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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.

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Phantom Abyss is online multiplayer without the scheduling nightmare

Team WIBY's Ben Marrinan explains how they developed Phantom Abyss for a generation who treats games as a digital living…

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You should play... SNKRX

There has never been a more perfect answer to the question, ‘do you have games on your phone?’

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Ubisoft Sydney recruitment points to a new major game development studio in Australia (Updated)

A world-class AAA blockbuster game studio appears to be forming in Sydney.

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Keywords Studios acquires Tantalus, will create 130 more gamedev jobs

Tantalus founder Tom Crago will oversee the new studio, which will become Keywords Australia.

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New Nintendo Switch OLED model announced, to launch in October for $540

A bigger OLED screen is the flagship feature of the new Nintendo Switch, but its full hardware specifications are unknown.

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Indigenous games express culture through play

These games showcase the incredible diversity of culturally-informed, Indigenous-made games from around the world.

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Creative Victoria announces $30,000 in PAX Rising grants for game developers

The grants will be made available for independent Victorian game developers who already plan to exhibit at PAX Australia 2021.

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Chicory Review - Questioning the nature of art and artists with cute animals

Chicory: A Colorful Tale has you revitalise a colourless world. But that task comes with more existential dread than you…

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Mario Golf takes over Australia, while Kiwis completely ignore it - ANZ Game Sales Analysis

The top games of Australia and New Zealand were completely different last week, with Kiwis preferring the gritty anime sci-fi…

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