Well, if it isn't bad enough that we're usually the last to get new technology behind the rest of the world, but having launch dates pushed back even further for said technology has gotta be the pits. Rumours sparked around local Xbox related forums that an announcement about the XBox 360 launch delay was imminent, and much to the mental anguish for the many eager XBox fans around (and particularly to those in the forementioned forum), their worst fears have been realized. AusGamers reports…
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Next event: What, who, when, where
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WHAT: A casual pub meeting for developers to relax, meet each other, and share advice and stories. You can come and leave anytime. You can have a bite to eat or a drink there.
WHO: Anyone active, once-active, or actively pursuing a career in the game development industry. Those not in the industry and not yet fully dedicated to breaking in, please stay tuned for future events that reach out…
Bullant Studios CEO, Ross Symons, has posted in the forum that Bullant will be renaming themselves to Big Ant Studios. From the forum...
Bullant Studios has changed its name to Big Ant Studios.
With the advent of embedded wireless connectivity in next generation systems, particularly handheld devices, Bullant Studios has opted to change its name to Big Ant Studios to avoid any potential conflicts that may arise in the future due to trademark issues and the ownership of the name "Bullant" with…
(from the forum, send Jason an email at the forum - you have to be a forum account to do this)
Hey guys,
I'm keen to hear from retro gamers for a feature I'm writing for The Age.
Respondants would only need to answer a few quick questions via email - it would probably only take 5 minutes of your time.
Many thanks,
Jason
I have a new service up on Sumea which I'm very excited about. You'll find some links to Sumea wiki around the site, namely in the news, developer profiles, developer games, and education profile pages. Clicking on the link will take you to Sumea's wiki information service where you can research or update / contribute to that related information yourself.
Why have a Sumea wiki? I know in the past, lots of people and agencies have used the information that Sumea has on developers and the local…
Sunday, January 22, 2006 - 7:46:10 PM. Posted by Souri
Kotaku, the first website to break the news on Ratbag's closure by Midway, are reporting some plans that Brisbane developers, Krome Studios, have to accomodate some of the 70+ employees left jobless after the whole Midway saga...
"I?ve just received word that Krome is starting up a small studio in Adelaide just for that purpose. Apparently, a lot of the developers from RB had homes or families and weren?t able to leave the city for jobs…
ITwire.com.au summarises the whole debacle on Ratbag studios, and ponders on some of the speculations around for Midways decision to close down the Adelaide studio...
Speculation is rife as to why anyone would want to pay good money for a small specialist games company like Ratbag only to trash it four months later. Some say that Midway, which had a dreadful final quarter in calendar year 2005, losing US$29 million on revenues of US$29 million, simply decided to cut its losses by closing Ratbag…
The bad news keep on coming in for the local development industry, the latest involving Sydney developer Perception. The reports are that Stargate SG-1The Alliance has been cancelled, and that all Perception staff were laid off yesterday after lunch. From the official Stargate game forum...
It pains me to say this but unfortunately Stargate SG-1 The Alliance has been canceled.
An official statement is forth coming from MGM and/or perception in the coming days.
I would like to take this…
Back in November last year, the Office of Film & Literature Classification (OFLC) reviewed the graffiti centered action game "Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure". It was approved for a MA15+ rating, meeting Australia's highest classification for games which all titles must make before they're given the greenlight for sale here.
Unfortunately, the Federal Government isn't quite happy about the rating which Getting Up received, so they're making an effort in getting the game…
This is a concept car that I've been playing around with for a while.
Finally happy with the design, so here is what its looking like so far.
(Lots of cleaning up and detailing to go.)
All crits and comments welcome =)
