Submitted by IGDAperth
The IGDA Perth Chapter is proud to invite you to our yet another one our fun social nights to be held on the 23rd of October at the The Velvet Lounge, situated at the rear of the The Flying Scotsman in Mt Lawley. The event will kick off at 7:00PM.
This is a free-to-attend event, however come prepared because, with the support of our sponsors we will have some amazing raffles and prizes. Also, a bar will be available to supply refreshments.
This event will feature a wrap-…
(press release)
BRISBANE, Qld, Australia ? 12th October 2006
This week marks the official launch for new game audio production studio, Game Audio Australia. The studio will capitalise on the growing game development industry in Australia, as well as the booming international market, by providing professional game audio services that range from music, sound design and implementation, to dialogue, localisation, mixing and mastering.
Merging the talents of Mick Gordon, of Lava Injection Studios…
Film Victoria Digital Media Internship program places and subsidises media graduates in leading Victorian companies in roles including post-production, programming, games, animation, specialFX and producing. Deadline for host company registration and intern applications is November 6, 2006. For guidelines and application forms go to http://www.film.vic.gov.au/programs/program_pages/dmf_programs.shtml or contact Shiralee Saul (tel) 03 9660 3224 Mondays & Thursdays or email shiralee.saul@film…
Submitted by Bryn Giles
The Queensland Chapter of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association is offering the chance for 10 students to showcase their work to a panel of industry employers and experts at the AIMIA Student Showcase and Job Skills Expo 2006.
Students will be selected by the Queensland AIMIA executive and will receive a booth free of charge to present their projects and material.
In conjunction with this showcase, the panel of employers and experts will also present a…
Since there's a little bit of quiet time in the news, I thought I'd make a post thanking all our sponsors on Sumea, old and new! I'm sure you've noticed the gradual increase in the number of logos appearing on the right of the page on the site, and I can tell you that the additional support for the site since Micro Forte and Big World Tech came on board as sponsors last April has been overwhelming.
The new sponsors who have kindly supported Sumea are: Qantm, Firemint, Tantalus, Auran, The…
Sponsored by Torus Games
17 October 2006, From 6:30pm, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia, 9 October 2006 - Dissecta is pleased to present Tokyo is Game! Tuesday 17th October at 6:30pm in Melbourne Australia.
Game guru and journalist Jason Hill of daily newspapers The Age (Melbourne) and Sydney Morning Herald will provide an overview of this year's Tokyo Game Show, held late September. Dissecta will also present a swag of Japanese flavoured video clips in a little festival of high-rez…
Melbourne based developer Tantalus Interactive today announced the appointment of David Giles as Director of Development of the company. Founded in 1994, Tantalus is one of Australia's best regarded developers, and the appointment of Mr Giles sets the scene for the next phase in its growth. David has more than twelve years of experience in the video game industry, and was the Director of Development at Atari Melbourne House before leaving in 2004 to establish the Melbourne campus of the Academy…
(press release)
9th October 2006
Award winning mobile technology company ndWare has announced that its content creation tool Richmotion Live has now gone gold.
Richmotion is a technology suite that enables anyone to create media-rich, interactive content for a large range of mobile phones. The Richmotion Live release includes an easy to use PC editor, comprehensive user guide and samples. Various example implementations are included, such as quiz games, animated comics and single play…
Thanks to Redwyre for posting about this on the weekend. The Destroy All Humans! 2 website has been launched recently and contains a huge variety of info and downloads for fans of the locally developed action game.
I'll have to admit, the splash screen for the website confused me for a slight while, so for those as clueless as I was, you have to "scroll" through the planet and choose your region / local language to get into the site. Hopefully that'll save a few people from some mindless…
Firemint's "Mega Monster" has been nominated for the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA). Mega Monster is a fully owned, original IP developed for high-end mobile devices by Melbourne based studio Firemint.
The title was one of 25 nominated from a list of more than 400 submissions worldwide (91% of which came from Europe, Asia & North America).
All the nominated games - will be shown on www.imgawards.com.
