VastPark has just passed on the word of a new release of their VastPark software. Release of 0.83.1 marks a significant milestone, and it's now easy to add interactivity, publish, and you can now promote yourself, your website and your online showcase with VastPark.
VastPark is a new games platform that enables modellers and animators to easily show off their work on a real time 3D platform via the web. It features a 3D site browser that enables users to visit 3D sites built using the platform…
Submitted by Caitlin @ AIE - VIC
AIE Melbourne is currently accepting Registrations of Interest from prospective students for two full-time courses to commence mid-July 2007.
The courses run for one year, with 20 contact hours per week, and are Austudy approved.
The courses which are currently being considered are: Certificate IV in Screen and Certificate IV in Information Technology.
The fees for each of these courses are $9,300. This amount is payable upon enrolment, or in pre-determined…
Entries are now being sought for an international competition that encourages and supports Gold Coast residents interested in designing and developing electronic games. Entries can include game demos, animations, art or musical pieces.
They will be competing against contestants from Dundee in Scotland and Chuncheon City, Korea, in a competition organised by the Global Digital City Network.
The Global Digital City Network is a growing organisation of cities dedicated to promoting world-class…
Giant video screens...The Sydney Symphony Orchestra... the Cantillation Choir... A superstar conductor... And the epic sounds of video games... This is...
PLAY! A video game symphony
A polyphonic, sight-and-sound, live music extravaganza at:
The SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, 20 June - 23 June 2007
Featuring award-winning music from over 20 blockbuster video games, PLAY! A Video Game Symphony will make its premiere in an exclusive Australian season this June at the Sydney Opera House following sold out…
Submitted by Maria
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…
