Sydney, April 12th 2005 - The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) have refused classification (RC) on Midway Games? NARC.
NARC is an in-depth, 3rd-person action/shooter video game set against a stylised modern-day backdrop of the War on Drugs. Playing in the elite NARC squad, players must rid the world of the powerful international K.R.A.K. drug cartel. Using deadly firepower and police authority, players will make the choice to play it straight or use and abuse narcotics to get…
Freelance Concept Artist
IGA is also looking for a Freelance Concept Artist who we can work with immediately until the full-time position is filled.
Please see the link below for detail son how to apply, and be sure to state that you are applying for the Freelance Position (it is not posted on the official job page)
http://www.irrationalgames.com/company/aus_jobs.cfm
Concept Artist
Irrational Games Australia is looking for a talented concept artist to work on an exciting new next-generation…
The latest Games Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) newsletter has been released today. This issue contains a game developers outlook on hiring in 2005, the GDAA at the game developers conference, and a tribute to Adam Lancman...
"Adam Lancman, President of the Game Developers' Association of Australia, passed away on the weekend 5th March 2005 aged 48. Adam presided over the GDAA from its formation in 1999, and was a passionate game industry leader, with an abundance of energy. Adam co…
(From the forum)...
Hi,
I'm starting up a mailing list for the IGDA Brisbane Student Chapter, for students and non-students who want to get into the games industry. It involves chapter suggestions for setup, and general dev discussion. If you're interested in joining the list send me an email through my Sumea profile email link.
Matt
Be one of the few to take part in this exciting adventure!
Saturday 9th April from 10am (Takes approx 90 min to play)
Cost $10 per team + SMS Costs
Registrations > ACMI Box Office 8663 2583
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne
Great prizes to be won: the team with the highest number of points will win a Nintendo DS (the latest groovy handheld game from Nintendo) and 5 x $100 vouchers from JB Hi-Fi.
"Rejected by her own world, Omega Carnega has…
With the popularity of broadband rising around the world, it's no surprise to see that electronic distribution of games is the next big thing. The concept behind the Phantom console is about games availability through broadband, and with Valve's recent success with their online delivery called Steam, other developers like 3DRealms have followed suit in to providesomething similar.
A little closer to home, Telstra has just announced their new GameNow service...
From AustralianIT...
TELSTRA…
CGOnline interviews the developers behind the affordable and impressive Reality Engine. The engine developer Artificial Studios mention the work of local developers, U-235 Studios, when discussing upcoming games utilising their technology...
"...there's only one title that we can currently discuss publicly. That's Retribution (deadlyretribution.com), being developed by U-235 Studios. They've had some good early press and a beautiful demo at the GDC, and from what we've seen of it, Retribution…
Submitted by IGDA
Ever wondered how good developers really are at games?
Is John Carmack the best at his Doom3? Is Tim Sweeny unbeatable at UT2004?
Be one of the few to challenge Brisbane's best at the IGDA's Developers vs Students LAN tournament!
We are looking for a side of 10 student warriors worthy enough to battle against a team of 10 developers in six rounds of two undisclosed games. If you think you have the skills, answer these three questions in an email and send along with your name…
There was only a brief message on the game's official message boards from associate brand marketing manager Guy Welch. "Development on the previously announced Tribes: Vengeance 1.1 update has been cancelled," he said. "No further updates to Tribes: Vengeance are planned."
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3139090
Yes, the Sumea Modeller Challenge #7 is here! The Sumea Challenge is a fine tradition for the site with some incredible entries in the past. It's fully supported by the industry, with talented Creative Directors, Art Leads, and artists from local developers such as Bullant Studios, Creative Assembly, Krome Studios, Blue Tongue, Irrational Games, and THQ Studios Australia (I'm sure I've missed a few) providing the judging and critic for all the entries.
In the past, we've had some fantastic…