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Fruit Ninja, the highly successful iOS game from Brisbane developers Halfbrick, is out today for Kinect, and is the first ever downloadable Kinect title. Phil Larsen, chief marketing officer at Halfbrick, told MCV: "We want to make sure that Fruit Ninja games are simple, fun to play and have intuitive …
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 »Activision confirms title of DS Modern Warfare 3
The Australian Classification Board is reporting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance has just been rated M. The title doesn’t exist on Activision’s release schedule or web site anywhere. Activision has told MCV that Defiance is the title given to the Nintendo DS version of Modern Warfare 3, …
Read More »Aussie / New Zealand players won’t be locked out of Old Republic
Kotaku has reported that Australian and New Zealand players won’t be locked out of overseas servers if they purchase The Old Republic from overseas. A couple of weeks ago MCV reported that Australia and New Zealand would not be launch territories for Star Wars: The Old Republic. With the game …
Read More »Australian Productivity Commission comments on game price disparity
The Australian Productivity Commission has released a report which outlines the state of Australian retail, and cites game price disparity as a problem. The report outlines several key factors influencing retail purchasing trends, and targets the inflated local price of videogames as a major driver of consumers to purchase from …
Read More »Take Two posts loss in Q1 2011 financial results
Take Two Interactive has announced its Q1 2011 financial results, declaring a $8.6m loss, compared to $27.4mincome for Q1 2010. Key sales were led by Rockstar product, with L.A. Noire being its top new IP selling in over 4m units, and Red Dead Redemption leading the back catalogue, having sold …
Read More »Bleeding Heart announce Emulator 2011
Bleeding Heart, an ORGANISATION, are getting ready to host Emulator 2011, a ten-day festival celebrating classic arcade gaming in Brisbane next month. Emulator will carry the theme of arcade games from 1978-1986, and will play host to an art exhibition, industry nights, arcade challenge evenings with competitions, plus local indie …
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 »AU CHARTS: Black Ops still number one in first half of 2011
The NPD Group Australia has released its top ten all formats charts by units for Australia for the first half of 2011. Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on top, defeating all major new releases in the first half of the year including Australian-developed LA Noire and Crysis 2. …
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