Opinion by Matt S. Today I was shopping at my local EB Games store, and the customer in front of me was a grandfather, who was obviously buying a game for his grandson, who was standing with him at the counter, and was at most 14 years old. The game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Monster Hunter is a pretty big deal. We all know this by now, but it has been a while since we’ve had a genuinely new Monster Hunter game released in the west. The good news is that Nintendo has confirmed that Monster Hunter 4 is going…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Mindscape, the publisher of Tecmo Koei and Konami games in Australia, has announced a new partnership to bring retail games to our shores. That partnership is Rising Star Games, and the first games to come from this partnership will be Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As we reported a few weeks ago, a significant investment from the Australian Government into games development was stripped away. The bad news is that means no more money for game developers in Australia from its government. The good news is that there are alternate funding…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Tamara Schembri and Peter Budziszewski; an Aussie indie team with a love of the whole “games as art” deal. As you can probably guess, I immediately became a fan. Budziszewski is a veteran of the Australian games industry, having…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Australian-developed EPOCH was a smash hit on iOS for many of the same reasons that most iOS smash hits become smash hits – it took a very basic idea and executed on it really, really well. It combined high production values, gameplay that worked on a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Bearzerkers looks like a riot of fun. This multiplayer-focused title features a rampaging panda bear that players need to run from. The goal of the game is to be the last man standing by manipulating the environment so that the bear catches the other opponents first.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Flat Earth Games, the Sydney-based indie that truly impressed us with its excellent debut, Towncraft, has announced its second game; Metrocide. This game is a very (very) different experience to Towncraft. Set it a futuristic, crime-ridden city, this stealth-action game promises to be very, very difficult,…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Burden has been a game that has been a long time coming, but almost there now. I’ve had a look at the game, and what I saw impressed me greatly. This is why I’m so disappointed that the Australian Government has pulled funding from the games…
Read MoreFeature by Matt S. Last week the local Australian games industry was hit by the unfortunate news that the government would be pulling all federal funding out of the industry. The total value of the lost support was $10 million, which isn’t much for the Government, but it was a…
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