Transmission Games
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Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia |
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Key people | 1996–2007:
2007-2009:
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Transmission Games (originally known as IR Gurus) was an Australian game development company, specialising in sports and action games. Originally, Transmission Games was established as IR Gurus Pty Ltd in 1996 by Craig Laughton, Andrew Niere, and Ian Cunliffe with the motto "Game Play is Everything". The company name was changed in February 2008 to Transmission Games and was later purchased by a third party investor. The company was subsequently wound up some 18 months later by the new owner.
Transmission Games had developed many games, including:
The company was based in Melbourne, Australia and its last games released were
Development history
Transmission Games released fifteen games between 1996 and 2009, including Australia's No.1 selling PC game in 2003, The Saddle Club – Willowbrook Stables based on the successful TV show The Saddle Club. Transmission Games's AFL games, including
Arcade flight games
In 2005, Transmission Games released the award-winning arcade style flight simulation game Heroes of the Pacific for the PC, PS2 and Xbox formats and was originally developed by startup Melbourne studio Thatgame who later merged with IR Gurus. Heroes of the Pacific was published in PAL territories by Codemasters and in NTSC territories by Ubisoft. Heroes of the Pacific garnered favourable reviews (averaging 76%-78% across all platforms), and received a number of awards, including Australian Game of the Year and PC Game of the Year from the Game Developer's Association of Australia in 2005.
Following Heroes of the Pacific, Transmission Games co-developed Heatseeker, a modern flight combat game, with Codemasters. Heatseeker was released in Europe on 30 March 2007. Heroes Over Europe, the sequel to Heroes of the Pacific, was released in September 2009.
Sports games
In 2001, IR Gurus began development of stadium-based sports titles. They released
In addition, Transmission Games developed the officially licensed GAA Gaelic football game Gaelic Games: Football exclusively for the PlayStation 2 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of Ireland on 11 November 2005. Following its release, Gaelic Games: Football was the highest selling PlayStation 2 game of all time in Ireland. [citation needed]
Transmission Games followed Gaelic Games: Football with
In 2007, Transmission Games worked with fellow Melbourne company Acheron Design to develop
Transmission Games' last sports game release was
Equestrian games
Transmission Games was also known for development and publishing of equestrian-related computer and console game titles. From 1996 to early 2000, Transmission Games developed its own equestrian computer games Mary King's Riding Star and Equestriad in conjunction with Melbourne software companies
In 2007, Transmission Games released Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge on PlayStation 2 and PC. Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge is an equestrian game based on the sport of 3-day horse eventing. The game features Show Jumping, Dressage and Cross Country events.
Games
- Heroes Over Europe (2009)
- Ashes Cricket 2009 (2009)
- Gaelic Games: Hurling(2007)
- Gaelic Games: Football 2(2007)
- Brian Lara Pressure Play(2007)
- AFL Premiership 2007 (2007)
- Heatseeker (2007)
- Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge (2006)
- AFL Premiership 2006(2006)
- Heroes of the Pacific (2005)
- Gaelic Games: Football (2005)
- AFL Premiership 2005 (2005)
- AFL Live Premiership Edition(2004)
- AFL Live 2004(2003)
- AFL Live 2003(2002)
- Kevin Sheedy AFL Coach 2002(2002)
- The Saddle Club – Willowbrook Stables (2002)
- Equestriad (2001)
- Mary King's Riding Star (1999)
References
External links
- Transmission Games Home Page
- Heroes of the Pacific Home Page
- IR Gurus at MobyGames
- Heroes of the Pacific at MobyGames
- AFL Premiership 2006 at MobyGames
- AFL Premiership 2005 at MobyGames
- Gaelic Games: Football at MobyGames
- AFL Live Premiership Edition at MobyGames
- AFL Live 2004 at MobyGames
- AFL Live 2003 at MobyGames
- IR Gurus Profile at IGN
- Transmission games closes doors report