Transmission Games

Infobox_Company
company_name = Transmission Games
company_type = Video game developer
foundation = 1996
location = Melbourne, Australia
key_people = Mike Fegan, Andrew Niere, Ben Palmer, Antony Reed, Tony Parkes, Justin Halliday, Cameron Dunn
num_employees = 100
industry = Video games
revenue =
homepage = http://www.transmissiongames.com/
products = Brian Lara Pressure Play, AFL Premiership 2007, Heatseeker, Heroes of the Pacific, Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge, AFL Premiership 2006

Transmission Games is an Australian Game Developer Company, specialising in Sports and Action Games. 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.

Transmission Games has developed many games, including: Heatseeker for the PlayStation2, Wii, and PSP, Heroes of the Pacific for the PlayStation2, Xbox, and PC, the AFL Premiership series of games for the PlayStation2, and The Saddle Club - Willowbrook Stables. The company is based in Melbourne, Australia and its most recent releases were Heatseeker (which was published by Codemasters), AFL Premiership 2007 and Brian Lara Pressure Play.

Development History

Transmission Games has released fifteen games since its founding in 1996, 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 AFL Live 2003, AFL Live 2004, AFL Live Premiership Edition, AFL Premiership 2005, and AFL Premiership 2006 all debuted at No.1 on the Australian sales charts, with AFL Premiership 2006 staying at the top of the all-formats charts for six weeks.

Arcade Flight Games

In 2005, Transmission Games released the award-winning Heroes of the Pacific, an arcade style flight simulation game for the PC, PS2 and Xbox formats. Heroes of the Pacific was published in PAL territories by Codemasters and in NTSC territories by Ubisoft. Heroes of the Pacific garnered favorable 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 the 30th of March, 2007.

Sports Games

In September 2002, Transmission Games began development of stadium-based sports titles. The company's first release was AFL Coach 2002 in October 2002, followed by AFL Live 2003 in September 2003 which was published by Acclaim Entertainment. Transmission Games continued to develop AFL games, including AFL Live Premiership Edition released in April 2004, AFL Premiership 2005 released in September 2005, AFL Premiership 2006 released in July 2006, and finally AFL Premiership 2007 released in June 2007.

In addition, Transmission Games developed the officially licensed GAA Gaelic Football game exclusively for the PlayStation2 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of Ireland on November 11, 2005. Following its release, was the highest selling PlayStation2 game of all time in Ireland.

Transmission Games followed Gaelic Games: Football with , and in November 2007. Both of these games were developed exclusively for the PlayStation2 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of Ireland.

In 2007 Transmission Games worked with fellow Melbourne company Acheron Design to develop Brian Lara Pressure Play, a PSP version of Codemasters's Brian Lara series of Cricket games. The game debuted at No.1 on the UK sales charts when it was released in mid-2007.

Equestrian Games

Transmission Games is 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 Blue Tongue Entertainment and Tantalus Interactive. Both Mary King's Riding Star and Equestriad continue to have worldwide appeal and have been sold on the PC and PlayStation formats in seven different languages. In 2002 Transmission Games released The Saddle Club - Willowbrook Stables, featuring the license from The Saddle Club television show.

In 2007, Transmission Games released Lucinda Green's Equestrian Challenge on PlayStation2 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.

Released Games

* (2007)
* (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)
* (2005)
* AFL Premiership 2005 (2005)
* AFL Live Premiership Edition (2004)
* AFL Live 2004 (2004)
* AFL Live 2003 (2003)
* AFL Coach 2002 (2002)
* The Saddle Club - Willowbrook Stables (2002)
* Equestriad (2000)
* Mary King's Riding Star (1999)

External links

* [http://www.transmissiongames.com/ Transmission Games Home Page]
* [http://www.heroesofthepacific.com/index.php Heroes of the Pacific Home Page]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/ir-gurus-interactive-pty-ltd IR Gurus] at MobyGames
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*moby game|id=/afl-premiership-2006|name="AFL Premiership 2006"
*moby game|id=/afl-premiership-2005|name="AFL Premiership 2005"
*moby game|id=/gaelic-rules-football|name="Gaelic Games: Football"
*moby game|id=/afl-live-premiership-edition|name="AFL Live Premiership Edition"
*moby game|id=/afl-live-2004|name="AFL Live 2004"
*moby game|id=/afl-live-2003|name="AFL Live 2003"
* [http://au.ps2.ign.com/articles/746/746110p3.html IR Gurus Profile] at IGN