South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, has announced that he is stepping down from his position to make way for "new blood" and to devote more time to family. Atkinson made the announcement this morning, according to Adelaide Now.
While Atkinson will remain in parliament until 2014, his enduring reign as the South Australian Attorney General and main road-block for the greatly needed R-18+ rating classification for games in Australia is now over.
Drop Spider have released the first 'work in progress' sneak peak of Golem Crusades at:
http://www.golemcrusades.com/videos.html#1
Golem Crusades is a direct follow-up to the Commodore 64 classic, Druid, and is making the transition to 3D using the Venom 3D Game Framework. It promises an arcade / real time strategy hybrid with you commanding multiple Golems over 16 levels.
Drop Spider Games was founded by Andrew Bailey in 2009, having left Tantalus (a game company he helped co-found) last year…
4 VISIONARIES IN SYDNEY, BOOK NOW! for this once in a lifetime event on Friday 19 March.
SYD MEAD - ROB COLEMAN - GRANT FRECKELTON - JASON BATH
LEARN FROM FOUR LEADING CREATIVE VISIONARIES WHO HAVE SHAPED BLOCKBUSTER FEATURE FILMS.
Join Syd, Rob, Grant and Jason for a one time discussion and Q&A at COFA this Friday 19 March.
Event Details
When: Friday 19 March
Time: 5.30pm registration. Session commences 6pm sharp.
Where: College of Fine Arts - Oxford Street & Greens Road, Paddington…
(posted on tsumea by Chris)
Hi everyone.
I want to make a call out to find out who’s out there in the local scene. I’m on the lookout to see who’s available for a project I’d like to get started midyear.
Project codename: Play-bit Heroes!
The proposal:
I’m currently writing an application to Film Victoria for a digital distribution funding due in mid April. The purpose of this funding is to kick start a medium scale indie game project. And while I can say with confidence we have bases covered…
A couple of quick unfinished images, I'd been consumed doing kids books so I'm starting to get back to unkids stuff.
and a cleanup of an old one .
Lach
http://lach-land.blogspot.com/
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Hi everyone.
I want to make a call out to find out who’s out there in the local scene. I’m on the lookout to see who’s available for a project I’d like to get started midyear.
Project codename: Play-bit Heroes!
The proposal:
I’m currently writing an application to Film Victoria for a digital distribution funding due in mid April. The purpose of this funding is to kick start a medium scale indie game project. And while I can say with confidence we have bases covered in design and code. We don’t…
Rockstar promised a big reveal on Team Bondi's L.A Noire in the March edition of Gameinformer, and it looks like someone was quite quick with the scan button as pictures of the magazine feature quickly spread around various gaming sites.
The interesting details revealed in the magazine are summarised below (from VGhartz), and if you're interested in the whole magazine feature (including a fair few new ingame pictures), click on through to gamegrep.com
- The largest and most detailed open world…
One of the few local studios experiencing healthy growth during the current industry downturn is New Zealand's Sidhe Interactive. If I can recall the last Game Connect:Asia Pacific, Sidhe were the only studio that I knew of who were actively hiring during the conference late last year.
Stuff.co.nz is reporting that Sidhe have put on yet another 20 employees this year, bringing the sum up to near 120 staff members. Not bad, considering it's been the bleakest period in the Australasian game…
"Ppl who make pretty pixels for a living."
What: Informational Meeting
Start Time: Wednesday, March 24 at 6:40pm
End Time: Wednesday, March 24 at 9:00pm
Where: COFA (College of Fine Arts, cnr Oxford St & Greens Rd) Paddington.
To see more details follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=381628941728
Come meet a variety of artists & designers involved in creating visuals for games.
- The evening begins in the lecture theatre with an exposé by a variety of games…
(Press release)
Game development studio Firemint was honored with four awards from leading handheld gaming web site Pocket Gamer at a ceremony held at the annual Game Developers Conference last night.
Held in honor of mobile and iPhone games and developers, the Pocket Gamer Awards 2010 recognized winners in several categories as well as celebrating four years of Pocket Gamer coverage of the industry. Firemint received awards in four categories, including the coveted iPhone Game of the Year and…
