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The Australian Game Developers Conference (AGDC) was an annual conference from 1999 to 2005 that brought together Australian and overseas game developers, publishers, programmers, artists, production staff, computer graphics companies, audio companies, software tool developers, buyers and suppliers to the game development industry.
Firemonkeys Studios is an Australian video game developer and publisher of video games, based in Melbourne, Victoria.In May 2011, Electronic Arts announced the acquisition of Firemint for an undisclosed sum, making it an in-house studio for EA Interactive.
The first report published by the association was the GamePlay Australia: Australians and Computer Games report published in 2005. [23] The first New Zealand focused report was published in 2010. [24] All of the reports have been authored by Jeffery E. Brand, PhD, from the Faculty of Society and Design at Bond University in Australia. [25] [26]
Traditional retail sales of video games in Australia during 2012 were $1.16 Billion; digital sales were estimated at $620 Million. [26] In 2013, Australia was ranked 14th in the world in terms of video game revenues. [27] On 22 June 2015 the Australian Senate commenced an inquiry into the future of Australia's video game development industry. [28]
The company still exists, but Snowball Studios , the game development subsidiary, was dissolved in 2012 and former employees of the studios formed Snowbird Game Studios, and 1C Entertainment, the game publishing, localization, and development subsidiary, was acquired by Tencent and was renamed Fulqrum Games in 2022. 1-Up Studio: Tokyo: Japan 2000
Tantalus Media (formerly Tantalus Entertainment and Tantalus Interactive) is an Australian video game developer based in Melbourne. It was founded in 1994 by programmers Andrew Bailey and Trevor Nuridin. [1] Since its inception, Tantalus has developed almost 100 games and has won multiple game awards. [2]
N3V Games (formerly Auran Development and later n3vrf41l Publishing) [2] is an Australian video game developer and publisher based in Helensvale, Queensland, Australia. [3] Auran is now operated as a holding company, with operations and development ceded to N3V Games, a different closely held company.
Riot Sydney (formerly BigWorld Technology and Wargaming Sydney) is an Australian software company, formed in 2002 by John De Margheriti.It was the developer of BigWorld, a middleware development tool suite for creating massively multiplayer online games (MMO) and virtual worlds.