The Age’s Screenplay recently caught up with the head of EA Mobile in the Asia Pacific region, Mike McCabe, in an interview that discusses the status of the mobile gaming market presently, the progress that has been made, and what the future holds for this medium.
Aussie developer Firemint was mentioned specifically for their successes on the mobile gaming platform, namely for Madden and Iron Monkey’s Fight Night, both of which EA published. When asked on the potential for…
Game Developers' Association of Australia's chief executive, Evelyn Richardson, has told Australian IT that the annual delegation of local developers to E3 has come to an end. The GDAA has chosen the Game Developers' Conference in San Francisco as the destination next year to showcase the work of local game developers. The downscaling and uncertainty of the next E3 conference has been a big part of the decision...
Ms Richardson said she expected at least 30 local studios would make the trek to…
With the Australian launch of Nintendo's new console just around the corner, the Herald Sun is giving you the chance to win the money-can't-buy-prize of being able to it out at Nintendo HQ in Melbourne.
The Australian Family Council wants the OFLC to ban upcoming survival horror game, Rule of Rose. Why? Well...
The "perverse" Sony Playstation's Rule of Rose features sadomasochism, torture and under-age eroticism.
Sony made it for its Japanese market and has distanced itself from the international release by a third party. The game is due to be released in Australia in February.
Websites already offer pre-orders for the game, about sadistic orphans who kidnap a girl and keep her captive.…
Morten Brodersen, CEO of Aussie developer Third Wave Games, announced at the recent Melbourne eGames 06 Expo that the partly Australian developed PC title, War World will be geared to release on the Xbox Live Arcade roughly in the next six months. The game has already been approved for Live Arcade by Microsoft, and Morten Brodersen indicated that a publisher in the ‘top ten’ has signed up for the release.
War World is a fast paced Mech shooter, putting the player in the…
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Melbourne, 28 November, Last Dissecta event for 2006
Melbourne, 23 November 2006 - Dissecta presents Nathan Keir (aka Kermitt Quirk), one of Second Life's most successful entrepreneurs, at Dissecta's last event for 2006 Beyond Games: SL, Tringo, and Other Stories to be held Tuesday 28th November.
Nathan will speak about the virtual world that is Second Life, his avatar Kermitt Quirk, and the…
SanDisk has announced a special edition caliber of memory for the Nintendo Wii, which will be made available in December for Australia. The white Wii memory cards will be shipped in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB sizes.
The cards will be able to hold all the necessary stuff – saved games, downloaded content, movie files, photos, music, etc – meaning you can store much of your Wii data externally, and still be able to access your pictures or music with portable ease.
