Gamers Info has a preview of Stargate SG-1: The Alliance at E3 and have awarded Perception's Unreal engine based first person shooter their editor's choice award for E3 2005! The preview gives some background on the Stargate story, from the movie to the popular tv series, then touches on what the demonstrator showed off with the demo...
Finally, the developers have taken time to recreate the worlds in painstaking detail. Viewing the world in 360 degrees in the optional first or third person…
Truna has sent me the following news for you Brisbanites!
greetings ...
the following is a date claimer from the local brisbane chapter of the IGDA [International Games Developers Association], classes should be free and open to all .. we will be asking for RSVP so do keep an eye on the forums for details!
membership of the igda is also free: http://igda.org and the brisbane chapter forums [for details] is at the link in the end of this news item.
Heads up! The next IGDA event will be "Master…
Brisbane, Australia - 27 May, 2005 - As a part of the continuing expansion of their Australian operation, Pandemic Studios announced today that game development veteran John Passfield has joined the Company's Brisbane office as Creative Director.
'Pandemic Studios is one of the hottest game developers in the world right now, and I am very excited to be a part of the team,' Mr. Passfield says.
'With Pandemic's recent string of critical and commercial successes, the Studio is looking forward to…
Wildfire Studios recently released their new puzzle game TumbleBugs, which is sorta like Puzzle Bubble meets Snake, kinda. In any case, TumbleBugs is a *very* polished and extremely fun puzzle game, and, like all good puzzle games, it's very hard to put down!...
"Tumblebugs adds fun and exciting features to the match three puzzle genre. Lob shots over rows with ?Ballistic Bugs?. On many levels you will have the ability to jump between multiple shooting platforms and take shots from different…
There's another article on AFL Premiership 2005 (this is the correct title, folks) at the Sydney Morning Herald, outlining some of the enhancements and new features expected from the game by developers IR Gurus...
Melbourne-based developers IR Gurus have completely rebuilt the popular AFL simulation for the latest edition. Online play is supported for enjoying matches against faraway friends and player animation is smoother and more varied...
Former Carlton and Sydney Swans champion David Rhys-…
DATE: 1 - 30 July 2005
VENUE: Various venues around Canberra
DESCRIPTION
Organisations, community groups and venues around Canberra are gearing up to host an exciting line-up of events for the Canberra Games Festival. This celebration of interactive entertainment and games is sure to liven up the Nations Capital throughout the month of July.
The theme 'More than you Imagine?is aimed at highlighting how major corporations, government, military institutions, foundations, educators and non-profit…
Gameindustry.biz has a great article on the main issues concerning mobile game developers at the Mobile Games forum held during this years E3 Expo. The problems include the high costs of porting to so many handsets (which can even cost more than the original development of the title), and that porting has become a necessity for phone carriers...
"Mobile game developers face the tremendous challenge of how to get their games to work on over 250 device platforms serviced by more than 80 different…
Warcry Network has a look at Tactica Online.
"All things considered, Tactica Online seems a unique and positively thrilling addition to the MMO collection. With emphasis on strategy and wit, and with glaring attention to player-influenced story evolution, this seems a game not to be missed by turn-based strategy fans and new initiates alike."
Read it here.
GamersINfo.net has some rather nice things to say about their E3 preview of Tactica Online, the MMO game in development at Sydney's…
Warcry Network has a look at Stargate...
"It's been eight, nearly nine, years since the first episode of Stargate SG-1 aired, and finally it is being brought onto the consoles. So far it looks like an accurate and stunning depiction of the Stargate universe."
Read it here.
Fans eagerly awaiting Perceptions' Stargate SG-1: The Alliance game can download a high quality 107mb trailer that was shown at E3 just a few days ago from StargateGaming.com...
This trailer is of the XBox version of the…
John Passfield has written a response to the Australian Game Industry Under Threat article that made news in the Sydney Morning Herald last week. In his blog, Game Musings, John disagrees that the industry needs a huge cash injection from the government to save it, citing other areas that are more important to consider, like managing/running a better business, respecting staff, and taking advantage of outsourcing...
"I?m not saying that the Australian games industry isn?t under threat. In fact…
