iPhone game wins top plaudit at Australian developer awards

It is unfortunate that Axis Mundi didn't take out one of the indie awards ;) It was funny when they announced best mobile title because the two games nominated were both from Firemint.

im surprised puzzle quest galactrix didnt just win everything. it was the only good game on the list, though not to everybodys taste like pq1 it seems.

quite amusing and sad at the same time, either way flight control is an awesome game.

I've a couple of friends who are Australian game developers, and quite respected for the work they do. The Freedom Force series is Australian, the Homeworld series had a sizeable Australian component (from memory) and quite a few other titles you'd probably recognise. Of course, since the GFC a lot of studios have shut doors - Pandemic Brisbane being the most recent.

Considering this is a country that bans any game that would of gotten M or equivalent anywhere else because they refuse to make an equivalent rating I can't say I'm surprised they've had a brain drain in the videogame sector.

This is embarrassing. @Generic_Dude. I wouldn't say it is not in our skill set. Many of our top Universities offer degrees in this area, but most of us are forced to look for work over seas, with great success. The problem is lack of funding and a dinosaur government.

If your country's best game is an iPhone game, game development probably isn't in your national skill set.

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So, I take it Australia has no real game developers? I mean, come on, if a freaking "could have been made in Flash" cell phone game wins...

Ban it.

Wow, this is worse than the Australian movie industry, Heroes over Europe scored 5.0 on here and it won 3 awards - go figure.

@Phacet Hell no the world would not have had Medieval 2: Total War otherwise and what would bioshock would have been like?

The list shows why developers are shutting up here, besides Puzzle Quest there was no decent Australian made game released. We need Blue Tongue to make a new De Blob game.

I am an aussie and I have never heard some of these games before. These sound pretty bad to the rest of the games worldwide.

Us aussies oughtta quit making games. These are all horrid.