IGN have interviewed Prasant Moorthy of Creative Assembly as apart of their Aussie Developer Day feature, quizzing him Medieval II, the company itself, and advice on getting into the industry:
Definitely study, mod and move to Brisbane. Studying will give you a strong technical foundation, modding proves your commitment and gives you valuable experience whilst moving to Brisbane will give you access to most of the best studios in Australia, not to mention the best weather.
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MASSIVE is an end of year event held for all members of the Digital Creative Industries. This one night brings together the Digital Community in order to celebrate another sucessful year. 2006 is the 5th year which MASSIVE has been held. Last year saw over 320 people attend so this year is set to be bigger than ever!
Date & Time : 6:00pm, Tuesday, 12th of December 2006
Venue : Top floor of The Brass Monkey
Address : Corner of William and James St, 209 William St,…
As some of you may know, I'm a writer for Hyper, an Australian gaming magazine. At the moment, I'm working on a feature about how one would go about getting into the games industry and I want to touch on the indie development scene. Essentially, I want to find out what it's like to develop your own game and the sort of skills you'd need.
I would like to have a chat with one or more people who have or are working on indie projects. Bonus points if you've since gone on (or are) to work in the…
Peter Moore has confirmed that Microsoft intend on shipping 10 million Xbox 360 consoles by the end of the year and 13-15 million by the end of next year.
Tim has an interesting proposal and a request for advice, so if anyone is interested in discussing about it, be sure to hop on over to the forum and give him a yell!
Hi people,
Here's a challenge for you all!
I am a climate change / renewable energy campaigner and have come up with an idea (more properly, two ideas) for communicating through digital gaming that we can tackle climate change with renewable energy and not touch the 'nuclear option'. It sounds esoteric and weird, and it probably…
The OFLC has given a rating of MA15+ to 69 games this year, up from 20 last year, reigniting the debate about the effect of video game violence on children.
It appears, despite claims from Harvey Norman that they will be stocking the Nintendo Wii come December, that this will not be the case. Nintendo has shot down these claims, and it looks as though the large Australian retailer will not be dealing with Nintendo any time in the future. At least, not concerning the Wii. Vispi Bhopti , Nintendo Australia Public Relations Manager, indicated that Nintendo have not been dealing with Harvey Norman as it was claimed:
They are telling the market that we…
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia has announced the launch of Media Manager for the PSP – an application that allows PSP users to swap and manage content with their PC. Media Manager allows file sharing between the PSP and the PC, letting the user transfer images, videos, songs, podcasts, documents etc. It even has built in conversion technology to ensure that all videos and other files are viewable on the PSP in the appropriate format. Raoul Bedford, Director of Marketing for SCE…
A rare opportunity has arisen to join Electronic Arts, the world?s leading independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software whose repertoire includes titles such as Need For Speed, Medal of Honour, Lord of the Rings as well as all major sporting licenses including Rugby and Cricket.
EA seeks an experienced Software Engineer to join their dynamic, Melbourne based team and fulfil the following key duties:
- Variety of programming tasks involved in developing a console…
Can you tell us a little bit about your company and the team behind it?
Brodersen: Third Wave Games is a Melbourne based games developer founded by Johnni Christensen (the Art Director) and I a few years ago. Our first title released is "War World - Tactical Combat" (www.warworld.net), a fast and powerful mech combat game. It is published in retail in Europe and Australia by Lighthouse.
Can you tell us a little bit about your education and career?
Brodersen: I have a Master of Science degree (…
