The Game Connect: Asia Pacific website has been updated with the date and location details of this years conference. GCAP07 will be held on the 15th of November till the 17th and will be rotated this time to the city of Sydney Melbourne. Kotaku reports that the Game Developers Association (GDAA) will pair up with the old eGames expo to provide an industry conference and gaming expo that will cater to those interested in game development as well as games.
From the Game Connect website:
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Screenplay has an interview with the senior designer of Bioshock, Joe McDonagh, who happens to be from Irrational Games Canberra. There hasn't been much heard from the Canberra arm of Irrational Games since Tribes: Vengeance, so it's great to finally hear what they're currently up to...
Joe, many thanks for your time. Could you please start by explaining Irrational Australia's role in developing BioShock?
It's been all hands to the pump on this game and everyone in the Canberra and Boston…
Nintendo Europe has announced that it has nabbed Australian actress, Nicole Kidman, to be part of a promotional campaign for "More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?", the sequel to the Brain Age series of games on the Nintendo DS. Nicole will be appearing in print and television all across Europe, encouraging people of all ages to keep their brain in shape. NIntendo commented that they chose the oscar winning actress for her elegance and wide mainstream appeal, but hey,…
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You've played match three -- now play match thirty!
Wildfire Studios today announced the launch of their new casual game, Jungo?, a unique action puzzler. This is the latest landmark release from the creators of the bestselling Tumblebugs.
Introducing the all-new Mega Match?, Jungo challenges players to use their keen eye for color and quick reflexes to make huge color groups and help Chase the cheetah save his animal friends from the clutches of his arch nemesis, the evil…
(from AustralianGamer)
With the upcoming re-launch of the Australian Gamer website, we're also looking to once again expand our talented team of writers.
As a member of the team, you will be responsible for reviewing upcoming games, contributing to the community forums, giving input on the site projects, and covering gaming events in your area.
Please don't apply unless you have good writing skills and can write polished, entertaining copy.
Please don't apply if you have no current gaming…
The recent announcement of the one million dollar Project Joystick competition, organised by Telstra BigPond and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), was quickly followed by some negative reactions as readers noticed the terms and conditions of entry which relinquished finalists of intellectual property rights or discovered that the competition did not offer any real further participation in the game development process. To add to the confusion, popular gaming blog Kotaku had…
There's an interesting article over at local technology site, smarthouse.com.au, on the extraordinarily high failure rate of the Xbox 360 console. Smarthouse has received a lot of complaints about Microsoft's gaming machine going belly up, with many owners receiving the dreaded "red rings of death" not long after their one year warranty had expired. One hapless customer recounted the harrowing process of returning their console for repair, only to receive a refurbished (and not quite as clean…
Doctors in the USA are pushing to have "video game addiction" listed as a psychiatric disorder, in order to raise awarness and enable sufferers to be able to use their medical insurance to pay for treatment.
The article focuses on a case wherby an American teenager was transormed over two years, from an outgoing, academically gifted teen into a "reclusive manipulator", who flunked 10th grade. The boy was apparently addicted to World of Warcraft, and would play for several hours a day. The…
Majesco, hoping for the same success it had with Cooking Mama, are working with Melbourne developer Torus Games on their latest DS project Zoo Hospital.
Zoo hospital allows players to diagnose and treat more than 40 different species of birds, mammals and reptiles. Using the touch screen and stylus, players interact through a series of mini-games which allow them to do such things as administer injections, apply ointment, bandage appendages, pull teeth and x-ray organs.
Zoo Hospital is a fun…
It's official. The figures are in, and the Nintendo Wii has claim of the "fastest selling console in Australian history" title, with 100,000 units sold in six months and two weeks. Gamespot AU reports that it beat the previous record held by the Xbox 360 which had taken roughly seven months to sell the same amount. Hey, it didn't seem that long ago (E3 2005 to be exact) that most people had little hope for the new Nintendo console.
Hey, do you want to hear an interesting story? I bought a Wii…
