Tag Archives: australia

Every year, the Game Developers' Association of Australia honours the most innovative and extraordinary games to come out of the local developers.

Microsoft has once again cut the price of the Xbox 360 console in Australia. GameSpot reports that AUS$100 (54) has been taken off the price for both the 250GB standalone and 250GB Kinect bundles, bringing them to AUS$199 and AUS$299 respectively. The 4GB Kinect console has had AUS$50 price cut …

Nintendo’s New 3DS and New 3DS XL will arrive in Australia this side of Christmas but are still not due in Europe until 2015. The platform holder has confirmed a November 21st launch for both devices, which will be priced at AUS$219.95 (120) and AUS$249.95 (135) and arrive alongside a …

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is challenging Valve over its ‘no refunds’ policy. Of course, Valve isn’t the only software house not to offer any refunds on games. But Valve and its Steam platform is the most high profile. The aforementioned commission argues Valve is in violation of the …

It's been a while since the National Classification Scheme in Australia was created in 1996. Needless to say, it's outdated now.

Chris Stead, the founding editor of Australian Game Informer, has branched out with a fully interactive magazine which aims to challenge what we think rich media really means.

Today we profile a prime example of a studio rising from the 2009 crash in Australia - Defiant Development from Brisbane.

We take a closer look at EA's Firemonkeys studio in Melbourne, born of Firemint and Iron Monkeys' merger.

Film Victoria has streamlined its processes across the board, meaning good things for game developers.

Back to one of Australia's older development studios today, with a look at Wicked Witch Software from Melbourne