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Yet more sad news for the Australian game development community, as EA’s Visceral Melbourne studio closes its doors. A couple of tweets came through over the weekend from the Independent Game Developer’s Association Melbourne which suggested its fate would be decided on Monday. EA has officially confirmed the closure of …
Read More »Don’t wait until you die
Post-mortems of game development should instead be an on-going process, says Tim Heaton
Read More »Wii U development grumbles emerge online
01net has acquired somewhat of a reputation for reliable Nintendo gossip, particularly after the recent hard-to-believe but actually very real leak of a joypad add-on for 3DS. And the latest story to emerge from the French site is that developers are struggling with early builds of the Nintendo Wii U. …
Read More »Firemint: ‘We don’t plan to’ stay away from home consoles
SPY Mouse, the latest iOS game from Flight Control developer and all around success story Firemint, went straight to #1 in Australia. MCV talks to Firemint’s Logan Booker about why: What makes SPY Mouse the successor to Flight Control? With SPY mouse, we really wanted to build on the gameplay …
Read More »Australian developed war journalism game ‘Warco’ unveiled
ManiatyMedia, Arenamedia and Defiant Development today announced their new war journalism action game Warco with an intense proof of concept video. While the video itself cannot be made public, it shows first-person gameplay in a wartorn urban centre. The player is tasked with capturing footage of specific types of action …
Read More »Team Bondi goes into administration
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is reporting that Team Bondi has entered administration after a notification of discharge on 26th August. Develop reported recently that Team Bondi was allegedly going to be acquired by KMM Studios, the Australian developer working on Happy Feet 2. Although the company’s status …
Read More »SEGA confirms interest in acquiring THQ talent
With THQ Studio Australia in Brisbane is closing its doors, SEGA Studios Australia is now looking at avenues for providing opportunities for former THQ staff. Currently, a position is available for a studio Art Director and a Senior Engine Programmer at the Brisbane-based studio, but SEGA Studios Australia has confirmed …
Read More »THQ closes two Australian studios, loses 200 staff
THQ has shut the doors to two of its Australian studios this week, as well as a development team in Phoenix totalling 200 employees gone. The two Australian studios to close their doors are THQ Studio Australia in Brisbane, which closes today, and BlueTongue Entertainment in Melbourne, which will go …
Read More »Euclideon responds to Unlimited Detail reception
After releasing its video detailing progress on Unlimited Detail, Brisbane studio Euclideon talks to MCV about the variety of reactions from people. The new voxel-based graphics engine boasts the capability of producing images 100’000 times better than current standards, which has attracted some scepticism including Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, creator of …
Read More »QLD developers face challenge of creating new IP
Mark Fludder from the Information Industries Bureau continues his discussion with MCV Pacific on the current state of Queensland development. On Monday, Fludder discussed the re-structuring the development community has undergone since it was rocked by several closures over the last few years. Today, he continues to talk about the …
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