Amidst the latest push for Government support by the Games Industry Association of Australia (GDAA), Gamespot AU has conducted an interview with GDAA president, Tom Crago on the what the GDAA exactly wants from the federal Government and how it would benefit the local games industry...
GS AU: What sort of rebate are you asking for?
TC: The last federal budget saw the announcement of a terrific new program for Australia's film, television, and post-production industries. It essentially allows…
Auran has announced that the million dollar prize pool for Fury Challenge has now been increased to $2 million dollars! For more details, please read the press release below...
Also worth checking out is WarCry.com's brief discussion with Auran CEO, Tony Hilliam, on the system requirements for Fury, the sweet spot for the number of players, how word of mouth and free trials is planned rather than an expensive marketing blitz, as well as the Fury Challenge ...
"Fury is a game, Fury Challenge is…
Yes, it's another article about the Games Developer Association of Australia (GDAA) calling for more Government support, at IGN. While I'm sure you guys know the entire deal about the lack of support our industry receives from the Government and the GDAA's push for support, the article does provide some interesting info on how largely supported countries like Canada and China are thriving in game development.
Mike Fegan, recently CEO at IR Gurus, describes the help that the Chinese games…
Team Xbox have scored themselves half a dozen hi-resolution screenshots of Edge of Twilight, a third-person action/adventure game in development at Fuzzyeyes Studios. From the Edge of Twilight website...
Edge of Twilight is a third-person action adventure game developed for the PC and Xbox 360 platforms presenting a unique post-apocalyptic, steampunk fantasy world that has been split into separate realms of Day and Night. Take the role of Lex, an outcast bounty hunter who finds himself caught…
Here are the details for the WIGI mixer on the 20th october
Women in Games International mixer
AB hotel
mezzanine level
crn of Glebe point Rd and Bridge rd
Glebe
Sydney
2037
7pm
Thanks to all our sponsors we have complimentary food and drink on the night
Team Bondi
TAFE-Enmore Design Centre-3D animation Department
GDAA-Games developers association Australia
AIE-canberra
Autodesk Australia
also thanks to Ubisoft for donation of some great Ubisoft products to give out on the night (if you have a…
Red Mile Entertainment has released a press release today announcing that Mike Fegan, Chief Executive of the recently acquired IR Gurus, will be joining Red Mile Entertainment as "head of international publishing"...
(press release)
SAUSALITO, CA -- 09/10/07 -- Red Mile Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: RDML) ("Red Mile"), a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, today announced that Mike Fegan has joined the Company as head of international publishing. In this role…
Now, we know Irrational Games Australia / 2K Australia had a little hand in developing BioShock, and it looks like they can look forward to working on it some more! From the same Take Two conference call that revealed the delay for Team Bondi's L.A Noire, comes news that BioShock will receive a follow up. BioShock sales have been so good that a sequel was warranted, with Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick touting some impressive numbers during the conference call. From Shacknews...
Another…
Kotaku has found out that Team Bondi's L.A Noire has been delayed, from nosing through publisher Take-Two's financial conference call details released today.
L.A Noire has been pushed out of Take Two's 2008 fiscal year release schedule, and will make headway on the Playstation 3 sometime in 2009. The comments at Kotaku suggest that there is still a possibility for a 2008 Christmas release of L.A Noire since Take Two has a peculiar fiscal year ending in November, while others have commented…
It was announced last week that Kwari was a licensee for the BigWorld Tech for their online first person shooter. More news today from Worthplaying.com reveal that Kwari is actually a title that has been in development at Micro Forte Canberra since mid last year...
Steve Wang, Head of Studios for Micro Fort? commented, "We're really excited by the recent announcement of Kwari and even more so to announce our involvement in bringing this unique game title to the table."
"Working on Kwari has…
The next Dissecta event will be taking an in-depth look at creating and commercialising, one of the less well known game industries in Australia - DVD board games.
While it doesn't usually enter people's minds, the video game industry co-exists closely with the board game industry. As video games have been growing and establishing their credentials as mainstream family entertainment, the board game industry has also been growing, partly due to a European renaissance spurring game design and…
