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
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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…
PALGN has a quick preview of AFL Live 2005 with a promise of a full review when the game is released...
"AFL Live 2005 has been in development longer than any other AFL game released. IR Gurus seem to have really put some effort into developing the game, so it should be better than its predecessors. But we aren't getting too excited until we get to actually play the game in less than two months.
PALGN will have a full review soon
Ok, I'm officially confused. Is it: AFL Live 2005, AFL…
IGN has a look at Scavenger, a game in development at South Australian studio, Rat Bag Games...
Officially billed as Elite meets GTA, Scavenger can more accurately be described as a combination of Pandemic's Mercenaries, Mad Max and Freelancer (that slick space shooter on PC from Digital Anvil and Microsoft). Take one part open-endedness, one part total destruction and one part freedom and mix with sand and blood.
There's some really nice pictures of the game in action at the IGN article, so…
IGN have a pre-E3 2005 gives us the low-down on what to expect of Krome Studio's Ty, The Tasmanian Tiger 3...
TY 3 once again offers a large, seamless gameworld using the Living Environment Technology System, or L.E.T.S. and promises enhanced character animation and special effects. It also adds new cinematics and characters, as well as new tracks for the race mode introduced in Bush Rescue. The race mode also boasts new power ups. Folks who played the last game remember these power ups are…
IGN has a hands on preview of Perceptions' Stargate SG-1: The Alliance (PC) at E3...
"While Stargate does feature some nifty physics, nicely textured and bump-mapped characters and a really well detailed P90 model (not to mention the intriguing prospect of being based on a piece of fiction that's all about exploration) it really needs a fair bit of work before it releases later this year on PS2, Xbox and PC."
