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N3V Games 
Type Private Industry Video game industry Founded 1995 (Auran)
2005 (N3VRF41L)Founder(s) Greg Lane (Auran)
Graham Edelsten (N3V/Auran)
Tony Hilliam (N3V)[1]Headquarters Brisbane, Australia Products Dark Reign: The Future of War
Trainz
FuryWebsite www.auran.com N3V Games (formerly Auran[2]) is an Australian video game developer and publisher based in Brisbane, Queensland.
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History
Auran was established by Greg Lane and Graham Edelsten in 1995, and released its first game, Dark Reign: The Future of War, in 1997. They also developed the Trainz train simulator series, which uses their self-developed middleware game engine Auran JET, and Fury, a PvP-based massively multiplayer online game, and has published a number of games for the Australian market, including Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich, Shadowgrounds and Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday.
In late 2005 one of the company's founders, Greg Lane, left, saying it was time to move on. Greg Lane was responsible for the development of Dark Reign and Trainz. Greg Lane is now the Chief Technology Officer for MyVirtualHome (MVH). MVH uses Auran JET as the basis for their 3D home design program.
On 13 December 2007, Auran Development, the company behind Fury, went into voluntary administration.[3][4][5][6] The majority of staff was laid off. Auran Games (the developer of the Trainz series) continued to operate, with a development team of just three individuals. Auran Games later became a subsidiary of N3V Games (previously known as N3VRF41L), founded by Graham Edelsten and Tony Hilliam in 2005.[2][1]
On 6 October 2010, N3V and Frogster Pacific began operating a Brisbane-based server for the Runes of Magic MMORPG developed by Runewaker Entertainment.
Games developed
- Dark Reign: The Future of War
- The Trainz series
- Bridge It
- Fury
- Battlestar Galactica
- Harn: Bloodline [7]
Games published
- War on Terror
- SpellForce (Australian)
- Chaser
- Airport Simulator [8]
- Elemental: War of Magic
- Turbo Trainz
References
- ^ a b Spiffy (27 July 2009). "Auran and N3VRF41L Ownership?". http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?p=474405#post474405. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ a b JRT (9 August 2010). "Who owns N3V?". http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?p=649958#post649958. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ "Auran undergoing liquidation" (13 December 2007)
- ^ Lance Jago (Trainz Team): "Auran Developments News" (13 December 2007)
- ^ LeMay, Renai (11 December 2007). "Swords Fall as Fury mission fails to thrill". MIS Financial Review. http://www.misaustralia.com/viewer.aspx?EDP://20071211000020068424&magsection=news-headlines-list&portal=_misnews&title=Swords+fall+as+Fury+fails+mission+to+thrill. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ Daniel Golding: "Auran development team in liquidation" (13 December 2007)
- ^ "Harn: Bloodline – PV Preview at IGN"
- ^ Airport Simulator at Auran
External links
Categories:- Video game companies of Australia
- Companies established in 1995
- Video game developers
- Privately held companies of Australia
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