Melbourne Developers Tantalus Interactive have given me the word that their new website has just gone live! It's very well designed in flash and informative too! A neat feature is their list of all games with relevant info, screenshots, and movies to download. The news page is a fantastic start to find out all the happenings at Tantalus, so be sure to check it out!!
Total Video Games has an interview with Design Director of Pandemic, Brad Welch, on all things about Destroy All Humans!
What kind of 3D engine has been used for the game and how important are technical innovations?
The 3D engine has been developed specifically for this game. It was originally designed for the most graphically intensive part of the game, the UFO combat scenes, and contains lots of special effects to blow things up. When the alien experience became a larger part of the game the…
Details for the IGDA Master Classes have been anounced!
WHAT: An opportunity for developers and hopefuls to learn more about each area of game development- how to get the job, change tracks, and how to advance in your career. Each area will be led by an experienced game developer, and open discussion is invited. See below for details.
WHO: Anyone 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…
Scott from the Brisbane Game Development Meetup Group has orgainised a casual get-to-gether for QANTM and ex-QANTM students, with gamedevs, moders and enthusiasts also welcome.
When: Saturday, June 25, 5:00 PM
Where: Pavilion Bar - Stamford Plaza
Cnr Edward & Margaret Streets Brisbane CBD
Brisbane, QL meetup3
07 3221 1999
Scott also reminds everyone to bring along their Nintendo DS's for some touchy-feely-multiplayer fun!
So come alone and have a good time!
Submitted by Caroline
Come and celebrate the launch of the inaugural game ?Goliath? developed by a team of extremely talented game developers that go by the name of Level 11 Games. Be treated to inside information on the games industry by international games experts AND get the opportunity to sneak preview some yet to be released games for PSP, PS2, PC and Xbox, all at Career Cheats 2.
Leading NZ game developers will join international game practitioners for an evening entirely dedicated to…
Submitted by Andrew Stapleton.
The next issue of AJETS (Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society) will be a special issue on the theme of Digital Games. Submissions on any aspect of digital games and their social implications are welcome. We strongly encourage submissions that are pitched to a general non-technical audience.
The deadline for papers for the Digital Games issue is 14 August 2005.
Visit http://www.swin.edu.au/ajets for more!
Whilst on my usual wanderings around the internets, I happened to land on a site about an extraordinary guy called Matt...
Matt is a 28-year-old itinerant deadbeat from Connecticut. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia to go walk the Earth, like Caine from Kung Fu. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is in his travels. He realizes that Caine from Kung Fu probably wouldn't make a web site about walking the Earth, but he accepts…
The Dystopia team have a trailer teaser of their highly anticipated Half Life 2 mod available for download...
"The recent flood of gamers to Dystopia's web server kicked the team into over drive to put the finishing touches on the teaser video. This 1 minute purely in game video shows off our special flavour of cyberpunk action. This video was created from demos recorded during our nightly playtest sessions and features a backing track created by our very own Graincloud."
Keep your eye on this…
Game Chronicles has an interview with Perception project manager, Radek Majder, on all things about Perception and Stargate....
"Radek Majder: Perception is based in Sydney, Australia. We have about 60 staff on board full time and work with a number of external contractors. We are currently working on Stargate SG-1: The Alliance as well a 2nd unannounced project. The company started off developing coin-op games, Thunderboats and Top Down Racer. We also worked on a number of contract jobs over…
This news item is totally about Queensland. Sure, they humiliated us in the first State of Origin match for this year, but the support for Sumea from Brisbane game developers has been extremely overwhelming, so thank you Brisbane!!
You might have noticed the new Pandemic logo around the site (you may have to refresh or clear your cache) - well, Pandemic Studios is the latest of local developers to join in the support for Sumea Launchpad! Make sure you all buy a dozen copies of Destroy All…
