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,…
Jason Hill has a great interview up on Screenplay with Auran's Business and Industry Relations Manager, Andrew Edelsten, on their PvP focussed online RPG called Fury. Many questions are asked on the gameplay specifics of Fury, with some great stuff on the development, funding, promotion, and distribution side of the game. Also for an added bonus, there's some interesting questions on Auran as well...
The game is Fury, we've been developing it up in Brisbane for about two years now. It's…
PALGN has coverage of the Ballarat Get into Games (GiG) event held at the University of Ballarat just recently. The article outlines briefly some of the happenings and going ons at the event which was supported by the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) and Film Victoria, and attended by local developers IR Gurus, Endgame, Third Wave, Blue Tongue, Auran, as well as Qantm and the Academy of Interactive Entertainment.
Some of the more interesting news from the event include Blue…
Bioshock has been in the news a lot lately, Ken Levine has sure been popular with game media outlets.
In this podcast Ken discusses the role that the Little Sisters of Rapture play in Bioshock, without giving too much away of course. It becomes a goal in the game to find the Little Sisters, after defeating their protective father figures, the Big Daddies, the player is then faced with a moral decision, of which there is no distinct right answer, to ?Harvest? the Little Sisters for their bio…
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Freeplay, Next Wave's Independent Game Developer's Conference is back for 2007, presenting another diverse program of events that will explore the intersections between new media art and gaming culture.
Supported by Film Victoria and following on from the successes of Freeplay 2004 and Freeplay 2005, this year's conference will be held over one jam-packed day at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne on Saturday 18th August. Lock it in now!
Ticketing…
Playstation Universe (PSU) has an interview up with John Whiston, the producer of the new Hellboy game over at Krome Studios. John is asked a variety of questions about the game including the story, guns, villians, co-op play, and extra content for the PS3...
PSU: Will Hellboy use Blu-ray to its advantage for additional content?
Oh yes, thanks to the added storage we can unlock a great range of bonus content, including: behind the scenes footage; cool interviews with Mike Mignola, Guillermo del…
Things have been a little quiet on the Sidhe Interactive news front in recent times, with a small announcement about Gripshift on the PS3 breaking a bit of silence. All that is set to change as the New Zealand developers are about to release their next game title in a few months.
Jackass: The Game, a game adaptation of the show and movie will be on the shelves for the Nintendo DS, PSP and PS2 on the 24th of September. As an article at www.gamingtarget.com reveals, it includes...
35 stunts…
