Are you game?
We know you’ve been hard at work and we can’t wait to see your latest and greatest games projects. Send us your most recent game sequences, cinematics, and still imagery created with Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, and Mudbox for our upcoming GDC 2008 show reel. Let the games begin!
The submission deadline for GDC Showreel is January 18th. The details are on this link www.autodesk.com/gdc2008call. HD is our preferred format but all details are included in the format…
We've had various insights into where Auran went wrong last year, from Auran CEO, Tony Hilliam, and Lead Designer, Adam Carpenter, as well as various comments on Sumea, and now Doolwind has added his thoughts at his blog.
As an Auran Developments employee, Doolwind saw many problems first hand before he resigned, with complaints including Auran not listening to its employees, not retaining the great talent and teams that were on board, and putting too many eggs in one basket. From Doolwind's…
Sumea is proud to present another of the GCAP 07 presentations – The Pitching Process Today.
This was one of the first presentations to be held at GCAP 07 on the Friday and provided a frank and honest look at how big publishers look at game pitches, what they’re looking for, and what to expect.
The description of the presentation is as follows:
Understand the process of pitching your game concept and company to publishers today. Learn the various stages of the pitching process, which decision…
(Souri) : Verve - knowledge & skills (The Victorian Cultural & recreational Industry Training Advisory Board) has a survey up for anyone working in the film, television and games industry which will be used to spot any shortages and make improvements in training. If you can spare a minute or two, I highly encourage you to head on over there and fill in the survey.
Attention all people in the Screen Industry, we have a great initiative happening that you can be involved in.
1. Measuring…
A recent job listing at Gamasutra from Team Bondi has sparked some interest of late, with the job details listing the PS3 and Xbox 360 as platforms for the role leading some to believe that L.A Noire will be making headway to Microsoft's console.
This comes as a contrast to Surfer Girl's insider knowledge of L.A Noire, in which she states that "LA Noire definitely ain't coming to Xbox 360, the size of the game is an obstacle to this."
Could the larger install base of the Xbox360 as well as the…
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21 December 2007
The Australian Film Commission (AFC) and the ABC TV today announced the Good Game initiative, an exciting new game production opportunity to create a communally developed online game via ABC TV's Good Game program.
The Good Game initiative is the first of its kind in Australia and will provide a game developer with a unique chance to make a game prototype, which will be playable online via the ABC website.
Lori Flekser, Director of Film Development at the AFC…
Hi folks,
Our next video from the coverage we captured from the Game Connect: Asia Pacific 07 conference is the presentation from the Adam and Kirk from Pandemic Studios Brisbane. It was one of the most informative sessions at the conference, and is highly recommended viewing for artists and art/creative directors everywhere. Pandemic Brisbane have been very quiet of late, and pretty much all we know so far is that they ramped up a second team some time ago, and that they're working on two…
2K Boston/Australia ranked number 3 in Gamasutra’s Top 5 Developers of 2007 above BioWare and Bungie but behind Harmonix and Valve. Bioshock also ranked number 2 in the Top 10 Games of the year, only being beaten by the surprise hit of the year, Portal. Infinite Interactive’s Puzzle Quest, another surprise hit of 2007, just managed to make it into the number 10 spot.
One of the quietest hits of the year, Puzzle Quest's industry importance was felt in a number of ways, from truly establishing…
Hello.
This is Souri, and I have a New Years message.
I have a few hours to type up something interesting to sum up this year before I head off to prepare for my New Years celebrations of 2008, and at the moment I can really only come up with a few things I really want to talk about. These things are: Puzzle Quest, Auran, and Sumea.
The local games industry had an interesting year in 2007. We've had some incredible highs followed by some equally disappointing lows this year, and I'm sure you're…
Hi folks! I trust everyone is enjoying their Christmas and New Years break! Sumea is going on a small break as well, and we'll be back sometime after the new year with some exciting new announcements and happenings for the site. I'll also be writing my end of year waffle in a few days which I'm sure you all can't wait for. But in the meantime, please have a safe and joyous Christmas and New Years!
