FPS

Prophecy Games, a Canberra / Sydney based game developer, is seeking talented people to contribute mod-style work to our premiere Unreal 3 sci-fi action game "Under Pressure".

Gamasutra has finally got a post-mortem of BioShock, the FPS hit which was in part developed by 2K Australia. As usual with all post-mortems there, it's a great insight into the development scene behind projects, providing hindsights on what went right and wrong and what could have been done to better the process. The post-mortem also gives a greater understanding on how much the Australian team contributed to the blockbuster title. From Gamasutra...

The Warhammer game that THQ Studio Australia are working on now has a name and in-game footage to go along with it. It's called Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, and Gametrailers have some early in development build footage of it with a commentator walking through some aspects of the game. Warhammer fans are gonnna freak because it looks pretty awesome!

Apparently the demonstration wasn't meant for the public, but Gametrailers managed to make a mirror of it before the original source went down, so check it out while you can.

Mysterious industry insider and blogger, Surfer Girl, has been the source for many interesting game development related rumours and claims ever since her blog "Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars" roared onto the scene last year, and it seems she has got it right with a certain rumour about THQ Studio Australia working on a Warhammer 40,000 title.

Finding different and sustainable revenue streams for online games is definitely one tough cookie to crack. Auran is trying it with their now freely downloadable Fury title, but it seems to be the end for another Australian made online game.

Worthplaying.com have 20 new screenshots which showcase the Micro Forte developed online first person shooter called Kwari. As you know, Kwari sports the unique 'cash for bullets' subscription model, and you can read more about it at the page at Worthplaying.com ....

Now, we know Irrational Games Australia / 2K Australia had a little hand in developing BioShock, and it looks like they can look forward to working on it some more! From the same Take Two conference call that revealed the delay for Team Bondi's L.A Noire, comes news that BioShock will receive a follow up. BioShock sales have been so good that a sequel was warranted, with Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick touting some impressive numbers during the conference call. From Shacknews...

Screenplay has an interview with the senior designer of Bioshock, Joe McDonagh, who happens to be from Irrational Games Canberra. There hasn't been much heard from the Canberra arm of Irrational Games since Tribes: Vengeance, so it's great to finally hear what they're currently up to...

Dutch site J?rg Spielt has interview Irrational Games Australia's Joe McDonagh, senior designer on Bioshock. J?rg seems to be quite the fan of System Shock 2, drawing upon many similarities of the two games. But Joe quickly makes the point that Bioshock is something new to be amazed by, which is an easy reaction to what's becoming the most anticipated game this year.