Rob Davis is a game designer who cut his teeth on Ty, The Tasmanian Tiger 3 and Destroy All Humans! 2. He's currently at Pandemic Studios in Brisbane working on an undisclosed next-gen title. AustralianGamer has nabbed him for an interview, finding out how he got started in the industry, the positives and negatvies of working in games, and Rob provides some helpful advice for those looking to get their foot in the door...
(Rob) Get your hands dirty with something. We just hired a really great…
I've been a frequent visitor to AusGamers for yonks, right back when they had white copy on black pages. Yeh, it was pretty hard on the eyes after a while. This must've been around seven years ago! I've noticed over the weekend that they've had a major design update and it looks very fresh and clean. Check 'em out!
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AusGamers 'new look' website to offer a new world of gaming to Australian gamers!
MELBOURNE - Monday 12 May, 2008 – Following months of development, much loved…
Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2008 Call for Papers
Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA), the organisers of the Games Connect: Asia Pacific (GCAP 08) in Australia, have announced that GCAP 08 will be held in Brisbane, Queensland from 19- 22 November 2008 at the Hilton Hotel Brisbane.
GCAP also wishes to Call for Papers for the 2008 conference and trade display, with speaker submissions being accepted from now until June 6th from international and domestic leading industry members of the…
Renowned local gaming journalist, Jason Hill, has written a feature up for Digital Life on women in gaming. Jason looks into the growing interest in gaming by females, and the game market which mostly neglects them. Also making it into the feature are a few female game developers who share their thoughts on getting more females into the local games industry, of which men take up a 95% majority, through the "Women in Games" group...
Eve Penford-Dennis, an art tutor at the Academy of Interactive…
Some interesting news from Autodesk who have two more acquisitions under their belt. Some of you more knowledgable 3D modellers may be aware of Realviz. They're pretty well known for their tools that create 3D objects from photo imagery, amongst other things. Pretty clever stuff. Speaking of clever, Kynogon, copany behing the Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware solution that's being used in Alone in the Dark 5, Crackdown, Fable 2, has also been snapped up by Autodesk. You can read the…
Press Release
Don't miss out on the chance to see your name up in lights at this year's EnhanceTV ATOM Awards!!
MELBOURNE - Friday 2 May, 2008 – Each year the ATOM Awards recognise excellence in over thirty categories of Film, Television, Animation, Multimedia and Electronic Games and celebrate the very best of Australian and New Zealand product.
Each year, the ATOM Awards are open to the education and industry sectors, students, production companies, independent filmmakers, educational bodies…
Has the Wii become the platform of choice for local developers? It might seem so, if the number of news items on released or impending titles I've been seeing is of any indication. The growing list includes Krome's Star Wars Unleashed, Sidhe Interactive's Speed Racer, Blue Tongue's De Blob, THQ Studio Australia's Avatar: The Last Airbender - Into the Inferno, and here's Torus Games with another the Wii title, Zoo Hospital.
The game is looking great, and to see more screenshots, head on over to…
If there's anything Adelaide's Champagne for the Ladies and Kukan Studio can learn from the aftermath of "Coolest Girl In School", it's that a little bit of controversy can pay off. The tongue-in-cheek mobile game aimed for teenage girls caused a fair bit of outrage from groups such as The Family Association for its risque content, but also got the chins wagging from journalists, academics and bloggers worldwide. A great plus for the South Australian collaborated title was that it was actually…
Speed Racer, the game, has been released! The Wii version which was developed by New Zealand developers, Sidhe Interactive, looks phenomenal!! Totally dig the unique colourful art style of the tracks, and thankfully they didn't borrow too heavily from the Wipeout series of games. Sidhe seem to be quite the competent developer for arcade racing games, and it looks like they've done this title justice. It's still quite early days for reviews to come in for Metacritic, but Speed Racer for the Wii…
Film Victoria have a batch of internship opportunities at various game, animation, and media companies based in Victoria! Current internship opportunities exist for:
3D Modeller/Animator, 3D Animator, Digital Artist, Animator & Compositor, Programmer, and Flash/Action Script Developer.
To apply to any placements, you need to complete and submit an Internship with a Company application form to Film Victoria by 9th May 2008 (this Friday, so be quick!). Application forms and all details are…
