Auran have now opened up the gates for beta testing of their Massively Multiplayer Online Third Person Slasher, Fury. A simple form could give you some early access to some good ol' fashioned violence, so sign up now!
In news that will most likely not interest too many fascinate and encourage inelligent debate for ProStreet racers everywhere, News.com.au reports that Krystal Forscutt is set to be lending her "talents" for the next iteration of the popular Need for Speed franchise entitled Need for Speed ProStreet. So who's Krystal, you may ask? She's the silicon enhanced brunette that entered the Australian Big Brother house last year. From News.com.au...
Representatives from international gaming company EA…
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Jason Hill has an interview up at Screenplay with Red Tribe CEO, Chris Mosley. The guys chat about why Chris left Blue Tongue (the game dev he helped co-found), how he is approaching game development with Red Tribe, and a whole heap about their new licensed game, Looney Tunes Acme Arsenal....
How did you score the Warner Bros deal?
It was a very difficult project to secure. It was a next-gen project, and we'd just started to put our technology together, we had something demonstrable and it was…
Computerworld.com.au has an article on the AIIA Borderless World Conference that was held just a few days ago. The panellists also talked about the problem of declining numbers in students enroling in IT, and skilled professionals making the move overseas. Co-founder and CEO of Auran, Graham Edelsten, had this to say about the games industry on the panel...
"Here we are in Australia, where our labour cost is so much higher," said Edelsten, who currently holds both director and chief financial…
From a journal of a girl who loves to cook comes this very awesome game related cake. It was made by uni student, Su-Yin, for a friend's housemate who happens to be an avid gamer that had a birthday coming up...
It always starts off with a sketch; which I was pretty happy with ... and began working on it 3 days ago. It does take many hours to painfully sculpt every little detail but the outcome usually is rewarding when more effort is put in.
Yes, this cake pic has been doing the rounds on the…
Qantm College was present at the inaugural Ballarat "Get into Games" event held at the old Minerals Exchange building last weekend. The event was organised by Martin Wilkes for the Ballarat Council as part of their push to better connect Ballarat with what is happening in the capital cities.
"It was great to see such a committed gathering of developers, educators, government and game companies looking to support those interested in the video games industry." said Martin Wilkes, "Ballarat…
In this short video shot during GDC '07', Tom Crago, president of the GDAA, and CEO of Tantalus, talks to KidConfidence about the Australian Games Industry, Pony Friends and making games for girls.
KidConfidence, is a website designed to "help non-gamer parents find the right video games for their children - games that are both fun and have learning value."
Pony Friends was released on May 18th this year, and is currently at number 3 on the UK DS Sales charts.
Whether or not this proves to be one of the best games to be released this year, it is definitely the case that it's one of the most hyped.
This new Bioshock video shows pure gameplay, and is probably one of the most comprehensive looks at the experience the player will have in the world of Rapture. Its definitely going to be up there with the likes of Doom 3, Half Life 2, and F.E.A.R for the kind of game that makes you want to keep the lights on after you go to bed.
Equestrian fans rejoice! Empire Interactive has announced that it'll be distributing "Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge", a game by those Melbourne game developers, IR Gurus. Lucinda Green happens to have some notoriety in the horse riding world, and now she'll be helping you out in training and preparing your steed for some serious competition in Grand-Slam Equestrian events...
Equestrian Challenge has been developed by IR Gurus, Australia?s leading multi-platform game development studio,…
