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Gamer Murdered Over Cyber Sword
A Shanghai gamer has stabbed to death a friend who sold the virtual sword he loaned him in online game Legend of Mir. News.com.au reports that 41 year old Qiu... (more)
WoW goes under the RTS gamers Microscope
Those familiar with the saga of Jeremy, Kyle, Dave and FPS doug will have been hanging out for the latest installment of this internet mocumentary that follows their life in... (more)
posted by Shane G · 27 Mar 2005
Some Easter GD Reading
The recent GDC included some discussion from the IGDA on quality of life issues highlighted by the notorious EA_Spouse post. Lots of good discussion on the topic is available at... (more)
GameForce Site Launches
After a ‘business restructure’, local game rentals site GamePost have relaunched their service under the new name and url, GameForce.com.au. They carry a range of 600 PS2 and Xbox titles,... (more)
Free Trade Agreement Comment
The Sony mod chipping news (Sony is preparing a new case based on changes to law brought about by the Aust-US Free Trade Agreement) is timely. I run Gamenews.com.au... (more)
posted by TimRichards · 22 Mar 2005
THQ Hiring: Programmers
THQ Australia is looking for experienced game programmers to work on future console-based titles. read more »
GDC Fallout: Marketing
Greg Costikyan’s GDC rant has (as usual) created a lot of conversation about the state of the industry and the thorny issue of distribution. Ron Gilbert, however, believes the problem... (more)
First Glimpse at Tactica Online
New Sydney development studio Imaginary Numbers have been at GDC giving an initial public showing of their first release title, Tactica Online. Tactica Online is a turn-based strategy RPG focusing on... (more)
GDC Developers Rant
Game blogger Wonderland has transcribed the IGDA Session: Burning Down The House - Game Developers Rant from the recent GDC. There’s some absolutely great stuff in there, as well as... (more)
Indie Multiplayer Lego Game
An enterprising developer in the US has adapted the Torque Game Engine to produce an unofficial multiplayer Lego game - Blockland - in which players use Lego bricks to build... (more)
IE2005 Call for Papers
The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment is being held in Sydney this coming November, and organisers have announced a call for papers for inclusion in the conference. The Australasian Conference... (more)
Sega Europe Purchases The Creative Assembly
According to Gamasutra, UK/Australian based game developer, “The Creative Assembly” have been purchased by Sega Europe. Officials from Sega Europe have announced that the company has purchased British developer The Creative... (more)