Auran, along with Korean partner, HanbitSoft, have invested $12 million and a team of 40 for over 3 years on a multiplayer online game that is set to compete with World of Warcraft. The Brisbane based developer predicts over $200 million in revenue for the first year of release. AustralianIT has more...
Auran chief executive officer Tony Hilliam said the game, which was about a year away from release, would rival World of Warcraft, the present market leader from Blizzard Entertainment of the US."At moment, we are in the low millions (towards $10 million) of revenue and our aim is to get into the hundreds of millions," Mr Hilliam said.
"We plan to blow our current figures out of the water by 300 per cent in the next few years."
The article also gives mention to Auran's other releases, including the Trainz Simulator, and MyVirtualHome, along with their plans on simulation software for medicine, health and safety, and vocational training...