N3V Games
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| legal form | Proprietary Limited |
| founding | 1995 (Auran), 2005 (N3VRF41L) |
| Seat | Brisbane , Australia |
| management | Graham Edelsten, Tony Hilliam |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | www.n3vgames.com |
N3V Games Pty Ltd. (formerly Auran ) is an Australian developer , publisher and distributor of computer games , based in Brisbane ( Queensland ). The company was founded in 1995 under the name Auran by Greg Lane and Graham Edelsten and released its first game Dark Reign: The Future of War in 1997 . N3V Games and Auran are also known for developing the train simulation series Trainz and Fury , a PvP -based massively multiplayer online game . The games run with the company's own middleware game engine Auran JET .
Auran has also released a number of games for the Australian market, including Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich, Shadowgrounds and Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday .
history
In late 2005, one of Auran's founders, Greg Lane, left the company. Greg Lane was responsible for developing Dark Reign and Trainz ; he then became the chief technology officer for MyVirtualHome (MVH). MVH uses the Auran JET engine middleware developed by Auran as the basis for their 3D design program.
On December 13, 2007 Auran Developments was placed in an out of court bankruptcy procedure . The reason for the bankruptcy was in particular the lack of commercial success of Fury . Although the majority of the employees were laid off and the development team consisted of three people, Auran Games (developer of the Trainz series) announced that they will continue to operate despite the bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy announcement, Fury ran for free and was shut down on August 7, 2008. Auran Games then became part of N3VRF41L ( Leetspeak for 'Neverfail'), which was founded in 2005 by Tony Hilliam and Graham Edelsten and was later renamed N3V Games. N3V Games continues the Trainz series and is also the largest computer game publisher in Australia through the release of various externally developed games on the Australian market. Auran continues to exist as the company's brand .
Games developed by Auran
- Dark Reign: The Future of War
- The Trainz - series
- Bridge It
- Fury
Games published by Auran
- Was on terror
- Battlestar Galactica
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lance Jago (Trainz Team): Auran Developments News (December 13, 2007)
- ^ Daniel Golding: Auran development team in liquidation ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (December 13, 2007)
- ↑ Matt: A visit to Auran Games ( English ) Australian Gamer. June 13, 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
Web links
Official websites
- www.auran.com official Auran website
- n3vgames.com official website
- Queensland Games
information
- Auran Games PTY Ltd. at MobyGames (English)
- N3V Games PTY Ltd. at MobyGames (English)