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First Look at the Parliamentary Friends of Video Games
‘The one thing that you always have as a politician is a platform. I really want to put the enormous…
POC game developers celebrate diversity with #IamPOCinPlay
The hashtag #IamPOCinPlay was created by POC in Play, a UK-based organisation that develops initiatives to promote and include People…
AIDC mentorship and $25k funding for documentary videogames
State of Play offers development funding and mentorship to strengthen and showcase the collaboration between nonfiction stories and gaming technologies…
Winners of the 2020 AGDAs announced
The Australian Game Developer Awards ceremony streamed live on Twitch in 2020, hosted by Jordan Raskopoulos. Here is the full…
What can SA's Video Game Development Rebate do for local developers?
The SA Video Game Development Rebate, the first of its kind in Australia, is now available to SA devs. What…
PAX ONLINE: Meet the Aussies of the indie showcase
This year PAX's indie showcase of playable demos is all online, and just as exciting as ever.
NZ Games Festival serves up 'The Pavs' Awards for 2020
The 2020 New Zealand Games Festival might have been postponed, but that didn’t stop them running a gorgeous Awards ceremony…
Film Victoria funds eight new Australian games
Film Victoria's latest round of production funding will support games from Samurai Punk, Fae Daunt, Ian MacLarty, David Chen, and…
IGEA overhauls talent visas, proposes labour agreement for Australian game dev
Following our report on hiring complications in the Australian games sector, we look in depth at changes to visa codes…
Parliamentary Inquiry recommends federal tax offset for games development
The Inquiry Report pinpointed videogame development as a ‘new and emerging industry,' recommending federal support to increase co-investment opportunities, tax…