The most popular and successful animation studio of the last 20 years is opening its archives to the public at ACMI this June. For the first time ever, Pixar, the company that brought you Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and now, Ratatouille, is putting on display its story boards, character model sheets, concept sketches, drawings, paintings, colour-scripts and sculptures that they have created in the last 20 years, and used to make their films come…
Electronic Arts and ESPN STAR Sports have announced their collaboration to bring "Game" - the first-ever gaming program produced in the region for Pan-Asian audiences. The show debuted on April 18, 2007, exclusively on STAR Sports on the Southeast Asia, Singapore, Asia and Hong Kong networks. The show will also feature on STAR Sports India and STAR Sports Taiwan networks, and will soon be launched on the ESPN network in Pacific Rim.
Delivered by popular STAR Sports female presenter Drinie…
Stand up Canberra and be counted! You're now on the list!
Ok, the list isn't very big, and I've only just started it a few minutes ago, but Canberra can now join Melbourne in the states of Australia to have had some funky game related street art captured.
Kotaku, which quite often posts game related pics of street murals and cakes (as well as games news!), has a pic of a snazzy chalk mural taken in our capital state...
This very pastel, very cute Pac Man mural was plastered up on the old Woden…
IGN AU recently held an interview with local developer, Jonathan Chey, from Irrational Games Australia. Jonathan is credited as the project lead for BioShock, and the local IGN guys drill him with a variety of questions on the highly anticipated FPS shooter...
Jon Chey: Actually, this is pretty simple: BioShock is a shooter. It's true that it is doing things that no other shooter has done before, and that gets people confused about what genre it is. It's funny how genres work....
Developers get…
Puzzle Quest is coming soon for Xbox LIVE Arcade on the Xbox 360! D3Publisher of America has recently announced the puzzle / rpg game, developed by Infinite Interactive, is heading to Xbox LIVE Arcade sometime later this year. If you're unfortunate not to have a handheld like a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP, here's your chance to get in on the unqiue puzzle and rpg hybrid...
Premier publisher of interactive entertainment software, D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA), will begin to bring titles to…
If you?re trying to break into the industry, or an industry veteran, this latest GDC Radio podcast from Gamasutra on careers in the games industry will be relevant to you.
In this podcast, Gamasutra?s Tom Kim interviews veteran game industry recruiter Marc Mencher. Marc and his staff at GameRecruiter.com have 18 years of experience recruiting the technical, production, and executive talent who make up game industry companies. Marc draws on his 25 years of experience in the games industry to…
Film Victoria is delighted to announce an expanded Digital Media Internship (DMI) program following four successful years of the initiative.
The DMI program will now offer 20 new places in response to recent growth in the digital media industry and the 98% success rate for ongoing employment at the conclusion of the internship period.
The program enables professional screen industry practitioners and digital media graduates to gain valuable on-the-job experience in a digital media company.…
Electronic Arts and Big Brother creators Endemol group recently announced they will be teaming up for the development of Virtual Me, an entertainment concept that allows online players to take part in virtual TV Shows.
Avatar based players will be able to try their luck at virtual versions of game shows such as "Deal or No Deal" and "1 vs 100", or talent shows like "Fame Academy". VirtualMe.com, the location of the Virtual Me avatar creation system, will launch later this year and the concept…
Having trouble getting that all important foot-in-the door into the games industry? Heard enough about catch 22 of requiring industry experience to work in the industry? Then you might want to consider applying for a Digital Media Internship through Film Victoria.
The Digital Media Internship (DMI) program is a 28 week placement that allows interns to develop on-the-job skills in a specialisation of their choice, including 2D & 3D animation, composition, programming, project management/…
** Updated 27/4/2007
You can find the full transcript of this 7:30 Report feature on the Australian games industry at the ABC website, and there's also a streaming broadband/dialup friendly version of the segment which you can view online too.
Screenplay has written a great response to the 7:30 report feature which I implore all of you to check out and comment on at this link...
** 26/4/2007
Thanks to Chameleon for posting this in the forum!! This is on *tonight*, so tune in and check it out!…