Gamasutra has a wrap up of the 2004 Australian Game Developers Conference, including an interview with Jason Rubin, co-founder and former president of Naughty Dog on increased production costs and the EA Spouse letter The article also writes about what was on display at the floor, and the developers awards festivities...
Attending the Australian Game Developers Conference is a bit like taking a trip back in time. Walking around the Melbourne Convention Center, it suddenly becomes obvious that the videogame industry in Australia is analogous, in many ways, to the U.S. videogame industry of ten years ago - a small development community, in which everyone seems to know one another by first name.
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