Of course, the sensible thing would be to use an existing game engine, but after a certain point, there is some curiosity if learning and fighting yet another game engine is really quicker that just writing something from scratch.
Although I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere on Ratbags website, Gamespy reports that Dirt Track Racing 2 has gone gold, and will be available at stores in a few weeks.
Infogrames has bought the remaining share of Ozi soft from Sega. Ozi soft is a leading Australian games distributor, and will now become Infogrames Australia.
?The Asia Pacific is an important territory, and the fact that Infogrames is continuing to invest in this region is an absolute sign of confidence in the market.?
"This latest investment follows on from a AU$50 million commitment to Australian games development made by Infogrames? CEO Bruno Burnell when visiting the Australian Games…
Adobe has released an update for Photoshop 7 which fixes a lot of bugs which are too numerous to mention here. Click here to view the list and to download the patch.
What do you talk about when you have Tim Willits and Fred Nilsson, lead designer and animator at id software to interview concerning Doom 3? Gameplay and engine elements, of course! It's a good read, but there's not as much on the game art side of the game. Read the Firing Squad interview here..
"Fred: The pipeline for doing cinematics is sweet - you can make a short film with the engine. I can take the level from the level designers, export it out with the geometry/polygons/textures into Maya…
I didn't know it was so easy! Queensland developers Dimsdale & Kreozot have just updated their site with a very well illustrated (and damn humorous) tutorial full of tips on how to draw! You'll be doing great art in no time :) .. and while you're there, they also have some new sketches in their gallery section by the very talented Ferdinand Kreozot. Make sure you check up on their site for the latest Dimsdale & Kreozot news.
The official site for Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger from Krome Studios has had a relaunch with new pictures, video clips, and game details as well. View the site here.
Unkownplayer.com has an interesting chat log with a few developers. The topc discussed was "Can a MMOG Charge $25+ per month and survive?", so click here to read it.
Here's what's been added to version 1.6.3:
Added: Unweld Vertex, useful for detaching faces or adding detail.
Added: Unweld Vertex Radial.
Added: ms3d.exe.manifest, which allows Luna controls under WinXP.
Replaced: completely new Ghoul2 Model importer (msGLMImporter.dll will be unloaded again).
Fixed: extrude tool doesn't try to extrude vertices, when no triangles are selected.
Changed: OpenGL errors are not logged into the ms3d.log, which could result in huge ms3d.log files.
Get it here!
Queensland developers Evolution Games have revealed a new website for their Playstation 2 and Gamecube game Rocket Power: Beach Bandits.
"Based on the widely popular Nickelodeon Cartoon franchise ?Rocket Power?, this title has been developed for worldwide publishing giant THQ Inc on PlayStation2 and GameCube. ?Rocket Power: Beach Bandits? has been in production since February 2001 and with it due out on the shelves in the coming weeks".
Click here to view the new site.
The rumour that planetxbox.com reported about the Xbox bundle in Australia came true with the official announcement on the Xbox website. AustralianIT have a nice article on it.
"Xbox will release its first special value, limited-edition Xbox package: The Halo Combat Pack? on Saturday the 24th of August, 2002.
The "Halo Combat Pack?" includes an Xbox video game console, a DVD remote control and a copy of the bestselling, award-winning video game Halo: Combat Evolved? - and all for the special…
