N3V Games (also known as Auran) is one of the longest independent game development studios in Australia. Officially opening its doors in 1997 with a major hit (Dark Reign), N3V Games has pressed on to evolve in the ever growing, ever changing games industry.

N3V Games is an Australian based self funded company which to this day has seen thousands of top quality Australian development talent come through the doors. N3V is very proud to have assisted in the growth of the Australian Games Industry by proving quality profitable Intellectual Property and helping shape some of the most talented and right minded industry developers and artists Australia has ever produced.

The I.P that N3V Games has moulded into creating it’s solid self-sufficient foundation includes many titles, some for reference are:

Dark Reign
The game that shaped a genre. Dark Reign hit the shelves and revolutionised the Real-Time Strategy genre to what we know and love today.

Trainz Simulator
This is the # 1 Train Simulation game in the world and we are very humbled by our 300,000+ dedicated Trainz community that has evolved over the last 10+ years to keep Trainz standing proud and strong! This franchise has been expanded onto PC, Mac, iOS and Android with an even brighter future ahead!
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My First TRAINZ Set
This offshoot of Trainz Simulator is targeted at a much younger audience to allow them to get a feel for what comes later with Trainz Simulator. This award winning title has been gracefully accepted into the lives of many young engineers. This franchise has been expanded onto PC, iOS and Android.
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Bridge IT
With the combined force of N3V and NVIDIA, it didn’t take long to get two great heads together to come up with a way to utilize N3V’s state of the art tech with NVIDIA’s stat of the art hardware to create a game that would show the power and flexibility of NVIDIA’s hardware while demonstrating the development skills of N3V. Bridge IT took puzzle physics and realistic graphics to the next level back in its heyday.
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Turbo Trainz
The Wii managed to target more casual gamers than anyone else beforehand on a console. N3V saw this opportunity to transform their loved I.P Trainz into a more casual racing / puzzler. Turbo Trainz sees you become the train with the Wii’s unique control system! Cleverly crafted to advance your experience, the unique control system has family and friends chugging like a train! Move your arms in a churning motion to turn up the heat in this epic train race which gets your heart thumping and your arms pumping.
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As N3V Games expands into the market of mobile gaming, there are a few surprises that awaits the gaming marketing.

Dead on Arrival
Many gamers worldwide have taken a liking to the genre of survival shooters. N3V has seen a gap in the mobile space for this type of genre and has create DOA (Dead on Arrival) to fill this void. With an exclusive Android release with Sony Ericsson for the Xperia Play, N3V hopes to get a true dedicated following for the title by regular updates and still maintaining the “Free-2-Play” aspect that DOA will release with. Coming November 17, 2011 – Android ... iOS to follow.
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HEIST: The Score
First Person Shooters are very popular on console but are still not casual enough for the mobile market. By taking the rail shooter concept and applying it to a very much loved genre on console, N3V games has managed to produce a very well crafted shooter with triple A graphics and an epic interactive action story that will have you hooked. Coming Q4, 2011
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