A recently announced worldwide Co-Publishing deal between Electronic Arts and Pandemic Studios has been signed for the latter-developed PS3 title: Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. The sequel to the popular PS2 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction title made by Pandemic in 2005, will be looking at a 2007 release.
Pandemic Studios CEO, Andrew Goldman, had the following to say on the arrangement:
Pandemic Studios is excited to join forces with EA Partners to give Mercenaries 2: World in Flames a…
Keith Stuart, of the Game Culture Blog, recently had a sit down with Mike Simpson, the Studio Director of Creative Assembly to talk about what makes a good strategy game in Keith’s ‘Genre Report’.
The Creative Assembly is world renown for their ‘Total War’ historic strategy warfare series, and have development studios both in Australia and the UK. Mike fielded some interesting questions about the genre, and the expected future of strategy gaming…
New Zealand developer Sidhe Interactive's racing-puzzle title, Gripshift has been reviewed by the folks over at Eurogamer, and by the look of that impressive 8/10 final rating, it seems like the new PS3 title has successfully wowed them.
Apart from a couple of glitches, and the lack of a map-editor component which they’re hoping gets a later implementation, the overall view of the game is that of a solid title, worthy of Sidhe's popular racing series. I quote from the review:
There…
Second Life is a big thing; a massively multiplayer realm where almost anything is possible. It’s very much an easy step to make a virtual business, and indeed, many profit off their dealings in this ‘SL Universe’. What’s more than that, it also seems like the big companies are getting involved. The newest to join the fold? The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Aussie interactive TV provider Two Way TV Australia will soon be making the push into the…
Straight out of Kotaku comes this bit of nifty news about the local release for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player peripheral. Kotaku reports that the add-on is coming to Australia on March 29 for $249 and is being bundled with King Kong, just like it was overseas.
Also reported is that there will be 40 movie titles available at launch, a few of which are bound to tickle your fancy. So if you want a relatively cheap alternative to leap into the "high definition future" that Microsoft has touted all…
Richmotion is an application that enables anyone to create media-rich, interactive content for Java based mobile phones. It works across a large number of handsets, and comes with various samples including a short animated comic.
The latest version of Richmotion has numerous improvements and updates, including an improved GUI, better customisation options, new font and interactivity tools, a more detailed user guide and much more. In all, almost 90 improvements and fixes have been added since…
We've had our various discussions on Sumea about Government support for the local games industry, and whether aid will realisticlly help the industry be competitive on the world stage. Governments in other countries like Canada and France, however, have recognized and embraced their games industry and have supported it in many ways over the years. The latest news from France is the very generous tax break planned for game developers...
Parliament has approved a measure that will offer tax…
With the impending release of the Playstation 3 in Australia, some may speculate that Xbox Regional Director Australia and New Zealand, David McLean, should be worried. Not so, it seems, with the following statement found on ITwire:
I really want to welcome PlayStation 3 to the ANZ market. After all the talk, Australian gamers will finally have the chance to compare the consoles side-by-side and more importantly decide for themselves what’s the best all round experience.
Indeed, the…
The Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia (IEAA) has released the results of a survey they conducted late last year with 1,606 Australian households and households and 3,386 individuals participating. The survey explored the gaming habits of families and game players.
The key findings include:
- 79% of Australian households have a device for playing computer and video games.
- The average age of Australian gamers is 28 years.
- Interactive games are attracting new players. 41% of…
Worthplaying has a few screenshots worth viewing of Heatseeker by Melbourne developers, IR Gurus. The press release provides some new info about the game including the release date and the platforms Heatseeker will be coming out on...
Designed to be an incredible lock-on/shake-off experience, Heatseeker reinvents missile combat to give gamers a massive rush of destruction. Set to feature an incredible collection of current and near-future military fighter jets, Heatseeker?s arsenal includes the…
