I am looking to take the intiative of gathering a group of Melbourne game programmers/3D artists to supply to my clients in their peak periods.
Are you...
located in Melb?
A C++ or 3D Studio Max guru?
looking to break into the games industry?
a fun, exciting personality always looking for a challenge?
drop me an email to further discuss
peter.storto@elanit.com.au
Gamershell has 15 new screenshots of Auran's Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004. There's lots of scenic railway shots, plus a few showing off the editing side of Trainz 2004. To see some homegrown railroad action, click here!
ActionTrip has an interview with Tony Oakden from Irrational Games Canberra about their upcoming FPS, Tribes: Vengeance.
"Reactions to early demos of our game have been extremely positive. We are very aware that there is a huge Tribes fan base out there and we don?t want to risk alienating any of them! So far reactions to the game from fans have been very good."
Click here to read the interview!
Thanks to Zaph for posting about the Interact Festival below. The Games Day: Twitch is on the 4th, September 2003...
If you happen to be attending the Interact Festival (or just live in Melbourne and have time to attend these sessions) then check out the Diegesis Games Day talks at Federation Square. You can even get a sneak preview of Transformers Armada!
Games Day: Twitch
Presented by the Academy of Interactive Entertainment
Festival Day Pass $18.00 Metropolitan, $15.00 Regional
Games…
Xboxworld had set out a bunch of questions supplied by their forum visitors to Mario Wynards from New Zealand's Sidhe Interactive about their eagerly awaited Rugby League title. So if you're dying to know if Willie Mason's afro is adjustable, amongst other things, please click here :)
Some big news for those wanting to study game development in Melbourne...
"THE Victorian government is contributing $150,000 towards the establishment of a Melbourne campus of the Academy of Interactive Entertainment....
It is scheduled to open for the first semester of 2004.
Ms Thomson said the new campus would initially create six new jobs, intake 80 students in the first year and be staffed by game industry veterans."
Read the AustralianIT article here.
** Zdnet has an article on it too. You…
Auran have launched a website for Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004. There'll be regular news updates, movies, exclusive screenshots, and game details appearing on the site in the coming weeks. Visit it here.
Jacana has given the word that the discussion panel she has organised is finalised - you can see it in the AGDC schedule here. I'm sure it's going to be a quite popular session to go to, so make sure you get in there early!.. It's on Saturday, 11:35 AM, the second day of the conference...
?Bridging the Gap? is a discussion panel designed to bring together future students, current students, and industry.
Through a panel of students and an industry moderator, "Bridging the Gap" provides a…
"Enlight Software, a leading publisher and developer, announced today it has obtained worldwide rights to publish the next installment in the Warlords Battlecry series, Warlords Battlecry III. The Warlords Battlecry series has received editorial praise and awards from leading game magazines and web sites around the world.
Developed by members of the original Battlecry team who evolved into Infinite Interactive, Warlords BattleCry III will take the award-winning series to the next level. The…
Inifnite Interactive have released a playable demo of their turned based strategy game, Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria. The demo contains one map which you can play solo or multiplayer. You can download it at Gamershell, Worthplaying, or IGN..
