Industry

Opposing funding for New Media

Thanks to Paul Callaghan from Freeplay for tweeting about this news feature that appeared at The Age a few days ago.

Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger making comeback on Facebook

It's been five years since we've had a Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger title, but it looks like Krome Studios is bringing the character back, albeit currently in Facebook form.

Endgame Studios utilising Google Wave for development

Anyone remember all the hype for Google Wave?

Being gay in the local games industry

Games development is renowned for being a widely male dominated industry, and ours is of no exception.

The GDAA officially announces new committee

The Games Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) have officially announced the new committee that will be steering the association to tackle the important challenges that currently face the

Tom Crago steps down from GDAA President role

The Games Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) has been experiencing some major restructuring of late, the start of which began with Tony Reed being appointed as the new GDAA CEO l

L.A Noire's MotionScan tech described as "Most Impressive Thing seen at E3"

There was some buzz around at E3 2010 held just a few weeks ago and it wasn't from any Microsoft or Sony presentation, nor was it even a game, yet it has the potential to revolutionize character anima

Steve Stamatiadis chats to Gamasutra about Blade Kitten and its influences

Gamasutra have a rather casual interview / conversation with Steve Stamatiadis, Creative Director at Krome Studios, about Blade Kitten as well as a whole lot of nostalgia f

Jumbuck Entertainment launches developer initiative

Jumbuck Entertainment is a company that perhaps isn't as well associated as many others to the local games development industry, but that may be about to change.

Firemint score two Apple Design Awards

I'm catching up on the news I've been meaning to post since I was away last week, so apologies in advance if you've heard (and I'm sure most of you have) of the following news items I will be posting