It's amazing to read about the incredible expansions happening elsewhere in the games industry. The generous tax incentives that developers receive in Canada, for instance, has spawned these newly termed "Super Studios". Think Krome's 400 employees in three studios around Australia was impressive? Try THQ's 400 employees in one complex in Montreal, or the 800 capacity mega studio that Assassin's Creed producer, Jade Raymond, is heading up for Ubisoft Toronto.
It's been fairly common for big…
Thanks to Nnooo for tweeting about this as it's particularly substantial news for games developers (commercial as well as independent) based in New South Wales. Yes, N.S.W games developers certainly been starved of any form of Government support, and developers in this state have been sitting at the sidelines watching their counterparts in QLD and Victoria receive various forms of funding or dev equipment support for years while they receive none.
Well, Sydney developers, here's your chance to…
Bejeweled is a puzzle game phenomenom. Making over $500 million dollars in revenue for PopCap, it is one of the top 10 bestselling videogames of all time. It's also one of just two puzzle games that have been inducted into the Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame (the other is Tetris) and the Guinness World Records has Bejewled listed as "The Most Popular Puzzle Game Series of the Century."
Of course, when a game idea reaches this amount of success, it inspires a substantial number of copies and…
New local independant games developer, Defiant Development, have just released Rocket Bunnies for Android based mobiles. If you have not heard of Defiant Development, they're based in Brisbane and consist of ex-Pandemic Australia veterans. The idea for their Rocket Bunnies game came from one of their discarded 48 Hour Game Making Challenge ideas from 2009. The idea seems to have struck with the team, so much so that they've developed and polished it to completion.
There are a few games in…
The success of Firemint's Flight Control afforded the Melbourne games developer the funds and the time to develop and polish Real Racing for the iPhone. Real Racing featured social connectivity and offered gamers the ability to upload their replays to youtube, functionality that had not appeared in handheld gaming yet. It took a years worth of development and was known to be one of the most expensive iPhone titles made at the time.
It was released in June 2009 for $9.99 a pop in a market…
Bane Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Flick Buddies; an exciting physics based action title featuring finger-flicking fun for one to four players. Flick Buddies will be available for download on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Are you ready for an action packed game of...er...action?! Flick your crew of crazy characters past obstacles and into the goal to achieve the highest score. Use amazing abilities to outmanoeuvre and outwit your opponents. Select from four crazy…
Good news! Aussie App Sale 2010 is live, and just in time to help fulfil those app wishlists for the holiday season!
Aussie App Sale ’10 features a host of new Aussie made apps, with many more to be added throughout December. As well as the directory of featured apps, Aussie App Sale will feature app sales and development news from Australian iOS developers. Aussie App Sale ’10 features a great selection of Aussie games and apps for iPhone and iPad users.
Apps included in this year’s directory…
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE), an established Australian game education institution formed in 1996 and with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, has their sights set on overseas expansion with the opening of their first international location in North America.
The new campus in Seattle, described as a "a boutique operation, not a huge facility", will offer students a range of courses from digital media, game development, special effects and film production, and will…
- Trainz Lovers Of The World Rejoice! Get Your Fix Anytime, Anywhere. -
Australia: December 4, 2010
N3V Games is proud to announce the launch of Trainz iPad on the iTunes App Store.
Trainz Simulator for iPad includes everything you need to build and operate your own dream railroad. You’ll get God-Like, finger-tip controls to shift mountains, raise forests, fill lakes and create beautiful 3-D worlds. Then lay steel from horizon to horizon, allowing people and cargo to get where they’re going…
