Melbourne, Australia - 21st January 2005 - Nocturnal Entertainment Australia today unveiled 'Pocket Arcade Classics', its first title for the Game Boy Advance(tm) platform.
'Pocket Arcade Classics' is a collection of more than 10 games, each of which has been inspired by a classic arcade title. All games have been reworked for the modern gaming community, providing deeper and more exciting gameplay than ever before. In 'Pocket Arcade Classics' the player must explore the game world, solve…
(shamelessy taken from the Trades Hall press release which will explain things much better than I could!)
As of 1 January 2005, you could be one of 350,000 Victorian workers eligible for higher rates of pay and better working conditions under new Common Rule Awards.
These include: overtime pay, penalty rates, allowances, annual leave loading, and redundancy pay.
This will mean that all Victorian workers will be eligible for award conditions. Award conditions are minimum rates of pay and sets of…
Submitted by David Hewitt
Please come along to the first meeting of the IGDA Melbourne Chapter for 2005!
The meeting will consist of an Industry Discussion Panel, followed by a Social Meeting. It will be held at the Canada Hotel in Carlton, on Tuesday January 25th, at 7pm. It doesn't cost anything to attend, and everyone's welcome.
For more details: http://igda.somee.com/events.aspx
There's another interview with Brad Welch (director) about Destroy All Humans!, which is currently in development at Pandemic Studios...
One of the great things about DAH is you can play it the way you want. Want to go in all guns blazing? No problem. Prefer to sneak about in human form and cause problems from behind the scenes? Also do-able. Some missions do require a certain amount of, well, let's call it tact, but generally as long as you don?t screw up the mission objectives you can play it…
There has been good progress on the game recently with the addition of Gail Brooks to the team who is doing awesome postwork.
Someone to complete the soundtrack is being finalised (I hope)
There is a wallpaper/background for the desktop that can be downloaded from the download section of the website
Just noticed this on the New Zealand Game Developer Association (NZGDA) website which will interest our regulars interested in studying game development in NZ...
"Applications are currently being accepted for the 2005 intake of Media Design School's Graduate Diploma of Game Development, commencing 21 February 2005.
This 64-week graduate qualification is New Zealand's only specialised game development course and allows students to select from one of two streams - game programming or game art.…
I've just added a new independant developer to our list of known developers. DrewFX are based in Western Australia, and will be releaseing a demo of Paratrooper:Small World later this month...
"Paratrooper:Small World is a 1st / 3rd person shooter set a few years in the future. The story centers around the player taking the role of a veteran male or female soldier who starts the game investigating an incident in the South American jungle."
Click on the following link to see some screenshots and…
The Nintendo DS handheld will launch in Australia on February 24th at a price point of AU$199.99 (116 Euro), with Nintendo's official announcement this morning fuelling fresh speculation over the European launch.
As with the US launch of the device, a demo of Metroid Prime: Hunters will be bundled with the system, and Nintendo is promising the largest initial hardware shipment in its history in the country.
Yes, the Sumea awards has finally started! Here's your chance to acknowledge the industry for their achievements. Voting closes on the 1st of February (just a few weeks) so click here and vote now!!
Benefiting from the Autodesk Subscription Program-3ds Max Software Customers Will Receive New Extension to Create Highly Detailed 3D Surface Models
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. January 9th, 2005-Autodesk Inc. today announced a new subscription delivery for its 3ds Max 8 software called Pro Booleans, a new value-added feature extension, offered exclusively for its subscription customers. Pro Booleans delivers expanded flexibility for the installed modelling tools in 3ds Max, Autodesk's professional 3D-…