Wellington, NZ ? December 9, 2003 ? Anticipation for the soon to be released videogame "Rugby League" from Sidhe Interactive and Tru Blu Games has reached new heights with the announcement of record breaking preorder levels for the title.
EB Games Eastgarden's store in Sydney, Australia, have broken the worldwide single store preorder record for that international retail chain with over 1,060 units of the Rugby League game being preordered at that location alone. The record was formerly held…
I've just received the AGDC 2003 award results, so the official list goes like this!
Career Achievement Award Robert Walsh, Krome Studios
Award for Outstanding Innovation BigWorld
Award for Outstanding Industry Contribution John De Margheriti, Micro Fort?
Award for Best Game of 2003 Top Gear Rally, Tantalus Interactive
Award for Best Game for PC Warlords IV, Infinite Interactive
Award for Best Game for Next Generation Consoles Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Blue Tongue Entertainment…
The Australian Game Developer Conference website doesn't have the AGDC 2003 award results up yet, but we're compiling what we have of the list - click here to view it!. If you have any details of the categories we're missing, please send me a message here. :)
theage.com.au has a report on the Australian Game Developers Conference with comments from Microsoft's director of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group, Laura Fryer , and Sony Computer Entertainment's executive vice-president of development, Phil Harrison, on the local industry...
"There's a fantastic amount of stuff going on here, it's great," Harrison says.
Sony would consider setting up an Australian games studio, he says. "If you look at where development centres are growing, Australia is a…
Tribalwar.com has a article on one persons trip to the studios of Irrational Games in Canberra, covering the work on Tribes: Vengeance, and doing quite a bit of lunch'n in the process :) Gaffer makes an appearance in the article, and there's some very nice screenshots the game as well. Read it at Tribalwar.com
Infinite Interactive have put up the official website for Warlords Battlecry III!
"Get all the latest news about the next installment in the award-winning Battlecry series, Warlords Battlecry III right here! We?ll be constantly updating this site with the latest inside information on the game. For now, check out some of the concept art under the concept art section. Also you can stop by the storyline page and read a snippet of what's to come in the land of Etheria."
Visit the website at www.…
Pssst... Zaph has a gallery up of his photos taken at the Australian Games Developer Conference 2003. There are pictures of the lan, the parties, Sumeans WITH GUNS, the conference, and a few of Jacana looking kinda evil. Have a look!
*** Jacana has some pictures too!
Let us know your thoughts on the AGDC this year at this thread!
There seems to be some controversy regarding the IR Gurus and Sony deal announced a month ago. Apparently, there were plans to produce a locally made gaelic football game headed by a prominent gaelic footballer before the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) had authorised Sony and IR Gurus a license. Unhappy with the news (which could cause problems with use of player names and images for their game), the locals are talking with Microsoft to make a competing gaelic football title. You can find…
From the Tantalus press release...
Tantalus Interactive today confirmed the release of three new titles, rounding out a stellar year for the company. Tantalus CEO Tom Crago chose the opening day of the annual Australian Game Developer?s Conference (AGDC) in Melbourne to make the announcement.
?Gamers will be well aware of all of these titles, but with the occasion of the AGDC it?s fitting to set these releases within the context of the Australian game development community,? Crago said. ?As an…
Interview with Sony's Phil Harrison
By Jacana and J.I.Syles
At AGDC this year, Jacana and J.I. Styles had the unique opportunity, thanks to Souri and Sony, to interview the Executive Vice President of Development for Sony Europe, Phil Harrison.
Phil is responsible for the 5 internal studios and the international network of external developers creating PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 products for SCEE. We managed to steal about twenty minutes of Phil's time on Friday and had quite…
