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Game Connect 09: Heroes Over Europe - Post Mortem

Submitted by tsumea on Fri, 08/01/2010 - 3:39pm
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How Heroes Over Europe, the sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, blew its budget, slipped 18 months and sank a company

- Justin Halliday

Challenging times for employment in local games industry

Submitted by souri on Wed, 04/11/2009 - 11:59am
Thuyen Nguyen, previously a game designer from Transmission Games, has written an insightful piece for Screenplay's Your Turn feature, describing some of his personal disappointments and hardships as a local game developer that has been let go after a major studio closure. Finding another position has proven extremely difficult in the current downturn in the local industry for even someone with seven years of experience, and it has meant that Thuyen has had to enter another industry entirely for work...
Having spent almost three months looking for work in Mel

Transmission Games goes into receivership, sheds staff

Submitted by souri on Wed, 21/10/2009 - 2:39pm

The latest news is that Transmission Games, formerly IR Gurus, are closing up and have shed all staff.

Transmission Games let go a third of staff

Submitted by souri on Sat, 03/10/2009 - 12:22am

Transmission Games, formerly IR Gurus, have recently shed a third of their staff. Gameindustry.biz reports that the Melbourne studio is hitting some financial hardships and have had to let go of staff in a major cost cutting effort. 30 Transmission games employees, most of which were full-time programmers and Q&A staff, were shed from the company.

Ashes Cricket demo available on Xbox Live

Submitted by souri on Mon, 27/07/2009 - 3:12am

If you have an Xbox 360 with a Live Gold membership (Silver members will be able to grab this in a few days), then you can grab Ashes Cricket demo to check out the latest sports offering from Transmission Games.

Having checked out the screenshots, I have to say it doesn't look too bad! The player models look quite good and I can definitely recognise some of the players in there. The stadiums are great as I'm sure Transmission Games are well used to modelling those things by now.

Ubisoft to publish Heroes Over Europe

Submitted by souri on Sat, 04/07/2009 - 2:42pm

Over four months ago, Transmission Games severed all ties to their Heroes Over Europe publisher, Redmile Entertainment, due to breach of contractual obligations. Milestone payments weren't getting paid to the Melbourne studio developing the title, and Redmile was placing blame elsewhere.

Trasmission Games working on Ashes Cricket 2009

Submitted by souri on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 1:06am

Gamespot has reported that Transmission Games (formerly IR Gurus) is bringing cricket back to the masses. Not much has been heard from the Melbourne developers ever since the Heroes over Europe debacle, but it looks like Codemasters have got the Melbourne based developers busily working on a multi-platform cricket game called Ashes Cricket 2009.

Front-End/UI Flash Artist opening at Transmission Games

Submitted by souri on Fri, 27/03/2009 - 12:25pm

Transmission Games are seeking a Front-End/UI Flash Artist for maintenance and implementation of Flash generated menu systems for next-gen games title on Xbox360, PS3 and PC platforms. The design and creation of associated artwork will also be the responsibility of the Front End/UI Flash Artist.

Flashman Studios Adds Transmission Games to its Client Roster

Submitted by souri on Wed, 04/03/2009 - 12:10pm

San Francisco, California– March 03, 2009– Flashman Studios, a leading business management firm in the interactive entertainment industry, announced today that it has finalized an agreement with

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