As reported at Ausgamers, it looks like Gearbox (responsible for Half-Life: Blue Shift, Opposing Force,Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Halo: PC, James Bond 007: NightFire) might be making the move down under. They are currently eyeing New Zealand... Sean Reardon ? Engine Programming, Console Software Engineering over at Gearbox had this to say in his .plan update.
"Login: seanr Name: Sean Reardon
Last login Wed Oct 9 21:10 (CDT) on pts/3 from 172.16.10.13
Plan:
Hello all.While the rest of the team works feverishly on polishing up Bond, I'll be traveling around New Zealand and Australia. I'm such a dick.
Gearbox is still kicking around the idea of moving the company to NZ so I hope to do a little preliminary scouting. There are a *lot* of people here still on the fence about such a move, but when the time finally comes to change hemispheres I don't want to be caught with my pants down.
I leave this Friday (the 11th) and arrive back on the 26th. Should be a fun vacation. I hope to eat lots of lamb and kangaroo.
Vegemite: Should I try it?"