Screenplay has a new blog entry on the uncertain future for Melbourne developer, Atari Melbourne House. Jason Hill summarises the long history of Australia's oldest game development studio, going through its golden years during the 8-bit era, the aquisition by French publisher Infogrames (now known as Atari), and the quality work it has been putting out since.
However, with the well publicised financial troubles of Atari, and news of the recent offloadings of Atari owned Reflection Studios and…
Halloween Harry was recently featured in the Apogee Legacy series at the 3D Realms website which celebrates the early titles the publisher was involved with, and it sits amongst games made by renowned industry veterans like Tom Hall and John Romero. John Passfield has written in his Game Musings blog about that little well known game that he wrote over two decades ago, giving some interesting insight into the development behind the first game..
Most people remember the PC version of Harry…
Submitted by IGDA Perth Chapter
With the mission of connecting Perth game developers with each other and the International development community, the Perth chapter of the International Game Developers Association is now operational.
The first meeting of the chapter is set to roll on Tuesday, 25th of July at the Velvet Lounge. The meeting will be an introduction to the IGDA and its activities, Paul Turbett from Benevolent Interactive will be sharing his E3 experiences, and there will be lots of…
Screenplay has a new blog entry raising up the issue of the skills shortage that the industry is experiencing. Industry notables like Ben Palmer, Director of IR Gurus, Tom Crago, CEO of Tantalus Interactive, and Krome's Erica Hutton chime in on how difficult it is to find new and experienced senior staff on board...
Tom Crago: "It's always tough finding experienced staff, now perhaps more than ever," Tom says. "We're looking to hire seven or eight people at present and we know it will be a real…
Wellington, New Zealand - 12 July 2006 - Game developer Sidhe Interactive and Ngāti Kimihia Hāpu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Toa Rangatira announced today that Sidhe?s upcoming videogame title ?Rugby League 2? for Xbox(TM) would feature the traditional Māori Haka known as Ka Mate.
The Haka is a warrior challenge, traditionally performed at the meeting of Maori tribes as a means to both show respect and intimidate opponents. Ka Mate is a form of Haka, originally…
APC Magazine has an article with an indepth look at the whole games classification situation in Australia. It covers the ruling in Western Australia, where public store displays of MA15+ games is punishable with a hefty fine, as well as the deciding vote on the OFLC board which refused classification for Mark Ecko's Getting Up grafitti game in Australia.
The article also details the legal loophole where games that were refused classification by the OFLC can be obtained legally via the internet…
Aussie-Nintendo.com has a short interview with Krome Studios Co-Founder and Creative Director, Steve Stamatiadis. Most of the questions are related to Steve's thoughts and plans for developing on the Nintendo DS and Wii platform, as well as what Krome Studios are currently working on...
What games can we look out for from Krome Studios over the next year?
Well, two have been announced so far Hellboy and The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning. There is also a third super secret title that will be…
Sponsored by Media Arts Lawyers
18 July 2006, From 6:30pm, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia, 10 July 2006 - Dissecta presents 'Game Development Funding and Finance Issues' 18th July in Melbourne, sponsored by law firm Media Arts Lawyers.
Tom Parkinson, Chair of the new Electronic Games Investment Fund and proprietor of Avoca Media Holdings, and Melanie Wheeler, who was an investment banker for five years in London and specialised in mergers and acquisitions in the video games industry…
There was a small outcry when the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) had refused classification for the game adaptation of "Reservoir Dogs" a few weeks ago, bringing back the focus on our games rating system yet again. The OFLC deemed that Reservoir Dogs had not met Australia's highest rating for games (MA15+) due to its "frequent depictions of violence that have a high impact".
New Zealand, however, does have an R rating for games, but the New Zealand OFLC board has…
Lucasfilm Singapore, the new studio created by Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas, will be in Sydney and Brisbane the week of 17 July. We'll be hosting presentations to show our work and meeting with those of you who may be interested in living and working in Singapore.
If you're qualified in roles and interested in living in Singapore, we'd love to see hear from you. Simply go to www.lucasfilm.com/employment.jobs and send us your resume.
