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QANTM College is holding an Open Day on the 14th May 2007 to give potential students and their parents a chance to have a look at the QANTM College Campus, see some examples of student work, find out how we run our courses, meet our teaching staff and ask questions about the programs of study available.
Teaching staff will be on hand to answer questions and give guidance to students that aren?t quite sure what they want to do. Potential students can also book in for a 1 on 1…
Hi folks,
I'm making another call for two more news editors for Sumea. If you have some spare time and would love to be part of Sumea then please contact me at the end of the following link...
This is a paid position. The job is fairly easy, and all is really required is a few news item posts a week, as well as sending questions off to developers. I will even help you out with the latter. Anyway, if you're interested, click below and let me know!
The Waikato Times has an article on Maru Nihoniho, director of Auckland's Metia Interactive. Maru had a talk at a university in New Zealand, discussing the costs and returns involved with the development of their PSP puzzle game, Cube. She also spoke of her ambitions for the New Zealand based independent game developer, and also some brief details on their next game which is aimed to topple Lara Croft...
Her message to secondary students yesterday was simple. "There's nothing too strange. If…
(from the Dissecta website)
Tuesday 24th April 2007 (ANZAC Day Eve), 6:30pm to 8pm, $5 tickets (see below), Q&A, some signed Puzzle Quest game giveaways, and complimentary aftershow networking drinks and snacks.
Steve Fawkner and team from Melbourne developer Infinite Interactive discuss their new DS and PSP game, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, which was released in North America in March, derives from a rich development heritage involving…
Ok, it was announced two weeks ago, but it's never too late to make a post about it! Creative Assembly have announced an expansion pack for last year's hit, Medieval II: Total War, called Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms. It will feature feature four new campaigns and over 75 hours of new gameplay...
"With Medieval II: Total War we offered unrivalled scope of warfare, both on and off the field of battle, as you conquered the known world" commented George Fidler, Studio Director, The Creative…
The games industry in England certainly has seen better times, but an article over at ft.com reports that Britain's once mighty games industry has slowly been dwindling over the years, and now faces stiff competition from other countries in investment and retaining talent. The Financial Times states that England had an estimated 400 independent studios in 2001, with that number drastically shrinking to 150 of late. Further exasperating the problem are reports that companies, like locally based…
Nullabor 2007 was a demo party and game development competition that was part of the GO3 expo held just recently in Perth. And for the lucky first and second placed entrants in the competition, they received a position at Interzone Games' Perth Studio!
This year?s competition featured more than three times as many entries as 2006?s inaugural event, and saw a significant improvement in the general level of polish and flair. The winners were chosen by popular vote, and prizes were presented by…
do come and visit the queensland games area at supanova this year!
details: http://www.supanova.com.au
a peek at the draft program - on the main stage this time:
[draft only]
Queensland Games currently has the following schedule of panel sessions on the stages at Supanova 07.
Sat 14/04/07
Panel 1: Time: 10:20am (40mins) Topic: ?Getting into the Games Industry - How to build a successful career in games?
Panel 2: Time: 3:10pm (50mins) Topic: ?The Future of Electronic Gaming. Where is it going??…
I've been working heavily the past few days on putting Sumea developer access back in due to popular demand. Sumea developer access was taking out during a Sumea admin overhaul quite some time ago, but it's back now!
So, what is developer access? Well, if you're a games developer, a game developer service, or educational institution listed in our database, and you'd like to update your company information, add and update details on your games (such as release dates and screenshots etc), as well…
Congratulations are in order to Krome Studios for making it to the top 100 developers list in the "Develop 100" charts for 2006. So what exactly is Develop 100?
Develop 100 ranks the world's games development studios based on the revenues their products made at UK retail in 2006.
Krome Studios, the only studio from Australia to make the list, is at #94 and is close behind some notable companies such as Polyphony Digital, Microsoft Game Studios, and Valve. Krome released The Legend of Spyro: A…
