Auran

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.

In late 2005 one of Auran's founders, Greg Lane, left Auran citing 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). www.mvh.com.au MVH uses the Auran developed middleware engine Auran JET as the basis for their 3D home design program.

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 laid off resulting in a development team of just three individuals.

Games developed by Auran

• Dark Reign: The Future of War
• Trainz Railway Simulator(TRS)
• Bridge It
• Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004(TRS2004)
• Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006(TRS2006)
• Trainz Classics
• Ultimate Trainz Collection (UTC

Game contributed to by Auran

• Fury

Games released by Auran

• War on Terror

External links

• Auran Company website
• Queensland Games

References

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