Auran

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Auran
Type Privately Owned
Founded 1995
Headquarters Brisbane, Australia
Key people Greg Lane
Graham Edelsten
Industry Computer and video game industry
Entertainment industry
Products Dark Reign
Trainz
Fury
Website www.auran.com

Auran is an Australian video game developer and publisher based in Brisbane, Queensland. The company was established in 1995 by Greg Lane and Graham Edelsten and released its first game, Dark Reign, in 1997. Auran is also known for developing the Trainz railroad simulator series, which uses their self-developed middleware game engine Auran JET, and Fury, a PvP-based massively multiplayer online game.

Auran has also published a number of games for the Australian market, including Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich, Shadowgrounds and Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday.

On December 13, 2007, Auran Developments, the team behind Fury, went into voluntary administration.[1][2][3] Auran Games (the developer of the Trainz series) will continue to operate, although the majority of staff was layed off resulting in a development team of just three individuals.

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[edit] Games developed by Auran

[edit] Game contributed to by Auran

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Sumea:Launchpad. - Auran undergoing liquidation
  2. ^ Auran Developments News - Trainz Discussion Forums
  3. ^ LeMay, Renai. "Swords Fall as Fury mission fails to thrill", MISAustralia, 2007-12-11. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.