The Age has a great article on the games classification issue in Australia. It's a well researched and written summary of the situation in Australia, reporting on a study which found no real evidence to link games as an influence to violent behaviour, the governments unchanged stance on the need for an R rating for games, along with the GTA3 censorship debacle...
"The Australian Library and Information Association says the public wants change. "The research undertaken demonstrates no evidence…
Nocturnal Entertainment Australia announced today that it has entered into a joint initiative with the Melbourne International College to make 'Catapult Educational' available for two of its courses starting next semester.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for Nocturnal, giving us a foothold into the lucrative educational sector" says Nocturnal Entertainment CEO Michael Shamgar. "Catapult is a dream package for educational institutions. It is cheap, easy to use and attractive to students,…
Re-posted from the DLF:
Calling all Game Developers (Artists and Programmers), Perth
If you want to work as a game developer (artist or programmer) in Perth, you need to read this message. If you know anyone else who might be interested, please forward this message to them.
Perth is currently contending with other locations to secure a large-scale game development project. A significant number of jobs will be on offer if the company sets up its studio here. The project is likely to run for…
Micro Forte has a page scan of an article from Animation Magazine relating to the Australian game development scene up on their website. There's a variety of tidbits on everything about local game development, from government support, the thriving game education sector, a list of the biggest titles to come out of Australia which include games from the early days of Beam Software to the titles like Transformers (Atari Melbourne House) and Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger (Krome Studios) of today. The…
I didn't know games were being made for DVD players, but an Adelaide games company going by the name of Imagination Entertainment has scored a large licensing deal to produce games on them!
ADELAIDE based game company Imagination has secured a European licensing partnership it says will generate $US100 million ($145 million) in revenue over three years.
The 10-year partnership is with Hasbro Europe for licencing of Imagination's "DVD Game" titles, which can be played on a DVD player.…
A press release by Brisbane's Krome Studios reveals news on their two current game titles in development, and also of work underway on new titles aimed for the next gen consoles!
"Krome Studios, a leading independent developer that is known for creative excellence and technical innovation, is currently developing two video games, "King Arthur" (to be published by Konami Digital Entertainment ? America, division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., and Buena Vista Interactive, a publishing…
Submitted by noreha
X-fire version 1.1 released, Top-down/1st person shooter X-fire, was displayed at AGDC 2003 (received runner-up in the unsigned game indie division), and at Freeplay 2004. We received much positive feedback and many suggestions. We have released the latest version, 27/06/2004.
The demo is 45 meg, you can get it here:
http://www.lphpnl.com/downloads I have also posted in the Sumea forum, it would be great to see what responses we can get...
Please give us any feedback…
Continuing Support for Digital Media Fund $3 million allocation to Film Victoria's DMF programs
Film Victoria is pleased to announce that continued support of the Digital Media Fund (DMF) has been confirmed with a commitment of $3 million for DMF programs and initiatives.In an announcement earlier today, the Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson stated "We've already had success with work funded through the Digital Media Fund including the production of…
A video game programmer has sued the games arm of French media and telecoms company Vivendi Universal (V.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , claiming he and his colleagues were regularly forced to work extra hours and denied overtime pay.
The suit, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, is one of many filed against companies in the state in recent months, as employees seek to be classified as overtime-eligible to obtain compensation for working more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.
The…