Just a reminder for all our Sumea Challenge entrants that you have just under two weeks left!! Make sure you read the challenge submission rules carefully before submitting your entry, and for goodness sakes, don't leave it to the last minutes to finish off your work!
I'm also making a call for more judges for the challenge. If you're a creative director or art lead in the industry, and you'd like to take part in commenting and ranking the challenges, please contact me! Of course, I'll be…
CGSociety has a feature article up with Act3animation, a Melbourne studio that is well known for handling CG animation for numerous games and projects for local developers. The feature covers Act3animation's recent work on Neverwinter Nights 2, their shortfilm productions, as well as how they got their start on CGI for games...
Melbourne-based Act3animation seems to have rung praise from the game and short film areas, and they now want to generate interest from the feature playground.
After…
MMORPG.com has a hands on write up of Auran's Fury at the recent Austin Gaming Conference. Lead Designer Adam Carpenter was at hand to guide the writer through some PvP battles...
Overall, Fury looks like it will turn out to be a fun game, though not a full time MMO. There are a lot of similarities between Fury and Guild Wars, though Fury lets players get into the PvP action much faster. When asked what their business plan will likely be, Carpenter said that they were not yet decided, but it…
The Nintendo Wii is coming to Australia on the December the 7th, just shortly after the American release date. It'll cost you $399.95 and will come bundled with the Wii Sports which contains a variety of sports games including Tennis, Golf, Baseball, Boxing and Bowling...
As part of a global launch period, Wii will arrive in Australia on December 7th. Wii will be sold as an affordable, mass-consumer product at an SRP of just $399.95. The price includes one wireless Wii Remote controller, one…
The entry prices for Game Connect has just been put up on the Game Connect website, and you can receive some nice savings if you're a GDAA Member and / or if you register online for the early bird tickets. It's great to see that the cost of entry to Game Connect has been lowered for students (by about $40 for the 3 day pass), while the rest see a reduction of roughly half the cost of entry to the AGDC last year.
Masterclass Early Bird GDAA Member $100.00
Masterclass Early Bird Non-Member $…
I've just noticed that the Game Connect Asia Pacific Conference has been updated again with the conference program for the three day event. You'lll get to see what sort of sessions they have planned, as well as workshops and other social events. From the website:
The Conference Program will feature:
* Keynote addresses featuring high profile international industry experts
* Pre-conference Master Class Program sponsored by major industry players
* Key sessions addressing major game…
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, the Arts Centre and the Melbourne Museum present:
Scoot - a location based game
Saturday 16 - Monday 18 September, 2006
At the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, the Arts Centre and the Melbourne Museum.
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES. Families and groups of 2- 6 can register. Each group must have a mobile phone to play. PRIZES TO BE WON - 5…
Submitted by Simon
Free Gamess Event: Career Cheats III
Come and celebrate the launch of 'Shear Factor' developed by a team of extremely talented game developers from Media Design School. Be treated to inside information on the games industry by international games experts AND get the opportunity to sneak preview some yet to be released games by Sidhe Interactive for PSP, PS2, PC and Xbox - all at Career Cheats 3.
Leading NZ game developers will join international game practitioners for an…
Submitted by Peter Barlow
Focused expo for the industry announced
Australia's first ever eGames & Entertainment Expo will be staged at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre from the 17-19 November 2006.
In a first for Australia, the booming electronic games and interactive entertainment industry hits downunder with a console full of showcase products, leading edge technology and the latest and coolest in electronic games and related products direct from the manufacturers, publishers and…
I have released a small demo for Quest For Utopia
http://files.filefront.com/QFUAsylumDemoexe/;5480596;;/fileinfo.html
patch
http://files.filefront.com/QuestPatchzip/;5483802;;/fileinfo.html
