Tickets are available for this year's Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) conference and can be booked online now. Secure your tickets through trybooking.com at this link, and be sure to book as soon as possible to take advantage of the huge savings at the early bird rate. The list of ticket types are as follows:
Full Conference Pass
Admittance to all conference sessions on the 22 and 23 October
Early Bird Rate – 290
Standard Rate – 377
1 Day Pass
Admittance to all conference sessions on either…
IGDA Sydney are holding another Beer and Pixels event at the Bank Hotel in Newtown next week, just in time for a pre-Free Play catch up and meet'n greet organised by the local chapter for all you developers out there. It's the perfect opportunity for games developers in Sydney to discuss their work and share ideas with fellow devs over a relaxing beer or two or three...
A special note for those coming next Tuesday, the bar upstairs is off limits, so you're meeting somewhere else at the Bank…
EA Executive Producer and former CEO of Firemint, Rob Murray, has appeared today on stage at the Apple media event in San Francisco for the iPhone 5 with a live demonstration of Firemonkey's stunning Real Racing 3 game on the newly announced phone device from Apple. Touted as the "ultimate racing experience on iOS", the live demo kicked off with a Porsche GT3 racing on the well known raceway, Laguna Seca...
Tim Stevens, who was live blogging the event for Endgadget, described the impressive…
The New Zealand Games Developer Association (NZGDA) have released the results of their annual member survey (currently at 33 studios) and the results are both highly interesting and positive for the NZ games industry.
The stats, which were collected for a 12 month period ending 31 March 2012, show that the industry is seeing some remarkable growth, a heavy focus on digitally distributed downloads and platforms, and are also seeing the rewards of original i.p creation. From NZGDA chairperson,…
IGDA Melbourne is aiming to outdo their past four Christmas gatherings and plans to make this year's end-of-year-event for their local games developer chapter a HUGE one. Their Ninja Clapping themed event signalling off 2011 was an extremely successful campaign on Pozible so it's no surprise that they're going the crowd sourcing route again for this year.
A successfully funded campaign will mean a fully catered event with BBQ and drinks at the Edinburgh Gardens on Saturday, the 8th of December…
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Redtribe is putting together a team to develop social games for iPad, iPhone, Android & PC. We’re looking to fill a crucial team role. This individual needs to bring considerable expertise, insights and energy to the position. The success of the project will very much depend on the talents and expertise of this individual and their hands on approach to getting the job done.
We’re looking for an all rounder who isn’t afraid of…
When: Monday, 22 October to Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Where: Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre
The 2012 Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) conference has been officially announced today by the Game Developers’ Association of Australia and will be held again in Melbourne in October, late next month. It might have been announced a little later than usual, but that can be forgiven given the GDAA's incredible role in bringing PAX to Australia.
The theme for this year's games developer conference…
Freeplay have released their finalists lists for the 2012 Freeplay Awards! The organisers mentioned that they've received a big increase in the number of submissions for this year's awards with 115 indie titles sent in this time which is 35 more titles from what was submitted last year.
Congratulations are due to all those who made it in as finalists, and there certainly are some very solid titles in the list. Personally, I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing who takes out this year's Best…
When: Tuesday 11 September 6.30pm (panel at 7pm)
Where: The Workers Club, cnr Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy
What: The PAX nomads are back and Tom Killen (The Voxel Agents), Ben Kosmina (Brawsome), Tom Greenaway (Kumobius) and Ben Britten (Tin Man Games) will share their PAX adventures on a Q&A panel session.
The next IGDA Melbourne event is tomorrow night, and there's heaps of exciting news and updates to be had for those attending. The main portion will be a Q&A session with…
