Here is the second part of our Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2006 footage captured by Peter Davis for Sumea.
Game Connect: Fury Demonstration (51mb) Peter Davis gets a demonstration of Auran's PvP based MMO called "Fury". An Auran personnel runs through the various features of the game, and it's looking extremely nice indeed!
Game Connect: Closing Presentation with Tom Crago and Evelyn Richardson (27mb) Tom Crago, CEO of Tantalus and Vice President of the Game Developers? Association of Australia…
Microsoft have released XNA Game Studio Express, which is a set of free tools (Visual C#? 2005 Express Edition and the .NET framework) to allow anyone running Windows XP to create games.
They've also opened up the XNA Creators club, so for a subscription fee, you'll be able to access a tonne of resources such as game assets, white papers, starter kits and samples, as well as technical support on making games with XNA Game Studio Express. The Microsoft press release is as follows:
(press release…
Lead Designer of Krome's Legend of Spyro Cameron Davis is Gamasutra's latest target of their Media Consumption articles, where favorite games, movies, books and music are extracted for your pleasure. He gives high praise to Clerks 2 for some reason (I think it's Kevin Smith's worst, but in saying so, it's still alright) but makes up for it by admitting Tron ruined his life for the best:
It's the movie that transformed me from a normal, bike-riding, backyard-fishing, school-attending kid into a…
While the Aussie team at IGN got a tour of the Brisbane Krome Studios, they also got to sit down and have a chat with CEO, Robert Walsh. For more on the studios tour, check here.
When asked if he believed the Australian gaming industry was on a decline, Robert had the following to say on the subject:
I don't think it is. I saw some stats today that show there are 1600 people in the Australian game development industry now, and everybody is advertising. It shows that we're all growing. In…
Aussie Nintendo has put together some quotes from those ‘in the business’, on their impressions of the Wii. These quotes originate from various sources.
Aussie CEO of Krome Studios, Robert Walsh, said the following to IGN here:
I saw 600,000 Wiis sold in the first week. Who would have thought, and they’re predicting four million by the end of the year. But there’s no way you can discount Sony. It has such a core gaming brand strength. I think the real…
Nintendo admit that the Wii controller can be a little... destructive when it isn't held properly. According to Wiihaveaproblem.com, over-excited Wii gamers have managed to total seven televisions and two laptops so far, not to mention thirteen wrist straps. As noted by The Australian:
"Hold the remote securely and avoid excessive motion during game play. If your hands become moist, stop and dry your hands," the company recommended.
Nintendo also cautioned players to stay at least 1m away from…
PALGN reports that Aussie developer Auran will be shipping a bunch of games to the Australian market early next year. To quote the report:
In February, the publisher will be releasing Trainz Driver, Galactic Civilisations II: Gold Edition, Europa Universalis III and Front Line: Fields of Thunder. Silverfall and Spellforce 2: Dragon Storm will be following in March.
So, it looks like Auran has quite the batch on the way, ranging from strategy games such as Galactic Civilizations II and Europa…
The Aussie team over at IGN headed to Brisbane for their 'Developer Day' feature, to visit Krome Studios' place of conception and their primary studio. The team toured the vast building, escorted for a majority of the tour by Krome’s CEO, Robert Walsh. The tour visited many of the departments; from the art department, to tech support, to the ‘Hellboy Floor’ – where the team of sixty works valiantly on creating Krome’s upcoming title –…
I live in Mount Isa. It's a mining town not far from the Northern Territory border. Having moved from Brisbane, where gaming related paraphernalia and activities are as available as dirty magazines beneath a teenage boy?s mattress, I felt suffocated and starved at the pure lack of the sweet life nectar that a simple latest release poster can bring, let alone a store game section larger than my person in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, hoping it's all a terrifying nightmare.
But when…
The first Game Connect: Asia Pacific conference was on last weekend, and we have some footage of the event on Sumea! All coverage was taken by our attendee, Peter Davis, and we'll be posting some more later on.
Game Connect: Opening with Evelyn Richardson (31mb) CEO and President of the Game Developers? Association of Australia, Evelyn Richardson, opens the conference with some brief comments on the industry, including the closure various studios since last year. Evelyn also talks about the…
