Congratulations are in order for all the challengers of the Sumea Modeller Challenge #6. You have all accomplished a great level of work, and the standard of entries have been remarkable.
Discreet recognizes the growing talent in the local game development community and is happy to award the winner of the Sumea Modeller Challenge #6 with a copy of 3ds Max 7.
3D Studio Max 7 is the must-have 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution for demanding artists, schools, and production…
Submitted Eleanor Gates-Stuart
Head of the Centre for New Media Arts, ANU.
Description: The Australian National University's Centre for New Media Arts (CNMA) will present Dust 3; a new media performance night at the National Museum of Australia, Lawson Cres, Acton Peninsula on Thursday 11th November, 7:00- 10:30pm.
Emerging new media artists from the CNMA will display their work publicly in the Main Hall of the National Museum of Australia.
3D Animation, Computer Music, Interactive Digital…
THQ and Warner Bros. Interactive have recently announced that the movie-licensed game version The Polar Express (starring Tom Hanks) is now shipping to North American retailers. The Polar Express was developed by Blue Tongue from Melbourne, and is available for the PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Game Boy Advance.
You can see some media footage of Polar Express at the following link...
Yes, I'm a little bit late on this one, but I thought it would be interesting to get a review roundup of Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies, the first title completely developed by THQ Studio Australia, in Brisbane. Jimmy Neutron was released mid-September, and these are the closing comments various online reviewers gave the game...
"Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies is a decent budget title. While lacking the kind of depth found in the typical platformer, Attack of the Twonkies manages…
Register to play now email halo@acmi.net.au
registration extended
HALO @ ACMI
Gameplay 11am to 5pm
2pm - ACMI Cinema - Screening of the Making of HALO 2 Documentary (No Spoilers)
To register to play email halo@acmi.net.au
You will be notified by email
You must be 15 or over to play or accompanied by an adult
You will be playing for the opportunity to win a VIP Pass to the HALO 2 midnight launch on Monday 8 November at Myer Melbourne, an Xbox console, Xbox games and other great Xbox stuff.…
News.com.au reports on a bizarre killing that puts some blame on a popular computer game...
"A COURT has been told two men dressed as characters from a computer game shot a man dead in front of his family during a home invasion in Sydney...
Crown Prosecutor James Bennett SC, told the court Mr Em and another man invaded the Logozzos' home shortly after midnight, dressed as characters from the computer game Counter Strike."
Could it possibly be that the two men wore combat gear because it suited…
Exhibit 04
School of Multimedia Systems
Faculty of Information Technology
Monash University
2004 3rd Year Exhibition
SMS 3rd year Exhibition 2004 is a high quality exhibition of work produced by graduating students of the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems. The Exhibition will be open to the Multimedia industry, Secondary school students and the general public.
Location: The Atrium at Federation Square Melbourne.
Dates: November 22nd and 23rd of November 2004.
Times: 9am - 6pm
SMS 3rd year…
An interesting PDF has been sent in which will interest those of you who have been following the development of Citizen Zero, the long awaited MMOAG by Sydney developers, Micro Forte. The PDF is a page scan lifted from the Question and Answer section of the Official Xbox Magazine (November issue). In it, a reader asks if there are any MMORPG releases on the horizon for the curent Xbox console. The answer given by the magazine...
"Sady, Jim, there are not. A couple are planned for the Xbox 2 (…
Mcdrewski has posted some interesting news in the forum about the sale of Qantm, one of the major game development institutions in Australia, to SAE Investments Pty Ltd...
"As you may or may not know QANTM has been going through some major changes over the past few months and I am now happy to announce that QANTM Pty. Ltd. has been purchased by SAE Investments Pty.Ltd. which operates SAE Institutes around the world.
QANTM, as an entity, will continue to deliver the Certificate, Diploma and…
Konami Digital Entertainment have recently launched the official website for the upcoming King Arthur movie-licensed game, developed by Queenslands Krome Studios.
You'll find all sorts of details on King Arthur, including what the game features, the characters, plus screenshots and movies to download. Check it out!