The past few years have seen the closure of some of Australia’s biggest studios. This year alone we’ve lost two THQ-owned studios and just last week we heard that EA would be closing Visceral Games. Most of the talk surrounding the closures has been about the state of the industry, which is an important discussion to have, but what about the developers themselves? What do all these closures mean for them? Kotaku spoke to some Aussie game devs to find out. More »
Transmission Games, the Melbourne studio responsible for the recent Ashes Cricket 2009, Heroes Over The Pacific, Heroes Over Europe and a number of AFL games, has closed down, Kotaku has heard. More »
Melbourne development studio Transmission Games, best known for their work on Ashes Cricket 2009, has let go over 30 of its employees this week, Kotaku has heard. More »
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In case you missed it, Codemasters announced a new cricket game over the weekend. More »
Gamespot reports that Red Mile Entertainment has handed the monochrome goose to another developer. The publisher wasn’t willing to say which studio had taken up the reins, just that the Melbourne-based Transmission Games (formerly IR Gurus) was no longer at the helm. From the GS story:
Responding to requests for comment, a Red Mile representative said that Sin City has been passed off to an as-yet-unannounced development house, a change that occurred “quite a long time ago”. Commenting on the switch, the Red Mile representative said, “Transmission is focusing on Heroes Over Europe, which is quite an important title for us”.
First Pandemic (maybe) and now Transmission? The only upside to this tale is it finally gave me an excuse to use a picture of Jessica Alba in a post. Small comfort, mind you.
Red Mile contracts new Sin City dev [Gamespot, via Tsumea] More »
