow

13:13 Wii U expanding third-party dev range with HTML5 1

10:35 First Touch Games claim victory at Develop Quiz 1

08:24 Games a bigger problem than guns, says Senator 11

08:02 Digit raises $2.5m for cross-platform games

07:09 Steam Box competing with Apple, not consoles

06:27 Riccitiello: Game violence about perceptions 2

30 January

15:50 BlackBerry 10 launches with mobile gaming ambitions 2

15:18 Full Havok engine suite comes to Wii U

14:09 Computer science introduced to English Baccalaureate

13:50 Warren Spector saddened by Junction Point closure

13:14 Develop 100 returns in March with Critics' Choice list

12:05 Perforce joins the Linux Foundation 1

12:00 Creating great apps for children 1

11:17 UE3 tech demo Epic Citadel gets Android release 1

10:05 GungHo acquires Grasshopper Manufacture

09:56 Last chance for Game Connection America discounts

08:54 Apple unveils 128 GB iPad

08:33 Design chief Brian Reynolds leaves Zynga

07:55 Gameloft closes India studio 2

29 January

17:45 Disney closes Epic Mickey studio Junction Point 1

17:28 Tiga confident EU will ratify UK games tax relief

15:50 Google to give 15k Raspberry Pis to UK schools

15:45 Poor computing education widening UK skills gap

14:19 Wargaming splashes $20m on console developer 1

13:28 Cliff Bleszinski to return 'when the dust settles'

12:39 Could the EU be UK tax breaks' ultimate hurdle? 1

12:24 Kickstarter stretch goals 'are total bullshit' 2

11:20 Kabam revenues exceed $200m

11:03 Kiss senior team named

10:52 GDC adds ZombiU and Ghost Recon to narrative summit

06:25 Rare veteran George Andreas joins Sony

05:07 Crytek snaps up Vigil devs for new US studio

28 January

17:38 V&A museum opens first ever game design residency 1

16:40 Remaining in the EU 'important for UK developers' 3

15:56 Wii U players criticise Virtual Console 50Hz ports

13:00 Redundancies hit PlayStation All-Stars developer

12:56 China considers lifting console ban

11:50 Tim Berners-Lee: Coders can do incredible things 3

11:05 Heavy Rain composer passes away

10:15 Game incubator Execution Labs picks first five devs 1

10:14 JJ Abrams and Gabe Newell to headline DICE

08:48 Disney considering stance on violent content

08:30 THQ Montreal workers happy about purchase

07:39 Trion partners with XLGames

05:58 California Senator tells gamers to 'quiet down' 4

25 January

15:28 Apple selling 800,000 iOS devices a day

14:26 Funcom to shut down Beijing studio

13:54 Ouya controller gets redesign ahead of release

12:58 Sega 'reinforcing PC development' with Relic buyout

11:39 Develop Quiz - Just one place left

11:29 Xbox revenues fall by $1bn 2

10:52 Rubin: No Vigil Games bid 'a travesty' 1

10:14 THQ back catalogue to be sold separately

24 January

15:19 Double Eleven opens publishing wing

15:16 Platinum Games boss 'would love to buy Darksiders'

15:14 Microsoft introduces Windows Phone 7.8 SDK

14:46 Zynga and TinyCo lead line-up for GDC F2P summit

12:52 Registration begins for Make The Game dev contest 1

12:10 Microsoft Points 'damaging' for Japanese XBLA devs 1

11:10 Sony planning PSN hack fine appeal

10:35 Ubisoft acquires new THQ Montreal IP 1666

10:25 Sony slapped with £250,000 fine for PSN hack

09:03 Vigil team faces worst after THQ auction 1

08:46 DeNA joins Entertainment Software Association

23 January

20:50 THQ dissolves as assets get stripped off

16:00 Unite 2013 dated

15:35 Oculus hires former Activision SVP as COO

15:18 Nintendo reveals new 3D Mario and Zelda Wii U games

14:00 Geomerics opens Vancouver office

12:47 Ex-Studio Liverpool veterans form Sawfly

12:00 Is 2013 the year of the affordable smartphone? 1

11:22 Amazon introduces microtransactions to App Store

10:56 THQ Relic studio head jumps ship for Activision

10:33 Tim Schafer to keynote Nordic Game 2013

07:34 Paradox launches web store

06:54 Nader calls games 'electronic child molesters' 2

06:08 South Park a potential snag for THQ auction

22 January

17:39 Minecraft sales reach 20 million milestone

15:23 Creative England invests in Caperfly

14:42 Blizzard to discuss next-gen photorealism at GDC

12:00 Poor Vancouver tax breaks 'disheartening' for devs 8

10:59 Temple Run 2 rushes to 20 million downloads 1

10:36 Dare to be Digital 2013 applications open

07:06 DeNA teams up with Nexon

06:14 Report: Next Xbox specs leaked 1

21 January

16:26 PS4 will launch after next Xbox, suggests Sony CEO

15:42 SimCity enters the classroom as educational tool

15:22 Last week for Game Connection Selected Projects

14:46 Angry mob descends on Diablo III director's goodbye message 1

13:09 Jonathan Ross: Game industry has inferiority complex

11:55 EA exec: Sexism isn't what's holding us back 7

11:00 Substantial layoffs hit Gas Powered Games

10:16 Atari files for bankruptcy

18 January

15:26 Creative England awards £100k to Remode

14:40 Report: PS4 abandoning DualShock controller 5

13:10 Storytelling 'must advance' to keep up with mo-cap

11:58 Ex-Konami Europe boss heads to Capcom

11:49 Valve launches Steam Guides

11:15 Codemasters enacts layoffs 1

10:46 Video: Emotional return home for jailed Bohemia devs 2

10:03 Diablo III game director steps down

08:48 Sony to sell US headquarters for $1 billion

08:05 Schilling to sell 'bloody sock' to pay debts

07:35 Bill attempts to make ESRB law

17 January

17:11 Crytek opens Istanbul studio

15:12 Report: PS4 50% more powerful than next Xbox 13

14:06 Creative England invests in mobile dev Atomicom

12:35 Dice+ to shake up digital board games market

12:16 Gambling firm Betable snaps up former Zynga exec 2

11:45 Halo 4 and ACIII writers nominated in WGA Awards

10:57 Bungie to open up on Destiny at GDC 2013

10:20 GitHub surpasses three million users 2

08:26 HoN developer S2 doubles staff

07:55 Educational developer E-Line opens two new studios 1

06:17 Obama calls on Congress to fund games research

16 January

15:30 Casual Connect Europe returns next month 1

14:00 Game industry worth $83bn by 2016, research claims 1

13:32 HTML5: What does 2013 hold?

11:39 New social game dev Tsumanga opens in Scotland

11:07 Mobile game accelerator launches in Australia 1

10:44 Disney takes on Skylanders with Disney Infinity

10:07 PlayJam hires ex-PopCap director as head of games 1

09:36 Nintendo merging console and handheld hardware teams

08:28 Valve to give GDC talks on Virtual Reality

07:42 Industry outraged by Dead Island Riptide statue 1

07:22 Kabam acquires Exploding Barrel 1

06:28 Games absent from Biden's gun violence report 1

15 January

15:37 Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 dev contest 1

15:00 Imprisoned Bohemia developers released on bail

14:23 ChangYou launches online F2P platform Gamiction

14:09 Violent game publisher releases NRA shooting app 2

12:34 Redundancies hit Zumba Fitness publisher Majesco

11:39 SWTOR limits same-sex relationships to one planet

11:03 FTL and Spec Ops: The Line talks coming to GDC

10:29 Dungeon Siege dev begins $1m Kickstarter campaign

14 January

15:54 Next Xbox and PS4 to be unveiled near GDC, claims report

15:20 Gearbox rejected chance to develop Call of Duty 1

12:20 Pinewood Studios opening 'game school'

11:12 Dust 514 entering open beta

10:38 Report: PS4 and next Xbox to launch this year

09:51 PS4 reveal could come before E3, teases Sony exec

08:15 Video: Biden says games aren't being singled out

07:15 PC and living room divide is illusory, says Newell

06:39 Blizzard raises $2.3m for Hurricane Sandy relief

11 January

16:49 Trip Hawkins' new London studio teases first game

15:37 Skylanders amasses $500m in US

14:05 Develop Quiz - just a few places left

13:45 Double Fine connected to THQ assets auction

13:08 Snowman mobile game tops 1m downloads 1

12:26 GamesAid Elite auction makes over £7,000

10:47 Australia's first 18-rated game is Ninja Gaiden 3

10:30 Fork Particle debuts iOS SDK

09:58 Cage: 'Sequels kill creativity' 1

08:26 Layoffs and studio closures strike at Funcom

08:02 Violent games bill dies without a vote 3

07:32 Trade bodies urge Biden not to blame games

07:17 Swedish school makes Minecraft compulsory

10 January

16:32 Minecraft sold 15 million copies in 2012

15:29 Harrison on Piston and Shield: 'Hardware is a hard thing to do' 3

15:25 Microsoft brings in EA Origin UK boss Roger Walkden

15:12 Scott Henson joins Lionhead as head of operations

15:00 Phil Harrison lifts lid on Lift London

14:10 'Toxic' fan feedback worsening, says BioWare writer 5

12:19 VIDEO: IllumiRoom projects games into living room

11:36 Fishlabs expands dev team with four new hires

10:43 Jagex swoops in to find jobs for 19 Eurocom devs 1

08:23 Industry leaders to meet with Joe Biden

07:59 Connecticut town scraps plan to destroy games

07:25 Valve ponders mobile hardware

9 January

17:22 Report: $99 iPhone in the works 1

15:32 CCP merging Dust 514 and Eve Online servers tomorrow

13:38 Dyson: UK govt 'obsessed' with glamour of gaming 2

12:42 Two new hires grow UK indie Dakko Dakko

12:16 Microsoft sells 60 million Windows 8 licenses

11:42 Nintendo 3DS shifts ten million units in Japan

11:04 Steam Workshop devs making up to $500k a year 3

10:20 Games amassed $83 million on Kickstarter in 2012 1

10:00 Top technologies for 2013

09:23 EA founder Trip Hawkins opens London studio

08:08 Vita 'trending behind in certain territories' 1

06:59 Newell confirms Valve-built Steam Box

8 January

17:35 Poor showing for UK indies as US dominates IGF awards 11

12:26 DayZ standalone delay due to 'groundbreaking' changes

11:49 BoaCompra opens up Brazil market to European devs

11:22 Apple refuses game based on Syria civil war 1

10:18 Valve's Steam Box gets CES reveal 1

08:09 Ouya game jam offers $45k in prizes

02:57 Report: Wizarbox declares bankruptcy 3

7 January

20:55 THQ to be sold off 'title by title'

15:18 Report: PS4 announcement coming in February 5

14:54 Game Connection America opens call for speakers

13:05 Ex-Rare veterans form mobile studio Flippin Pixels

12:28 Develop's salary survey ends today 1

11:29 Nvidia amps up cloud gaming with Grid

11:05 Report: Valve to unveil Linux-based PC this year 1

10:00 Nvidia to launch Android-powered portable console 1

09:58 Supercell raking in $1 million a day 1

07:42 Code Hero backers demand update

07:16 American McGee heads to Kickstarter

06:30 Steam survey shows Linux gains

05:48 Warner Bros ponders THQ bid

4 January

17:25 Dad makes son a game for Christmas using UDK 3

15:20 Easier iPhone piracy threatens developers

15:00 Jagex claims 'most successful year' despite late financial report 16

13:12 Gas Powered ends Age of Empires Online support 1

12:19 War Z server attacked in wake of user criticism

11:26 Super Hexagon maker abandons RPG and its spin-off 1

11:09 'Game design for everyone' tool hits Kickstarter

10:28 Wolverhampton graduates form mobile studio

10:21 Luminous engine remains exclusive to Square Enix

08:41 Citadel Investment Group buys 6% of Take Two

07:31 Lenders move to block THQ bankruptcy

07:06 Sony patent targets pre-owned games

3 January

16:38 En Masse Entertainment appoints new CEO

15:31 Infographic: Angry Birds downloaded 30m times over Xmas

14:05 Ubisoft ramps up Abu Dhabi recruitment drive

13:00 Are you paid enough in 2013?

12:25 Nearly two billion apps downloaded over Christmas

11:44 Kim Swift's rallying call against industry sexism 9

11:00 Dev: I'll quit 3DS if piracy gets bad 2

10:51 FuturLab hires new head of technology

10:14 Elite Dangerous hits funding goal with days to go

10:05 Microsoft acquires R2 Studios

09:40 Microsoft teases next-gen Xbox with E3 countdown

07:18 Same-sex romance heading to Old Republic

06:49 Connecticut town to destroy games 7

06:21 THQ suffers NASDAQ delisting

2 January

16:03 War Z creator apologises to players

15:31 UK Govt launches microsite for games tax relief

15:05 Valve: Low latency fundamental to virtual reality

12:52 EA to shutdown servers for various sports titles 1

12:42 Indie hit Fez going multi-platform

12:25 3D interaction middleware OpenNI gets key upgrade

12:10 PlayJam takes on Kickstarter with Android console

11:40 Zynga cans PetVille and Mafia Wars 2

11:40 Eidos Montreal making Tomb Raider multiplayer

10:54 World of Tanks goes live in South Korea

10:50 Sony ends PS2 production in Japan

10:26 IGDA names Kate Edwards as executive director

10:15 TERA goes free-to-play in the Far East

09:46 Zynga Japan closes doors 3

09:45 Ian Livingstone made CBE in New Year Honours

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