Nocturnal Entertainment will release Catapult v1.40b in 2 weeks. Catapult is a 'all-in-one' integrated development package aimed at the Gameboy Advance.
The upcoming release has more than 250 improvements/fixes over the previous release, and represents the single biggest incremental improvement since Catapult was announced.
Some of the core new features include:
- multi-layered level editor (each level can contain up to 4 layers)
- rendered fonts (much cleaner looking text)
- support for XM…
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Atari announces that Transformers has Gone Gold:
Atari Inc. (Nasdaq:ATAR) announced today that its highly anticipated TRANSFORMERS(TM) video game, created exclusively for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system under license from Hasbro Inc. (NYSE:HAS), has gone gold. Based on Hasbro's hugely popular brand, Atari's TRANSFORMERS video game will be available worldwide on May 11th.
Atari's TRANSFORMERS video game puts players in the TRANSFORMERS universe like never…
The Free Play: Next Wave Independent Game Developers' Conference website is officially up! You can find all the news and information about the conference from the conference schedule, entry costs and registration, transport and accomodation information, backgrounds on all the speakers, and lots of other details... Registration is also open, so if you want to pay for the conference entry now, head on to nextwave.org.au
Make sure you visit the session signup page if you're planning to participate…
Thanks to Fips for sending me this bit of news. It looks like the wall of silence has finally been lifted from Citizen Zero, with Paul McInnes (Lead Designer) revealing some long awaited information on the Micro Forte title...
"So what has been happening with the game over the last few years? Well, the simple answer is that it has gone from dream to reality, with a few twists and turns along the way. In the process we have had a chance to experiment with the gameplay and develop the core of a…
HomelanFed and Adrenaline Vault have some previews of Infinite Interactive's Warlords BattlyCry III.
HomelanFed comments that keeping the game in 2D held it back from a greater appeal, whereas the genre has moved on to 3D...
"Still, with the sheer amount of content in our beta version of Warlords Battlecry III, Infinite Interactive looks like it will deliver on a robust gameplay experience that is even more expansive than the two previous games in the series."
- HomelanFed
Adrenaline Vault has…
Mark Coombes, producer of the Transformers title is interviewed at Playstation GameZone. Mark answers questions on the linearity of the missions, why they came up with only three playable characters and their distinct abilities, the engine that runs Transformers, and a whole lot more...
"We approached the development of Transformers with the intention of making absolutely the best game we could, we innovated a lot of new technology for the game to realize the ambitious worlds and player…
There's some exciting news coming from Wicked Witch with the announcement that they have produced the first mmorpg on wireless mobiles!
"Wicked Witch Software has finally finished it's first Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game for wireless! We believe it is the worlds first true real-time mmorpg on wireless allowing thousands to play together on a normal gprs data connection with amazing results! Resurrecting our beloved IP of WarMonster, we have created a complete mini-ultima-online…
AIE Canberra Mid Year Intake
This is an exciting opportunity to complete the Certificate IV in 3D Animation for Games and Film full time (40hrs per week) over 20 weeks. On successful completion of the course, students will have the opportunity to enter the Diploma course of their choice and keep in line with the students who began the Certificate IV course in February. This is an excellent chance for you to get ahead of the pack and fast-track your career into the rapidly growing Animation,…
Rat Bag Studios just recently scored the deal to develop a The Dukes of Hazard game, but it comes as a surprise when The Advertiser reports that game developers from Adelaide are having trouble filling their programmer positions with local talent! Rat Bag Vice-president Mark Bracken sums up the situation...
"We're in the bizarre position of having 15 overseas, mostly British, people apply for work to every one Australian," he said.
"While it's good to have this international recognition and we…
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