The wildly successful reboot of the legendary Mortal Kombat franchise was initially refused classification in Australia. Too violent and all that. So, believe it or not, this release of the Komplete edition is the first opportunity that many Australians have had to play the game. Sadly, a release date just…
Read MoreHere’s an interesting little Australian indie developer for you. Neil Rennison, the man behind Tin Man Games, has made a career about a style of game that most people would have considered dead. The humble gamebook was a big deal back in the 80s with the likes of the Fighting…
Read MoreBig Paw Games is not a development company that you would have heard of before. It’s a small team of Sydneysiders straight out of school that, rather that look for work in a challenging development community, have decided to strike out on their own. It’s fascinating to gain the insights…
Read MoreAustralian developers who are looking at implementing free-to-play games have a new fund to benefit from. Tapjoy, a company that specialises in implementing in-app purchasing to free-to-play titles has set up a fund whereby it will provide Aussie developers with additional financing to help that dream game become a reality.…
Read MoreJoshua Boggs If I was to mention that developers behind the following games: SPY mouse, The Movies, Populous, Theme Hospital, Syndicate Wars (as in, the Bullfrog one), Rolling with Katamari and Real Racing 2 and 3, had come together to start a new studio, you’d be pretty excited about the…
Read MoreToday’s nasty little surprise that a near-innocent JRPG has been slapped with an R18+ rating by the Australian Classification Board is further proof that Australia is in many ways the poster-boy of western hypocrisy with regards to sex and violence. I’ve written about this topic in the past and that…
Read MoreLike most other Australians I cheered a little bit (ok, a lot) when Australia finally emerged from the media dark ages and realised that sometimes, just sometimes, adults like to play games too. By that I mean we have finally got the R18+ rating. Games can finally be classified as…
Read MoreRight Pedal Studios is a new startup company, designed to help up-and-coming developers fund and then publish their dream games. What makes the company so interesting is that it will be focusing right in on one of the real emerging trends for the games industry in Australia. While the days…
Read MoreOne of the things I love most about a new console is playing games that I would not normally touch. Because I want to play games on the console, but because there are not all that many games available on it, I find my eye being caught by games I…
Read MoreIt’s risky setting up an independent development studio, and the team at Western Australia-based Kactus, have seen it all. From learning how to develop games, coming from an enterprise software background (a very different environment, we’re told), to having a critical source of financing pulled at the last moment, the…
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