GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo is the biggest event of it's type in the region. Last year 13,000 people attended the 3 day event.
This years GO3, runs from 1-4 October at the Perth Convention Exhibition centre. GO3 offers the biggest platform for companies to showcase, promote or sell products or services from the electronics or entertainment industries.
It includes...
· Home Entertainment
· Communication
· Electronic Games
· Audio/Music
· Computers
· Pop Culture
· In-Vehicle…
If you have an Xbox 360 with a Live Gold membership (Silver members will be able to grab this in a few days), then you can grab Ashes Cricket demo to check out the latest sports offering from Transmission Games.
Having checked out the screenshots, I have to say it doesn't look too bad! The player models look quite good and I can definitely recognise some of the players in there. The stadiums are great as I'm sure Transmission Games are well used to modelling those things by now.
Ashes Cricket…
Workshops, panels and lecture details for Freeplay 2009 are now available at the Freeplay website! Head on over there for what's in store for Australia's main indie development conference this year. From the Freeplay website:
With August 14 & 15 fast approaching, we're happy to announce some of the sessions taking place at Freeplay. With a new venue for the event this year, it's given us the chance to open up the program a little bit, with longer panels & workshops to fully explore the…
It appears that Edge of Twilight, Fuzzyeye's third person steam-punk themed RPG, is still going ahead, despite experiencing some legal issues with the title containing the word "Edge". It appears that having "Edge" as part of your game name crosses some trademark boundaries with Edge Games...
FUZZYEYES™ approached EDGE® Games several months ago, with the intent to resolve any issues arising out of both companies use of the mark "EDGE." Fuzzyeyes, developer of the game titled "Edge of Twilight…
A few years ago, we had the chance to interview Australian game development icon, Alfred Milgrom, and one of the things we asked him was what he would do differently if he could do it all over again at Melbourne House. Alfred paused briefly to give the question some serious thought, and replied that he wished his company was better prepared for the rapid expansion of staff. Management was not coping with employee numbers doubling every year to over one hundred and twenty eight.
That weakness at…
Firemint are taking a cautious approach with the new contender in the handheld market, the PSPgo, as a game development platform. Sony's latest gaming gadget is set to take on the iPhone and Nintendo dsi, although it seems Sony may find it tough getting independent developers on board for it.
In an article featured at Gameindustry.biz, Firemint CEO, Rob Murray, talks about the differences in the games expected for the PSPgo compared to what's on the iPhone, and expresses some concerns on the…
Hi guys, I received this email today from a parent, and I'm hoping to get some good answers for the person enquiring as we can understand it's a very important decision for anyone thinking about a career in game development. I'll be pointing this thread to them so they can follow up on any responses.
All feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Hi, thought you might be able to help. My son is going to be starting a uni degree next year and is wants to have a career in the gaming industry…
The New Zealand Herald has a story on game developer, Sidhe Interactive, labelling them a success story in these rocky economic times. There are some interesting insights on the company revealed in the article, most obvious is that Sidhe are New Zealand's most successful games company. They've been able to put on an extra 15 staff last year, putting the company above 100 employees.
They've also had an 50% increase in revenue in the past year, an amazing achievement which Sidhe have attributed…
Hi,
My name is Eric, Im in Year 12 this year. Im studying in Melbourne at Melbourne Grammar. I enjoy doing 3D arts, video editing and some Post-Production.
I work with Autodesk Alias Maya, i have been using Maya for a bit over 4 years now. I focus on rendering, lighting and material skills right now, as I wish to create a really realistic render. I mainly have done automotive models and some basic scene modeling.
My current work is a Mercedes Benz C63 AMG, which i have modelled from scratch in…
Paul Callaghan, the new co-director of Freeplay, has written a piece for the Your Turn segment of Screenplay on next months conference and what we can expect. Freeplay 2009, which is being steered by an entirely new committee this time round, aims to bring a new direction and a renewed enthusiasm for independent game development. From Screenplay...
(Paul) We want Freeplay to continue being a celebration of creativity and ideas. A lot is said about the business of making games, and there are…
