(press release)
Manifesto Games: The revolution has begun and it?s coming to a computer near you!
For Immediate Release
New York, New York -- September 27th, 2006
Manifesto Games officially launched today, and can be found at www.manifestogames.com. Gamers bored with franchise titles and the limited variety of the conventional game market now have a single place to go to find "the best of the rest," the games that the retail channel doesn't have the room for or feel it?s worth carrying.…
The anticipated full length trailer for L.A Noire can now be seen and downloaded at the Rockstar games website for Team Bondi's open-ended interactive detective game set in the late 1940's.
In an IGN interview with Ben Board (Producer from IR Gurus), it's revealed that the Melbourne developer of "Heroes of the Pacific" is working on a new air combat game called "Heatseeker". It's set for a March 2007 release on the PSP, PS2, and the Wii.
Ben: This game is about fast combat, shattering explosions, instant maneuvers and sexy planes. In Heatseeker you'll be at twenty kills before the opposition has got clearance to taxi. We have concentrated on accessibility, clarity and simplicity…
Submitted by Bryn Giles
At the recent Queensland Training Awards Qantm College took out the Small Training Provider of the Year award. This is the 3rd time Qantm College has won this award in the past 6 years but it is particularly sweet on this occasion as it is the first time we have won since the purchase of the college by SAE in 2004.
The past 2 years has seen a lot of activity in Qantm College with changes to the management structure and a lot of work being done by academic staff on honing…
Submitted by Bryn Giles
Qantm College has finalised the location for its new Melbourne Campus with building work starting immediately. The new campus in West Melbourne (11 ? 17 Jeffcott St) is just beside Flagstaff Gardens in the ?legal district? of the CBD so is easily accessible by public transport and close to a huge choice of food and retail outlets.
The building is an old light industrial building which was renovated into offices in the late 1980?s. Qantm?s builders are now transforming…
(from the New Zealand Game Developers Association website:)
Sidhe continues scholarship support for Game Development students Sidhe Interactive announced that they will offer a tuition scholarship to the value of NZ$4,000 for students wishing to study on Media Design School's Graduate Diploma of Game Development.
"The New Zealand game development industry has experienced rapid growth in recent years", commented Mario Wynands, Managing Director of Sidhe Interactive. "Sidhe is delighted to…
I don't seem to keep my journal very up-to-date with what I am producing. So it's high time to do a bit of an update... and here it is!
some sketchbook environments in pen, a second GTA style illustration just to prove the first wasn't a fuke and the final of a character protrait.
I don't think I ever posted the final protrait in the forum. It was a long and painful process finishing it, but much thanks goes to those that posted criticism, I would have never finished the project to such a…
Submitted by Luke Miller
Melbourne, Australia, 1 October 2006. Up Multimedia is pleased to present a demo version of our forthcoming game, retrovirus RTS.
retrovirus RTS is the first real-time strategy game designed for the gp2x handheld game console. Three astronauts have returned to Earth infected by a belligerent alien virus. The player's gp2x console is transformed into a portable medical unit, and the gameplay revolves around the battle against the space virus on a cellular level.
This…
MELBOURNE CUP VIDEOGAME LINES UP FOR THE STARTER'S GATE
Sydney, Australia - September 29, 2006 - Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty Ltd (HES) today announced the release date for the hotly anticipated horse racing videogame, Melbourne Cup Challenge for the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and PC. Galloping into stores across Australia and New Zealand on 26 October 2006, Melbourne Cup Challenge brings the energy and excitement of the great race into homes ahead of the 2006 Melbourne Cup Carnival…
Thanks to Scrow for posting about this in the forum.
It was always apparent to see Peter Jackson's enthusiasm for the gaming medium, from hearing about his disappointment from the lack of input he had with EA's Lord of the Rings games, to his collaboration in the King Kong game license of the blockbuster movie, as well as his involvement with the Halo movie. It looks like Peter Jackson is going a step further and creating a game development studio named Wingnut Interactive for a closer…
