Cnet have a recent review of AFL Premiership 2006 by IR Gurus up, where the reviewer echos much of the comments made by visitors on Sumea's page on the game that the game play has improve a lot over the previous release, but is still let down by its visuals and overall polish...
But despite its technical limitations, AFL Premiership 2006 plays much better than its predecessor, and is overall a much easier game to recommend for those who must have an AFL videogame in their lives. A lot of the…
PlanetQuake4.net has been covering Quakecon2006 with some impressive HD video footage of the event, from Carmack's keynote to the Inside Look at Enemy Territory: Quake Wars presentation by Splash Damage. PlanetQuake4.net has just recently put up the video of the one hour session that Splash Damage did on their rise in the game industry, from the very humble beginnings as a mod team, working in a room at someone's house, to where they're very well known now as the force behind one of the most…
Pssst... there's a mini programmer challenge under way on Sumea, and there's no better opportunity to show off your coder kung-fu to your local peers for discussion. It finishes up this Sunday which should be ample time for late comers, and it's a bit of fun too, so why not take part!
What's the challenge?
Write a program that can solve sudoku puzzles. The input will be a text file (9 rows of 9 digits, 0 being an unknown cell). The output can be displayed on screen (text console or a gui) or…
Melbourne, Australia, 7 August 2006 - Dissecta presents 'Game Audio: Access All Areas', to be held 15th August at the Australian Games Innovation Centre (the Academy of Interactive Entertainment's Presentation Room), with Mick Gordon and Christopher Coe.
Mick Gordon of Lava Injection Studios in Brisbane provides a lengthy insight into core aspects of game audio from getting the soundtrack right for your game, to the merits of outsourcing versus keeping audio in-house.
The subject for this…
Tucked away in a THQ press release announcing the availability of the "Barnyard" video game is a bit of copy that reveals that the game adaptation of the anticipated CGI movie was the result of two local developers...
The Barnyard video game is currently available for the PlayStation 2 system, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Windows PC. The Wii version of the game is expected to launch this fall.
The console and Windows PC versions of the game were developed by THQ's Blue Tongue Entertainment…
64-Bit Releases of Autodesk 3ds Max 9 and Autodesk Maya 8 Animation Software and Launch of New Community Portal Underscore Company?s Commitment to Next-Generation 3D
SYDNEY, August 3, 2006 - (AUTODESK SIGGRAPH BOOTH #1706) - Autodesk, Inc. has unveiled new versions of its Autodesk 3ds Max 9 and Autodesk Maya 8 animation, modelling and rendering software at the SIGGRAPH 2006 convention currently being held in Boston, Mass. These products are designed to help digital content creators in the…
The Alien Army is back! Bigger, better and ready to unleash some revenge, Crypto-style! Destroy All Humans! 2, the sequel to the widely acclaimed hit, will land in stores this holiday season. We're looking for gamers who not only know a great game when they play it, but also like to share it with friends!
IGN has the "Official Summer '06 Trailer" up on their site for Pandemic's Destroy All Humans! 2 game, which is being developed over at Pandemic Brisbane. As well as showing ample of in-game action, there are glimpses of the games new features such as co-op gameplay. There's plenty of humour and hippy blasting to boot, so it's well worth a look!
(from the forum)
What's the challenge?
Write a program that can solve sudoku puzzles. The input will be a text file (9 rows of 9 digits, 0 being an unknown cell). The output can be displayed on screen (text console or a gui) or saved to a text file.
Why should I do this?
These challenges are an easy way to brush up on your coding skills. They may or may no be directly game related, and it's a good chance to do something you might not normally do. There is no "winning" as such.. but by…
Submitted by Bryn
Qantm College will participate in the Open Day @ SAE Melbourne (235 Normanby Rd. South Melbourne) on the 12th of August so those in Melbourne interested in finding out more about what programs we will be offering in Melbourne can come and ask questions. You can speak to me (Bryn Giles - General Manager) and have a look at the work that is being produced by our current students and graduates. Qantm is very excited about the opening of the Melbourne campus as we have had nothing…
