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It looks like things were much more dire over at Australian-based Transmission Games than previously thought. A few weeks ago the company layed off over 20 of its team members. Now a new report from Kotaku Australia reports that the entire company has shut down and put into administration.

Transmission Games, previously known as IRGurus, is best known here in the US for its WWII flying action games. It's latest such effort is Heroes Over Europe which had to deal with its original publishers bowing out before Ubisoft finally came in to publish the game. It was released just last month. The developer also made the sports game Ashes Cricket 2009 which was released last August via Codemasters overseas.

There's more bad news on the game developer front today as Australian based studio Transmission Games has reportedly laid off over 20 of its team members this week. Gamaustra reports that the entire team had over 130 members before the layoffs occured.

Transmission Games released two titles this year including the long-in-development WWII flying action game Heroes Over Europe that was published by Ubisoft last month. They also released the sports game Ashes Cricket 2009 last August to many parts of the world other than the US. There is no word on what future games the development team is working on nor if these new layoffs will affect their development schedule.

This patch for Heroes Over Europe improves flight stick support and unlocks various missions for a better in-game experience.

"The sequel to the mighty World War II flight combat game Heroes of the Pacific, Heroes over Europe takes aspiring combat pilots into the bullet-ridden heart of major World War II European air battles in glorious dogfight-friendly high definition. Heroes over Europe follows the Allied campaign from the attacks on London to the destruction of Berlin, with players under orders to strap themselves into the authentically rendered cockpits of the campaign's iconic aircraft. Their mission: to survive the most ferocious dogfights ever seen in a flight combat game."

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There's not one but two retail MMOs being released this week along with not one but two WWII themed games. Who would have thought that?

Aion: NCsoft's fantasy MMO is already a huge hit in its native Korea and even before its US release the game has generated nearly 400,000 pre-orders. The game, which uses the first generation Cryengine for its graphics, is noted for its combat which can take place in the air as well as on the ground.

Ubisoft's upcoming WWII themed flying action game Heroes Over Europe now has a final release date for the PC version. While the console versions ship next week, PC owners will have to wait until September 22 to get their chance to pilot planes against the Nazis.

It will be the end of a long and turbulence filled flight for the game's development team Transmission Games. The game was originally going to be co-published by Red Mile Entertainment and Atari but Red Mile's shut down and Atari's pull out from publishing the game put Heroes Over Europe in a tailspin until Ubisoft took the stick and helped to fly the game in for a landing (hehe . . we kill ourselves).

This trailer uses in-game footage to show off the fast-paced aerial multiplayer combat of Heroes Over Europe. As seen, players will have access to an impressive variety of authentic era aircraft. The game is scheduled to ship in North America next week on September 15th.

"The sequel to the mighty World War II flight combat game Heroes of the Pacific, Heroes over Europe takes aspiring combat pilots into the bullet-ridden heart of major World War II European air battles in glorious dogfight-friendly high definition. Heroes over Europe follows the Allied campaign from the attacks on London to the destruction of Berlin, with players under orders to strap themselves into the authentically rendered cockpits of the campaign's iconic aircraft. Their mission: to survive the most ferocious dogfights ever seen in a flight combat game."

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In just a few days, the game industry as a whole enters a period in time that is extremely important to them, at least as it pertains to their wallets. From September to the end of the year the games industry generates well over half of their total yearly revenues. This year is a little different than most, however. Game publishers have moved quite a few of their major titles out of the fall-holiday time period to the first quarter of 2010 or later. The reason? They are not sure if a flood of even highly anticipated games will do well in this current economy.

That said there are still quite a lot of major PC games that will be coming down the pike for gamers to check out in the next few months. In the first part of a three part series, Big Download goes over all of the major games slated for release this fall and gives a little opinion on how well they might do in terms of sales. Keep in mind that the release dates for the games in our series is current to the best of our knowledge and they can, and frequently do, change.

Click on the image above to continue reading The Big PC Games For Fall 2009 - Part 1

It's been a little while since Ubisoft swooped in to rescue Heroes Over Europe, which had originally stalled out due to financial issues. This trailer gives viewers a good look at the dogfighting action that players can look forward to. The game is expected to release in September.

"Developed by Transmission Games in Melbourne, Australia, and powered by an all-new engine, Heroes Over Europe is set to raise the bar for flight combat games with the all new "Ace Kill" close combat action, four online modes supporting up to 16 players and fully customizable aircrafts with localized damage. Visually, the game takes no prisoners with meticulously rendered environments including faithful recreations of London, Berlin and the French Alps, and ultra-realistic iconic warplanes of the era, all presented in stunning high definition graphics."

Download HD Heroes Over Europe Trailer (214 MB)

It's a game that was in danger of being canceled but now a new publisher has flown in (hehe) to save the day. We are talking about Heroes Over Europe, the WWI action-flying game from developer Transmission Games. Today Ubisoft announced that they are the new publisher of the title and plan to release the game sometime in September.

The game's future was in doubt earlier this year when it was revealed that the developer had not received a payment from its co-publisher Red Mile Entertainment and as such pulled out of their agreement with Red Mile. Atari, the other co-publisher, also decided to terminate its agreement at the same time. Ubisoft' s new publishing deal announcement also came with nine new screenshots from the game that we have added to our gallery.

The WWII flying action game Heroes Over Europe has been planned as a 2009 release from Atari. However in a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, it appears there are some money snags that have popped up that will almost certainly affect its release.

In the filing made today, The title's co-publisher Red Mile Entertainment was sent a note from the game's developer Transmission Games (under its parent name IR Gurus) on Feb. 11. The note claimed that Red Mile had "failed to make a payment under such agreement in the amount of $281,000" to Transmission Games. As a result, the developer has terminated their agreement with Red Mile. Atari also sent Red Mile its own termination notice, saying it will no longer publish Heroes Over Europe.

Red Mile states it "disputes the grounds for termination" for Atari's side of things but that Atari's actions could affect Red Mile's operations. If they are unable to get more revenue or get a better line of credit within 30 days "the Company will likely cease operations." Red Mile is also the named publisher for a game based on Frank Miller's Sin City graphic novels. However aside from a few press releases about the game since it was first announced nearly two years ago there have been no details, screenshots or a announced developer for the game.