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New Broken Roads trailer stars Uncle Jack Charles, as game signs with Team17
Broken Roads has just signed with Team 17, and dropped a new trailer narrated by legendary Indigenous actor, Uncle Jack…

Angus and Julia Stone release surprise album, a game soundtrack for Life Is Strange: True Colours
Australian folk duo Angus and Julia Stone return to score narrative adventure Life is Strange: True Colours.

Sledgehammer Games reveals Call of Duty: Vanguard amidst lawsuits against its publisher
Call of Duty: Vanguard will take the series back to World War II, with the Melbourne-based Sledgehammer Games contributing significantly.

Melbourne International Games Week 2021 reveals program with online and in-person events
Though PAX Aus and GCAP are taking their activities online this year, MIGW will still play host to a number…

Indigenous artists A.B. Original to feature on NBA 2K22 soundtrack
The award-winning hip-hop duo is the first Australian act to be included on the game's iconic soundtracks.

PAX Aus 2021 pivots to digital-only convention
Australia's largest gaming culture convention has announced it will pivot to a digital-only format in the wake of ongoing lockdowns.

Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) pivots 2021 conference to digital-only
Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) 2021 will now be a digital-only conference in light of Australia's continuing Covid situation.

The Australia Council for the Arts wants to fund videogames
The Australia Council's 2021-4 digital culture strategy makes funding videogames a priority, including non-commercial art games.

The Indie Houses brings international collaboration to games publishing
The new publishing collective The Indie Houses brings together seven international games publishers with an 'indies for indies' approach. They…

Australian game devs accepted into prestigious IGDA Foundation program
The latest cohort in the International Game Developers’ Association (IGDA) Foundation's Diverse Game Developers' Virtual Exchange has been announced.