The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting article about games censorship in Australia. It explains how our classification system was more open until the 1990s, and goes in depth as to why games like BMX-XXX will never make it to our shores. Banning games apparantly affects local developers as well.
"Game Developer Association of Australia president Adam Lancman said banning games made it more difficult for Australian businesses to get contracts with overseas producers...
.."The GDAA will…
Australian Effects & Animation Festival 2002 is on during December 1 - 4, 2002 at the Sydney Convention Centre. The full program for the festival is up, with some very interesting sessions there. For those planning to go, click here for the program list. We've put the press release in our forum as well.
Microsoft has just announced that they've signed a deal with Micro Fort? to make an exclusive title for the Xbox. You can have one guess as to which title that may be ;)
?REDMOND, Wash. -- Oct. 29, 2002 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Micro Fort?, which specializes in computer and console video games development, has signed a deal with Microsoft Game Studios to create an exclusive Xbox (TM) game to be published by Microsoft.
"Microsoft Game Studios seeks out the best developers in the…
Submitted by Noreha
"IdleTime is brought to you by three (2 artists, 1 coder) wannabe gamers from regional australia (specifically ballarat, victoria).
Two thirds of the group are currently studying computing degrees at the university of ballarat. Three thirds of the group desperately wish to be a part of the commercial game development scene.
Idletime has been developed for about 9 months on and off (work and study take a bit of time). Coded with visual c, idletime uses an oct tree engine,…
It's been a few weeks since Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger by Krome has been released, and I've decided to search around and see what the reviews are saying about it. Generally, they have been fairly good (the game rating at around a 7 out of 10), and most agreeing that the artwork and sound is of high standard. The flaws in Ty expressed generally relate to gameplay issues, with it's coin collecting type of play, lack of innovation, and short length (even though it has 17 levels!!)..
"As a gameplay…
Queensland developers, Dimsdale & Kreozot have unleashed a new website for their game, Tito the bouncing alien. They also give news that a playable demo will be coming very soon.. To have a look at the site, click here!
AustralianIT has written a follow up article about the Playstation 2 kits with details on who received them, and what the games industry means for Victoria.
"Information and Communication Technology Minister Marsha Thomson said the five beneficiaries, who received two kits each, were Tantalus Interactive, Lucid Software, Bullant Studios, Hemicube and That Game.
Ms Thomson said the Victorian games development industry exported an estimated $30 million annually and employed more than 300 games…
Krome has won the 2002 Premier of Queensland Export Awards in Arts and Entertainment..
"Brisbane computer game developer Krome Studios has made it two in a row by again being named Queensland?s best exporter in the Arts/Entertainment category. Krome creates video games for the PC and next generation consoles and also won this category last year.
Krome exports to North America and Europe through international publishers such as toy giant Mattel, Disney and Electronic Arts, the world?s largest…
Auran has announced that Ultimate Trainz Collection's gold master disks were sent off for production, and should be in stores in a few weeks. To see the whole list of new features that Ultimate Trainz Collection offers, they've made a webpage with details.
