Rounding off the conference weekend, E31.b is for conference attendees to play and discuss each others' indie games and demos and show their stuff to the Melbourne gaming public. E3.1b will be Free Play's low-fi, indie and somewhat "two-fingered" answer to E3. It'll be an event that resembles an underground zine fair more than a glitzy corporate trade show but expect to see glamorous game industry types roaming around who are happy to give expert feedback and advice.
Indie games, demos, single-…
"HotDogs HotGals is a highly stylized business simulation game featuring hundreds of the latest fashions beautifully designed and created to a high quality. Bright and distinctive shop environments, lively varied music designed to provide the Player with an easy, laid back game. HotDogs HotGals is an attractive, unique, easy to play, and replay game experience set far apart from other management simulation games.
At this moment, HotDogs HotGals is entering its final stage of production.…
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Jumbuck have announced a licensing deal with Paramount Pictures (Viacom) for 3 Star Trek mobile games based on the original series. The announcement was made at E3.
Eight foot Ty terrorises E3 patrons! Wearing his trademark red shorts with sun imprints, nose cream, and a pair of boomerangs, Ty was seen walking around the E3 conference asking the patrons for a place to find some bush tucka and a spot to boil his billy. Confused patrons were known to run or offered the contents of their wallets as assurance for their own safety.*
*Ok, none of this is true, apart from the bit about Ty being at E3. Click here to see the news on www.bushrescue.com or click…
Gamespy has some coverage of Pandemic's Destroy All Humans from the E3 conference...
"One of this title's most impressive assets is its use of physics. Levitating and manipuliting animals, humans, or cars looks amazing. They can be hurled into other objects, affecting them as well. The world seems very open-ended, with plenty to interact with. Every human has a funny thought to read in their minds, and endless potential with their helpless carbon-based bodies.
Destroy All Humans was one of the…
Thanks to Fips for pointing out that IGN have a hands-on article on Micro Forte's Citizen Zero from the E3 conference... "CZ is Player versus Environment (PvE) oriented, and it uses "instances" for its missions. You won't be competing against other groups to kill a specific bad guy or get a specific item, as instancing transports you into a closed environment populated only by non-player characters and your teammates....
With the instancing system reducing griefing and friendly fire currently…
Some exciting times for Citizen Zero fans as E3 is underway, and more of Citizen Zero is revealed. 4 new screenshots have appeared in the Citizen Zero forums, showing off the graphics capability of Micro Forte's long awaited MMORPG. Certainly a lot of trees and some exciting action to be had! Thanks to Fips for letting us in the loop :).. Click the link below!
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Homelanfed has a short article on their impression of the multiplayer aspect of Tribes: Vengeance...
"Our brief time with multiplayer Tribes: Vengeance made us use of one thing; even though the Tribes series is with a new developer, Irrational Games is already fashioning the gameplay to something that long time Tribes players will both enjoy and recognize. The game still has several months in development in front of it and because of this we think that Vengeance will turn out to be a worthy…
Set in the Outback of Australia, TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2 will offer platform gamers a huge open environment to explore by foot and vehicle. This time around TY is equipped with an arsenal of 21 upgradeable boomerangs, including the Lasharang, Kaboomarang, and Megarang. In addition, the game will feature five different "Mech units" to help TY fight large numbers of enemies and complete mini-missions. With these "Mech units" TY will have the ability to swim under lava; shoot lasers, Blastorangs…