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3 Jul 2008
Mobile Games and Entertainment Symposium
Firemint CEO Robert Murray will be presenting at the Mobile Games and Entertainment Symposium to be held at ACMI as part of the Game On exhibition. This free event is being held at the ACMI cinemas from 1pm-4pm on Thursday, 3 July 2008.
30 Jun 2008
New Firemint IP wins government grant
Firemint has been approved for a Film Victoria grant towards the development of an original multiplayer PC title. The title is currently in pre-production, with the prototype expected to be completed by early 2009.
19 Jun 2008
Gold Party
Firemint holds a Gold Party to celebrate five games going "gold master", including Dung, The Sims™ DJ for iPod and three unannounced titles to be released over the next few months.
16 Jun 2008
IMGAIMGA call for entries
The 5th International Mobile Gaming Awards are now open for entries. There are 5 categories including Best 3D, Best Gameplay and Best Casual. The deadline for submisisons is September 22.
11 Jun 2008
Wii Developer Approval
Firemint has received developer approval from Nintendo for the Wii platform.
9 Jun 2008
The Sims™ DJ for iPod released
EA releases The Sims™ DJ for iPod, designed and developed by Firemint.
22 May 2008
Dung released
BigPond releases Dung for PC and mobile, based on a concept by Project Joystick winner Sherele Moody and designed and developed by Firemint.
12 May 2008
Dung Developer Diary
Dung Developer Diary - Part 3 has been posted on BigPond GameArena. Part 3 looks at the QA process.
10 Apr 2008
Sumea iPhone game development interview
Sumea has posted an interview about iPhone game development with a number of Australian game developers, including Firemint's CEO Robert Murray.
9 Apr 2008
Australian Gamer visits Firemint
Australian Gamer has posted a studio tour and interview with Firemint.
7 Apr 2008
Firemint at Mobile Monday
Firemint's CEO Robert Murray will be speaking at the Mobile Monday Melbourne Mobile Gaming evening.
26 Mar 2008
Dung Developer Diary
Dung Developer Diary - Part 2 has been posted on BigPond GameArena. Part 2 shows some concept art and early art style development.
20 Mar 2008
Dung Developer Diary
Dung Developer Diary - Part 1 has been posted on BigPond GameArena. Read about the early prototyping of the game.
28 Feb 2008
Project Joystick interview
BigPond GameArena has a video interview with Firemint about the progress of development on Project Joystick.
26 Feb 2008
Firemint at Dissecta
Firemint's CEO Robert Murray and Development Director Kynan Woodman join Tom Crago, CEO of Tantalus and President of the GDAA, to deliver a "GDC Debrief" at Dissecta. The presentation was reported at Sumea, and a video download (71MB) is also available.
13 Feb 2008
WRC wins IMGA People's Choice Award
FIA World Rally Championship 3D developed by Firemint has won the International Mobile Gaming Awards - People's Choice category.
1 Feb 2008
Make a Game in a Day
Firemint runs the first "Game Dev Day" for employees. The challenge: create a complete game in just one day! At the end of the day, small teams and individuals had created 16 games.
7 Jan 2008
Happy New Year!
Firemint is back at work after the Christmas/New Year summer holidays.
 

2007 News Archive

The Sims DJ (iPod) Dung (Phone and PC) Mega Monster (Phone) FIA World Rally Championship 3D (Phone) EA Sports Madden NFL '08 3D (Phone) The Fast and the Furious: Fugitive (Phone) Ratatouille (Phone) Tinker Bell: Fly! Need for Speed Most Wanted (Phone) EA Sports Madden NFL '07 3D (Phone) Socceroos: Path to Glory (Phone) Sopranos Poker (Phone)