Jason Hill has compiled his top ten Australian developed games of all time on Screenplay. Sumea had a top seven in Sumea votes which visitors could vote and comment on here, and AustralianGamer made a top ten list as well a while ago, so it's interesting to see how certain games made it on these various charts.
I'll only quote the last four on the list, so you'll have to jump on over to Screenplay to see the rest. Oh, and I'm hugely glad that title #2 made it in the charts, and in such a high…
Sony press release..
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that it would revise the launch date of its PLAYSTATION? 3 computer entertainment system in the PAL territories of Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa and Australasia from 17th November 2006, as previously announced to March 2007.
Launch dates for Japan and North America will remain the same, which are November 11th and November 17th respectively.
The revision of the launch date in the SCEE territories is caused by…
The Sdyney Morning Herald has a great article up questioning whether games can transcend to being a new art form, citing various journalists and gamers designers for and against the idea. Local game developers, John De Margheriti (Micro Forte), Steve Stamatiadis (krome Studios), and Brendan McNamara (Team Bondi) also give their opinions on the suibject matter, and you get a small insight into the background of two of those studios...
The airy Pyrmont warehouse that is home to the games…
Old World New Games - including Australian launch party for War World'
Sponsored by distributor Stomp Entertainment
19 September 2006, From 6:30pm, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia, 4 September 2006 - Dissecta presents Old World New Games, including Australian launch party for War World, 19th September at 6:30pm. This latest Dissecta event will focus on the game industry in Europe and the synergies present for local game makers and distributors.
Tom Crago, CEO of Tantalus…
Thatnks to Bryn for alerting us that the Game Connect Asia Pacific website has finally updated! The website for the event that replaces the long runing Australian Game Developers Conference is feature packed with lots of information such as the aim of the new conference, travel and accomodation details, as well as a brief conference program. Keynote speakers, online registration, and a full conference program isn't available yet, but I'm sure it's being worked on! Evelyn Richardson, President…
GameSetMatch.com has an interview with "GO3 Electronic Expo" Event Manager, David Kazim with some great questions that I'm sure plenty of people are asking at the moment. It certainly looks like the battle of the local game expos is heating up as David explains what GO3 will offer above other competing expos *eGames & Entertainment Expo in Melbourne and GAME1 in Sydney and Melbourne)...
GO3 is a trade and consumer event with an international focus. Our aim is to provide a space for…
The XNA Team is proud to present the beta release of XNA Game Studio Express. XNA Game Studio Express is targeted at students and hobbyists for game development, and is based on Visual C# Express 2005. This release of XNA Game Studio Express also contains the "Spacewar" game to help you get started learning game development. Please take the time to read the Readme page... prior to installing XNA Game Studio Express.
(press release)
Krome Studios, Australia's leading game company today unveils its new, revamped studio web site. The company best known for its multi-million selling TY the Tasmanian Tiger series has been busy working on several other high profile game projects including "The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning" (Vivendi / Sierra) and "Hellboy" (*working title, Konami), in addition to a few yet to be announced projects.
The new site offers a breadth of fresh new content to help support the…
There's an interesting article over at gamecareerguide.com which looks into the various types of schools that you can enrol in for a career in the games industry. The types seem to be of 3 categories: Art School, Game Academy, and Traditional University. A comment by Peter Raad, executive director of The Guildhall (a school in the Game Academy category) seems to have sparked some discussion around the web (and particularly on Slashdot.org) that getting into the games industry isn't easy, citing…
Autodesk Media & Entertainment Community Portal "Area" Now Live
Provides 3D Users Networking and Information Sharing Forum
Autodesk, Inc., has announced that its new community portal, Area (www.the-area.com), is now live. The site is intended to be a centralised repository of content created using Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max animation, modelling and rendering software; Autodesk MotionBuilder character animation software; or Autodesk VIZ 3D modelling, rendering and presentation…
