Dissecta Event: "The Year of Next Gen" with Chris Mosely and Martin Wilkes

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Media Release

Melbourne, 30 January 2006 - Dissecta is pleased to announce its first event for 2006 "The Year of Next Gen", to be held Tuesday 21 February 2006 at the Australian Games Innovation Centre (Academy of Interactive Entertainment Presentation Room), in the Atari Building, Melbourne, Australia.

The Year of Next Gen will feature Chris Mosely and Martin Wilkes. Chris Mosely co-founded Melbourne based developer Blue Tongue Software in 1995, leaving his position as CEO to form Red Tribe in 2003. Chris' last two games with Bluetongue were Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendency, and Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, both innovative world class games. Chris will share his thoughts about next gen in his presentation "DON'T PANIC" covering the basics and hardware differences for next gen platforms, and also delving into next gen as more of a paradigm shift or evolution rather than just a new piece of hardware.

Chris will be joined by Martin Wilkes, Game Manager at established Melbourne distribution company Stomp, which started distributing PC and console games last year for Auran Games, the publishing off-shoot of Queensland developer Auran (Trainz Railroad Simulator series). Martin will shed some light on the local retail and distribution issues affecting next gen, and in particular issues surrounding the transition period.

The 21 February Dissecta event "The Year of Next Gen" will start at 7pm and run till at least 8:10 pm, with an audience Q&A. This will be Dissecta's seventh event since commencing in June 2005, and the event will be held at the Australian Games Innovation Centre (Academy of Interactive Entertainment Presentation Room), Melbourne, Australia.

For more information and booking details, visit Dissecta online at www.dissecta.com.

Spellforce (PC) for the first 50 attendees and Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 door prize:

With many thanks to Martin and Stomp, the first 50 Dissecta "The Year of Next Gen" attendees will receive a full version of Spellforce, the surprise hit released early 2004 that successfully mixed the RTS and RPG genres. Spellforce 2 will be distributed by Stomp in Australia in March 2006. Also thanks to Stomp and Auran Games, one lucky attendee will take home a full version of Auran's Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006.

ABOUT DISSECTA

Dissecta is an event based community, providing game fans and game makers the opportunity to hear and see the latest games and ideas, hear about game making, and discuss recently released video games with the creators. For more information visit www.dissecta.com. Special thanks to the Australian Games Innovation Centre which is run by the Game Developers Association of Australia, and the Academy of Interactive Entertainment Melbourne Campus.

Media Contact:

Tim Richards

pr@dissecta.com