@Nintendo_Man Sadly Ninty, this is a process that the government is refusing to help with. You see it with our movie industry - up there with the best. We have amazing studios, great films are coming out and the government offers huge grants. Those same grants should also apply to the games industry, especially when it comes to big studios like Krome who have hundreds of employees and make great games. And on top of that, they're fiercely australian - their first game was an australian surfing simulator, they are well regarded for their australian mascot platformers, and their final game was a rather decent tie in to the australian animated film Owls of Ga'Hoole. Australia isnt taken seriously because their are far too many risks involved. A studio like Krome can only prosper on it's next job. A single bad project could have publishers choose someone else next time - which is bad news for the company. It happened with Ratbag Games, Pandemic Brisbane, Krome and hundreds of others. This is why apple games, facebook games and PC games are low risk and potentially very high reward - making it an easy option for small australian companies just trying to survive. If they had the government support they needed, maybe they could self-publish and keep their IP. Thats not to say that Australia cant make big games - Total War is always great, and is aussie, LA Noire is being made in Sydney, and there are numerous other companies in Australia and New Zealand working hard to compete with the big companies overseas with all their dollars. As for this story - I'd say its a match made in heaven. Infinite Interactive make compelling games, as does Firemint, and they can help each other publish titles. And now that they can save some money in that manner, it won't be as fatal if one of their products doesn't find an audience. This can only be a good thing.
