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…
That’s right, folks. As of midnight, the Nintendo Wii hit both Australia’s and New Zealand’s shelves. Countless gamers were lining up at their local retailers late last night, to pick up their preorders or to try to get in quick enough to snatch a console from the shelf.
If you weren’t one of those people, and you have been planning on getting yourself a Wii as soon as possible, you’d best get off your rear and get moving! Nintendo seems to…
Evil Avatar caught up with Irrational Games Co-Founder, Ken Levin, for a chat that makes an interesting read. While the interview eventually delves into information and the makings of Bioshock, the build-up to that poses some very philosophical and ideological discussions. Ken supplies an interesting look into the life of a writer for a computer game, with the difficulties faced, his work ethic, and things he tries to achieve in his writing.
The interview is split up into two parts.
Part 1 -…
Vooks has reported that over 30,000 Wii units have been preordered in Australia, an obvious sign for the level of excitement for the imminent release on December 7th.
Signs also point that the Wii will become the fastest selling console, considering that the Xbox 360 sold around 30,000 units in its first week. If the Wii’s preorders are anything to go by, it should surpass that record.
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The Digital Pants group, who are in their final year of studies at Qantm College, took out the Best Unsigned Game (Independent) at this years Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP).
The competition saw entries for a number of other colleges and independent developers that were all of a very high quality. For the first time Southbank TAFE students were represented with a driving game built in ?Gamemaker?. AIE students were also there with a platform game built on a proprietary games…
Sony is planning on distributing dev kits for the PlayStation Portable locally, according to Screenplay:
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is sponsoring the scheme which will offer a "significant number" of PSP development kits plus crucial technical support to local developers.
The program will be co-ordinated with the help of the GDAA and Queensland and Victorian state governments.
As reported by Australian IT:
SONY Computer Entertainment has said that the "father of the PlayStation", Ken Kutaragi, would give up the day-to-day running of the games unit which is sliding deeper into the red.
Kutaragi, 58, will remain chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment and also become its chairman.
