Game Developers Conference Roundup!

This article comes from Highwaygames.com

The recent Australian Developers Conference showcased leading developers in game design and hardware with much emphasis on Playstation II and XBox technology.

Many people were impressed at the technological advances made in home gaming systems with this writer's belief that arcade is some way away of catching up in game design and innovation.

Team Soho, led by game director Brendan McNamara, showed what the Playstation II was capable of with an investment of over 3million pounds in their still to be completed "The Getaway". This is much more than a normal game and we will have a full update within the next few days.

In a previous story we partly covered Microsoft's XBox, however we failed to mention that Microsoft is offering any developer with strong ideas and concepts to develop games on their behalf by providing source code (after signing an agreement).

The conference was a good mix of industry professionals from high profile companies, software designers, developers, and teachers. This is a growing industry with many new courses being started by Universities and TAFEs as more international companies begin to reallocate into Australia.

For a roundup of exhibitors and photos please follow this link.