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IGN has an interview with The Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia (IEAA) about their latest report on our consumer games industry, providing more insights into their survey on Australian gamers, as well as the $1 billion figure the industry generated.
The interview gets most interesting when the discussion changes to games classification, where Chris Hanlon, CEO at the IEAA, talks about actively pursuing the R rating for games...
Chris Hanlon: Well, our President, John Watts and…
Next Wave's Free Play is back at ACMI with a day-long program packed with lectures and workshops exploring the world of independent gaming and more.
Keynote speaker this year is Jonathan Blow (USA), who will discuss his landmark game Braid, and the practicalities involved in shaping an idea into a good prototype.
Robert J Spencer (Interzone) will give the Australian keynote lecture on the paramount importance of independent games, and how they are crucial to the gaming industry as an art form.…
Games Developer Association of Australia (GDAA) has made good on their word to pressure the local Government on support for the local games industry. The GDAA is requesting the 40% investment rebate offered to the film industry to apply to the games industry as well.
The press release is below, followed by a copy of the letter to Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Helen Coonan and the opposition Minister Stephen Conroy...
(press release)
GDAA has called on the…
The Australian games industry, it's serious business.
Sure, we may be getting screwed over console hardware and software prices. Our exchange rate with the American dollar is something like .90, and whereas they pay $50 US for their games, we pay over $100 AU for ours. Go figure. But that hasn't hampered the enthusiasm for interactive games by Australians in the slightest. The Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia has announced some some exciting stats snatched from those GFK…
Gamespy has written up a preview of Krome's Hellboy: The Science of Evil on the Xbox 360 which was showcased at Comic-Con recently. There are some great insights into the combat elements of the game, as well as some tidbits on the co-op mode which can be played either online or via splitscreen. The article also reveals that Krome are hoping to include additional download episodes for Hellboy which will hopefully extend the lifetime of the title even further.
Gamespy did have some critique on…
Adelaide developer Silhouette Studios have released some videos of their up and coming Fantasy RPG, Tarien Flow.
The game is still in its early stages, and the videos show the games day/night cycle, some combat and a mini walkthrough of the town.
Tarien Flow is a single player RPG with some fresh and great ideas that we are currently keeping quiet about :) It is built on a modified TGEA using AFX.
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9:30am to 8:30pm
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
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Free Play caters for independent and DIY game developers, creatively frustrated professionals, game development students, digital artists and new media academics. Developed by the indie game community for the indie game community, Free Play provides the only forum for Australian…
A new video advertising Auran's online PvP focussed ORPG Fury takes a clever jab at other multi-player online RPG games that heavily consist of level grinding, such as the ever popular World of Warcraft and... well, the rest of them. In fact, if you are indeed a World of Warcraft player, it's highly likely that there's a pizza guy/girl making out with your significant other next door right now, if the video is to be believed. Of course, you're probably in the middle of a raid, so there's…
Gamespot AU broke the news last week that Sega is making a come back in Australia, leaving many with the lingering question "what the heck are they planning to do here?".
For the four tortured souls who asked that very question in our comments section, relief is at hand. Luke Plunkett, Associate Editor at Kotaku, made his way to the new offices of Sega Australia, which I am guessing isn't at the old Sega World at Darling Harbour, to ask them just that. Were they here to develop a super secret…
