Let's cast our minds back to the year 2007 when an anonymous blogger called Surfer Girl came out of nowhere and made an enormous splash by claiming to have insider knowledge on games that were secretly in development. And in 2007, there was no other game more secret that Team Bondi's L.A Noire. Even though it had been in development for two to three years prior, neither Team Bondi nor its founder, Brendan McNamara, had yet conducted interviews or released any press information regarding L.A…
Alex has worked for Universal Studios, THQ, Rare, Microsoft, Games Workshop, Fantasy Flight Games, and more!
He draws sci-fi and fantasy creatures, landscapes and surreal vistas. He is known for his speed painting abilities and loose style that remains somehow detailed.
This Tuesday he will be taking requests and drawing LIVE at the Mana Bar!
When: Monday, 9th of May, 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Where:
The Goody
75 Goodwood Road
Following the runaway success of the first ARGGGH, we're holding another one! Please invite anyone either active in the game development industry, or those who want to be involved.
This is primarily a networking event - a great chance to get to know others in the industry and to have a few drinks with like minded lunatics.
We'll be in the front bar, closest to Goodwood Road, spilling out into the beer garden if there…
Although Electronic Arts did not disclose how much they paid to acquire prominent Melbourne based games development studio, Firemint, during their announcement yesterday, it hasn't stopped tech industry investors and analysts from estimating how much the deal was worth.
The Sydney Morning Herald has an article containing the speculations of various tech industry sources on how much EA paid for Firemint, basing their estimations on the employee size of Firemint to how much the studio was turning…
Announced today, publishing giant, Electronic Arts will be acquiring leading Melbourne based mobile games developer, Firemint, for an undisclosed amount. The Flight Control and Real Racing developer will become part of Electronic Arts Interactive (EAi) once the agreement is finalised within the next four weeks.
From the announcement...
"The Firemint team is remarkable for its critical and commercial success," said Barry Cottle, Executive Vice President and General Manger of EA Interactive. "…
Freeplay, the Australian independent games developer conference held in Melbourne, is making a call out for additional volunteers, support, and assistance as they ramp up for what looks to be an even bigger event coming this August. They are specifically after:
Speakers and Sessions
"We’re also very interested in alternative structures for presenting. Obviously we’re keeping lectures and panels and workshops, but we’d also like to incorporate playful sessions or microlectures or anything…
Ok, listen here folks. The people over at DinoRoar are looking for a few good people for a whole bunch of positions for their Sydney-based mobile games focused company. They're wanting some beta iPad testers in particular. Here's their exact message below, and the following link below will take you to the DinoRoar website where you can check them out and contact them for further correspondence.
Expanding Our Team/ Pitch Your Game Idea/ And Some Updates!
We're expanding our team! We're looking…
Does anyone remember the video below of a project by some students over in Germany of a full-body motion controlled Fruit Ninja inspired game, uploaded late last March?
It certainly got many a Fruit Ninja enthusiast's tongue wagging on the potential of a much more capable XBox360 Kinect version of their favourite fruit slicing game.
Well, it looks like Fruit Ninja developers, Halfbrick Studios, have been quietly working on just that. However, the only reason why anyone why's about it is…
When: Wednesday, 11 May. 7pm - 10pm
Location: Thai Garden Restaurant - Downstairs @ The Bank Hotel, beside Newtown Station
It's been a while! Time to catch up.
There's a lot moving & shaking in Sydney's indy scene right now, and some big announcements in the next couple of months.
Very soon IGDA Sydney will have a new venue for bi-monthly show & tell - an open forum where all are welcome & encouraged to demo skills, projects and share knowledge!
Do you grok "commodore 64" ?
Ken ye "…
Of the 77 million PlayStation accounts that were compromised from Sony's PlayStation Network last week, roughly 600,000 of those belong to Australian gamers. That's 65 percent of the 1.15 million Australian PlayStation3 owners who are registered on the network that are now at considerable risk of identity or credit card theft, security experts are warning.
The Sydney Morning Herald and the Herald Sun were quick to gather the thoughts of security experts following Sony's recent admission that…
