RED MILE ENTERTAINMENT™ VIDEOGAME TITLES SCOOP AWARDS AT
AUSTRALIAN GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE 2005
Sausalito, Ca., (December 5, 2005) – Red Mile Entertainment™,
a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, is
pleased to announce that two of its titles have won several prestigious
awards, including Best Game of 2005 and Best Handheld Game, at the 2005
Australian Game Developers Awards in Melbourne, Australia.
Heroes of the Pacific, Red Mile’s first game for the
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft and the PC platform, received four awards:
Best Game of 2005, Best PC Game, Programming Excellence and Outstanding Visual
Arts. The game’s developer, IR Gurus of Melbourne, Australia, was presented
with the awards at the event attended by game industry representatives from
around the world.
Gripshift, Red Mile’s first title for the PSP™ portable
entertainment system, received three awards: Best Handheld Game, Best Game
Design and Best Level Design. The awards were received by the developer of
Gripshift, Sidhe Interactive of Wellington, New Zealand.
“All of us at Red Mile Entertainment are thrilled that our
development partners at IR Gurus and Sidhe Interactive have been recognized
for the excellence of their games,” said Chester Aldridge, CEO of Red Mile
Entertainment. “The awards vindicate our belief that these studios are among
the best up-and-coming game development studios in the world. We are
delighted to have worked with them on these games and to continue our
partnership for several of our upcoming titles.”
Heroes of the Pacific is a World War II combat flight game set
in the Pacific Theater. The game has had a tremendous response from the
videogame press. PSE Magazine called it “…a property that can go toe-to-toe
with the big boys” and featured the game on the cover of its November 2005
issue. TeamXbox.com said the game “…deserves a spot alongside such great WWII
titles as the Call of Duty and Brothers in Arms franchises” and gave Heroes
its Editors Choice Award.
“It’s a great honor to receive such prestigious awards from
the Australian Game Developers Conference,” said Mike Fegan, CEO of IR Gurus.
“The combination of the talent and industry of our team in Melbourne with the
production management expertise of Red Mile has led to a great success, which
we hope to repeat many times in the future together.”
GripShift successfully fuses platform, driving and puzzle
elements to create a unique gameplay experience for the PSP™ system.
GripShift’s design has been popular with media and gamers alike, including
respected video game magazine Edge UK, which, in a recent review, described
GripShift as “one of PSP’s finest and full-featured games to date.”
“GripShift was a labor of love for Sidhe. To have its
originality and design values recognized and awarded by our peers is a
fantastic validation,” said Mario Wynands, Managing Director of Sidhe
Interactive.
In its seventh year, the AGDC awards have been an important
part of the Australian Game Developers Conference, which has worked to educate
and acknowledge the vibrant game development scene in Australasia.
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