Established in 1995, Auran first came to prominence with the hit RTS "Dark Reign: The Future of War", which won Strategy Game of the Year in 1997. As one of Australia?s oldest and largest game studios Auran has won numerous technology awards and operates from world-class facilities in sunny sub-tropical Brisbane. Boasting a team of internationally experienced developers, Auran?s staff have worked on a titles including: Asheron?s Call 1 & 2, Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, Mythica, Middle Earth Online, Need for Speed Underground, Magic and Mayhem and many more.
Auran is currently producing V2.0 of its advanced 3D game development engine, Auran Jet, as well as 3 other major projects. These projects, which each leverage the Auran Jet technology base, are: A soon to be announced "Triple-A" MMOG being developed with leading Korean publisher Hanbitsoft; My Virtual Home, an advanced interior design and home renovation package; and the successful Trainz Railroad Simulator, which has more than 100,000 registered users and dominates the niche train simulator market.
In addition to our strong development credentials, Auran is rapidly expanding as a games publisher in the Australian, New Zealand and Asian games markets. With a strong distribution connection Auran currently provides on average four quality titles a month to the Australian, New Zealand and Asian games markets. Having connections with leading publishers and developers such as Irrational Games, JoWooD Productions, 1C Company, Techland, Paradox, Monte Cristo, Cyanide Studios, Stardock, Whiptail Interactive and many more, Auran is aiming to be the publisher of choice for independent game developers. If you are a developer looking for a closer working relationship with your publisher, please visit our Games pages for more information about the services we offer.
Auran is currently employing quality programmers and artists, so please visit our careers page to discover the current positions available.
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2002 Foundation Member of Cooperative Research Centre
Interaction Design Centre, Australian Government.
2002 WCIT Technology Award Winner
2001 Australian Technology Awards
Winner of the Excellence in the Development of Multimedia Technology Award.
2000 Australian Technology Awards
Finalist, Award for Excellence in the Development of Technology for Multimedia.
1999 Australian Export Awards
Auran was the winner of the Austrade Arts and Entertainment Award.
1999 Queensland Premier?s Awards for Export Excellence
For the second year running, Auran was awarded the Export Award in the Arts and Entertainment section.
Federal Government R&D Start Grant
Auran was awarded a ?2 million grant to develop the S.A.G.E. (Auran Jet) technology. The grant was awarded in March 1999 to be effective retrospectively from October 1998.
1998 AVSDA Awards
In December 1998, Auran?s Dark Reign was awarded Highest Selling PC Strategy/Simulation.
1998 Queensland IT&T Awards for Excellence
In October 1998, Auran was presented with the export award in the Arts and Entertainment section. Auran was also a finalist in the Emerging Exporters category.
1998 Australian Export Awards
Auran was a finalist in the Australian Export Awards.
1997 Queensland IT&T Awards for Excellence
In November 1997, Auran won the Arts-Media-Entertainment category of the awards.
1997 Queensland Export Awards
Auran was given special mention for its international achievements.
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