Microsoft staged the Waterballoon challenge just a few weeks ago at Coogee beach in Sydney to break some water balloon throwing record. Gamers were enticed with $150 worth of Xbox gear which included an Xbox 360 game, Xbox 360 T-shirt, Xbox 360 trucker cap, swimming goggles, and an Xbox 360 canvas bag. Not bad for the entry price of $20!
Along the way, everyone was lined up into an Xbox 360 logo which the Xbox crew quickly snapped a photo of and uploaded to their website to celebrate the…
Thanks to Jebus for posting in the forum about this.
Ninemsn has an article on the hopes of the local Aussie games industry for some muchly needed tax incentives coming from Tuesday's budget. It comes at an important time as the local contigent of developers head towards the E3 convention to meet publishers and sort out deals...
"We look forward to the budget on Tuesday," Evelyn Richardson, president and chief executive of the Game Developers' Association of Australia (GDAA) who heads the…
Auran have launched the website for their MMORPG called Fury where you can get a small taste of what the game will offer. There's not a whole lot there yet, apart from a couple of in-game screenshots along, some developer comments, and details about their presence at E3. There is a promised update when E3 arrives, so keep an eye out on the website til then!
"Fury is pure PvP - think WoW Battlegrounds and Guild Wars on steroids mixed with some Unreal Tournament and Battlefield 2. You get right…
LYON, FRANCE - 5 May 2006 - Atari today announced that the jet-set automotive luxury of Test Drive Unlimited is coming to Sony's PlayStation?2 and PlayStation? Portable consoles in addition to the Xbox 360? video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC, and all platforms are scheduled for release in Autumn 2006. Packed with the most desirable vehicles on the planet, one thousand plus miles of open Hawaiian roads, a challenging single player game and a wealth of online features, Test…
Wontom has today released its Texas Hold?em Multiplayer Poker product, and it is now available for download from the Wontom website at www.wontom.com.
The product can be downloaded in two formats - either as a zipped installer for PC via active sync at http://www.wontom.com/files/WontomPokerV1.zip or as a direct install for your PDA device at http://www.wontom.com/files/WontomPoker.CAB. The trial version released allows the player to play 15 hands of a game before requiring registration. A…
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Nintendo Australia is pleased to announce the new member of the Nintendo DS range, the upgraded Nintendo DS? Lite, will be available in Australia on June 1st, at SRP$199.95.
Nintendo DS Lite, launching in Polar White, features brighter screens, is approximately two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS and about 20 percent lighter. It also features a larger stylus and repositioned button layout, all the while maintaining all of the original Nintendo DS features, as well as screen size.
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The Directors of Auran have announced the formation of N3VRF4IL Publishing, and will be scouring E3 to secure titles to provide marketing and distribution for. Two Auran games to be published through N3VRF4IL will be Trainz Railroad Simulator and Hive...
?N3VRF4IL will be releasing original titles aimed at audiences of 100,000-1,000,000 players, which is just below the threshold to gain the attention of the major publishers,? added Graham Edelsten, N3VRF41L Director of Global Publishing. ?We…
The guys from the local Half Life 2 mod, Dystopia, have released a bunch of new in-game screenshots showing off some of the impressive new models and levels that they've come up with lately...
"Throughout April Team Dystopia have made huge advances in the creation of Dystopia Version 1. To top off this months progress, we have the unique Punk heavy class. This walking powerhouse is based on blue prints for a now out dated Corporate security augmentation. Based on time tested designs the Punk's…
Worthplaying.com has reviewed War World: Tactical Combat, the fast action mech third person shooter by Melbourne based Third Wave Games and released by publisher Lighthouse Interactive just a few months ago. The site has given it a very impressive 8.5 out of ten...
Overall, I was really surprised by War World. It's instantly reminiscent of Tribes, and in my book, that is a very, very admirable game to be comparable to. It's fast paced, well-balanced, and looks amazing with an impressive array…
