During a meeting at the Games Developer Conference with Destructoid this week, Brisbane-based Halfbrick Studios has disclosed that they are bringing their 6+ million iOS selling game, Fruit Ninja, to the social gaming platform giant, Facebook. From Destructoid...
Called Fruit Ninja Frenzy, the game will utilize the same addictive swipe gameplay mechanics with some twists, including power-ups. Expect full leaderboard support, which means countless hours spent competing against Facebook friends,…
Any new game announcement from Firemint is always anticipated, given the high standard of quality titles from the Melbourne games studio and for the fact that they've only released two titles for the iOS devices so far since the launch of their original 2009 hit title, Flight Control. Firemint certainly haven't been sitting on their laurels, however, as they've been preoccupied since with the big productions and highly acclaimed titles of Real Racing and Real Racing 2, as well as the many…
Attention, New Zealand games developers. There is a new IGDA chapter being set up for your region!
IGDA chapters, steered by the fine efforts of volunteers, provide an invaluable service of building community, promoting local industry, providing support and guidance to members, and an avenue for the sharing of knowledge. If you're a New Zealander and you're a games developer, indie developer, student, or budding developer, be sure to join the New Zealand chapter of the IGDA.
They need 10…
AVCon is Adelaide's premier Anime and Video Games Convention. It is a non-for-profit event organised and run by a dedicated group of volunteers, known as Team AVCon. Founded in 2001, the convention has been held annually since 2002. AVCon will continue its traditional balance of recreational and educational gaming with the Indie Games Room. In this section of AVCon, you'll be able to meet some of Adelaide's upcoming game developers and try out their latest projects.
The Indie Games Room allows…
In collaboration with OpenFeint's Free Game of the Day, Flick Buddies is available to download for your Apple ios device, Free, for TODAY only.
Flick Buddies, developed by Brisbane indie studio, Bane Games, is a casual and frantically fun game with support for four player and single player mode.
Flick Buddies is so easy to play, you'll be battling in seconds with the simple flick of your finger. But don’t let the simplicity fool you! You’ll need to call upon all your skills to navigate the…
Reported by Kotaku AU, a THQ Australia producer whose game credits include the recently released de Blob 2, is making an appeal for assistance to help out her Aunty.
Jen Timms' 63 year old Aunt lost her accomodation and all her personal possessions due to the recent Christchurch earthquake disaster in New Zealand, so she has started a fund to help out. Her story is below...
My Aunty is 63 years old, and living on her own in Christchurch. She's always struggled financially and never had much…
New Zealand's top developers are joining forces in a show of support for the Christchurch quake victims. They've set up a site listing 33 locally developed apps, most of which are purchasable from Apple's App Store right now, and *all* proceeds from those titles with go directly to the New Zealand Red Cross.
There are some absolute gems in there. I highly recommend grabbing Bird Strike by Pik Pok, and Top Dog: Farmyard Adventures, but be sure to check everything else out.
The appeal will run…
Adam Rudd has written a timely blog piece providing encouragement to all those who are thinking of a career in games development. Consider this as a companion piece to Yug's uplifting "10 reasons why the future of the Australian Game Development Industry is looking AWESOME!" write up for AustralianGamer.
The local games industry has suffered a series of setbacks of late and it has undoubtedly caused a level of uncertainty for many students and game developer hopefuls from entering the field,…
When: 6:00 PM, Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Where:
Media Design School
242 Queen St Auckland
Who's hosting? sknightly
How to find us: Come up to Level 12
At the March Game Developer's Meetup we'll:
- 6.00 Arrive and mingle
- 6.15 Showcase: Gaming projects and news happening locally.
The Life Game Project
Ian Howard from the not-for-profit "Life Game Project" will tell us how LGP uses computer games to encourage life skills and positive lifestyle choices amongst disadvantaged youth.
The Life Game…
