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…
Here is my latest WIP
Its a warrior beetle with a comms unit.
I came up with the idea and my friend did the concept drawing.
I've spent about 12 hours on it so far, lots to go.
A lot of it is only blocked out...
All crits and comments welcome!
cheers,
Josh Bare
Submitted by Gabrielle Aujard
Australian Writers? Guild announces second games workshop
The Australian Writers? Guild, SA Branch is excited to announce Writing for Interactivity, a three day production workshop for writers and producers developing interactive content.
The workshop will be held from Friday May 26 through to Sunday 28 May at the South Australian Writers? Centre.
The workshop is a follow on from the successful Introduction to Writing for Games held in May 2005. The exciting and…
AUSTRALIA?S BIGGEST GAME STUDIOS REPORT RECORD JOBS GROWTH AS THEY HEAD TO LOS ANGELES FOR E3
42 game companies and 145 executives from Australia to attend E3 ? the world?s largest games event
(Los Angeles, CA) ? April 27, 2006 ? The Game Developers? Association of Australia (GDAA), the governing body for the Australian electronic game industry, announced today in the lead-up to E3 [May 9-12,2006] that Australia?s biggest independent game studios had increased their hires by almost 50%, up from…
Melbourne - Today, interactive handheld products company Wontom Pty Ltd announced the upcoming release of it?s handheld interactive gaming product for Smartphones and Windows CE PDA devices based around the highly popular ?Texas Hold?em Poker? game. The game, Wontom Multiplayer Poker which is in the final stages of development, will be released just prior to E3 next month, the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles California. ?We are extremely happy to have the support of the Victorian…
Publisher THQ has enjoyed considerable success with Nicelodean-branded game, with more than 40 million game units shipped worldwide. And it's of no surprise that there are plenty mroe in the works, some of which are slated for the upcoming Nintendo Revolution console. THQ has anounced their Nickelodeon-branded game lineup for 2006, and as you know, THQ have a huge presence in Australia in the form of THQ Studio Australia and Blue Tongue.
The press release mentions that THQ Studio Australia…
