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A filmic adventure about being brave and pushing beyond your limits made for all players in Tasmania
Meet the team behind the brand new tactical strategy game Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector, Perth's Black Lab Games
Can you plan the perfect road network? Mini Motorways by Dinosaur Polo Club will test your urban planning skills
Games Gig is an event bringing together some of Australia's essential game musicians and composers for a discussion of genre-hopping sonic goodness.
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day how the team at Ghost Pattern are working to make sure their game playable by as many people as possible.
Australian studios Panda Arcade, Chaos Theory Games and VR Realms pick up commendations at last night's NYX Game Awards
Everyone is back to an even playing field for esports, and Ben Green from ESL Australia thinks that's one of the best opportunities for new talent ever.
Hundreds of indie games from all over the world showcased in playable pirate themepark.
Big small, indie or published, free or paid we've collected your submissions and here are 2020's Australian made games.
Visit Melbourne Fringe for the arts and culture all while playing Animal Crossing New Horizons!
Every winner of the 2020 Australian Game Developer Awards!
And you can visit LIGO in Minecraft yourself to learn about the physics of gravitational waves.
PAX Australia and PAX West won't be happening in person this year instead are combining and running as PAX Online.
Chris Lee is a League of Legends coach and he’ll be guiding Australia’s winner of the Red Bull Solo Q tournament as they take on the world.
Do you want to play games professionally? Elfishguy and Raven can give you some pointers on how to make it in esports
Mick Gordon built DOOM Eternal's soundtrack upon the legacy of DOOM but without just repeating the past.
The two major industry organisations for the Australian Game Development Industry will merge after a vote from members.
Beeps bloops and beats, Square Sounds is a celebration of chiptune and returns to Melbourne in 2020.
Melbourne's House House wins three awards at the 23rd Annual DICE Awards in Las Vegas.
It was a cracker year for Aussie games and if it was made in the great southern land you'll find it here.
Editor and Curator Drew Taylor wants us to appreciate the game levels we race through while we play in a new magazine crowdfunding now.
Step in the shoes of Syd as you get to know Maisy, Jayda and Steph in this visual novel made in Canberra.
Queensland's Sidebar Games are back with the sequel to the charming Golf Story, Sports Story releasing in 2020.
Sydney has it's first game development co-working space with the official launch of Game Plus Sydney.
The ACCC has found consumers may be entitled to a refund for faulty experiences with Fallout 76.
The Sydney based development studio has been recognised for their contributions to their state's exports at the 2019 NSW Premier's Export Awards.
Here are your champions for 2019 at the Australian Game Developer Awards.
Small and satisifying games for a tiny screen, Kepler Attack and Star Warp are designed to be played on your wristwatch.
Six games have been chosen for this year's indie showcase at PAX Australia, here are the five revealed so far.
Find out which Western Australian developers picked up the first state government funding for video games in over a decade.
Western Australian game developers will have access to the first government fundi in more than a decade with the announcement of The Interactive Pilot Fund.
Too bad if you wanted to use it for something else, if you played Pokémon in the 90s part of your visual cortex has specialised in recognising them all.
Freeplay Festival celebrates fifteen years of championing independent video games and challenging the status quo this year at a time when everyone could be considered indie.
Fly, hang out with your bird-mates, and listen to cool ambient tunes in Samurai Punk's Feather.
A curated and accessible list of games released last year that everyone can enjoy.
Keep those credit cards hot, because the Australian Government isn't about to stop you buying loot boxes any time soon
Maize Wallin is a musician and game designer, whose exploration of how we play musical instruments has lead to them designing Noise Drawers an virtual reality musical instrument game.
The Working Lunch is back for 2019 with applications open for women and non-binary participants.
Don't you forget about us says IGEA as Australia heads towards the next federal election.
Big or small, some gifts really make all the difference. We asked you what was your best video game gift ever and share some of our favourites!
The highly awarded Florence by Melbourne based studio Mountains, has secured three nominations at this year's Game Awards.
Billed as a Sims-killer, Habs by Sydney's Revie Studios fails to attract backers to their now cancelled crowdfunding campaign.
Making games is difficult and getting paid for it properly is even harder according to new statistics from Game Workers Unite Australia.
If you ever wanted to have a custom game for a loved one, HEART2GAME might be just what the "love doctor" ordered.
100 episodes down and we want to party with you at The Sewing Room in Perth on Friday July 13th 2018!
A whole lot of good dogs that need pats in Woof3d, a Wolfenstein 3d mod by Louis Roots.
Do yourself a favour and play this gorgeous love letter to Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service.
Your request for even more discussion about the Australian Government response to the Video Game Development inquiry has been noted.
Strap yourself in, you've got 48 hours to make a game from start to finish at the Global Game Jam which celebrates it's 10th anniversary this year.
Don't let your fans' videos drown in an ocean of content, follow these simple tips to ensure your game gets the attention it deserves on Twitch, Youtube and Mixer.
A filmic adventure about being brave and pushing beyond your limits made for all players in Tasmania
Meet the team behind the brand new tactical strategy game Warhammer 40,000 Battlesector, Perth's Black Lab Games
Build your own cross-planet delivery vehicles and trek across the great red marble in Mars First Logistics.
Whip your way through dangerous temples to claim the relics and progress through the maze.
Save the world in Scarlet Nexus a brand new action game from Bandai Namco, and save the universe in scifi RPG Mass Effect Legendary Edition by Bioware.
Snap your way through a cyberpunk Tauranga in this Freeplay Award winning photography game.
Get behind the wheel of a transforming spy vehicle as you take to the road, sky and sea in Agent Intercept by PikPok
All the E3 announcements that excited us, or left us wanting more at this online festival of games.
Enter the zany fantasy world of Trigger Witch by New Zealand's Rainbite.
Games Gig is an event bringing together some of Australia's essential game musicians and composers for a discussion of genre-hopping sonic goodness.
Support developers who are donating their games to raise money for Palestinians impacted by warfare
Emerge from your bunker and rebuild your world in strategy game Before We Leave by New Zealand's Balancing Monkey Games.
Let's celebrate our important little friend the bee in a brand new update for Hive Time for World Bee Day
For Global Accessibility Awareness Day how the team at Ghost Pattern are working to make sure their game playable by as many people as possible.
Step back in time while walking the streets of Melbourne in this augmented reality geolocation game.
Australian studios Panda Arcade, Chaos Theory Games and VR Realms pick up commendations at last night's NYX Game Awards
A different type of on rails (photographic) shooter in the long awaited sequel, and big monsters and spooky vampires in the next chapter of the survival horror series.
Break through writers block by exploring the nostalgic beautiful Goa in Forgotten Fields by Frostwood Interactive.
Gianni looks for savepoints and battles creatures in FANTASIAN, as Adam slays big dinosaurs with ridiculous swords in Monster Hunter Rise.
Care for houseplants and help yourself in Kinder World a chilled gardening game from Lumi Interactive.
Welcome to the Jungle... we've got moving tasks...
We've got a Copy of Moving Out and Movers in Paradise to give away!
John Romero shares thoughts on how game development has changed, what it's like to influence a new generation of developers and what people get wrong about him.
Everyone is back to an even playing field for esports, and Ben Green from ESL Australia thinks that's one of the best opportunities for new talent ever.
Hundreds of indie games from all over the world showcased in playable pirate themepark.
Coral Island is a new take on the farming simulator by Indonesia studio Stairway Games that has become a smash hit on Kickstarter.
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.
5 million vikings can't be wrong about Valheim and how I stopped worrying and learned to love the loop in Loop Hero!
Find out what games made the cut and what goes into curating a video games museum.
Life takes you down many paths, but the best ones lead to the beach
Adventure and family walk hand in hand, in Henry Mosse and the Wormhole Conspiracy
Gianni isn't afraid of no ghosts in The Medium, while Adam collects critters and traverses platforms in Monster Sanctuary.
I've been through the desert on a horse with no name!
What do you get when you make a game based on purgatory inspired by your dreams? Rogue-like card based roleplaying game Doors of Insanity.
Explore a medieval cosmic fantasy adventure in the debut game from Melbourne's One Rat Games
What comes next when your first games were huge hits? Harry Nesbitt and Jair McBain on following up Alto's Adventure with their new studio Land & Sea.
Big small, indie or published, free or paid we've collected your submissions and here are 2020's Australian made games.
Here are our favourite games released in 2020, instant classics which will stand the test of time.
Jump back into the golden era of Group B rally with Dune Casu and Adrian Tosello
Head into the in-game past with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and actual past with Super Mario 3D All-Stars
“Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.” — Colin McRae
Explore the meta social world of HoloVista with Meredith Hall from Aconite
If everything seems under control, you are not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti
Visit Melbourne Fringe for the arts and culture all while playing Animal Crossing New Horizons!
Time to go a-viking in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and *try* escape from the underworld in Hades
Josh Bush made a bee themed Real Time Strategy game called Hive Time and let players pay what they want... did it pay off?
Spill some blue blood in the arena in Fight Crab, a hilarious multiplayer fighting game where crustaceans battle to the death.
Become a terrible lizard in dinosaur MMO Path of Titans by Australian modder and developer Matthew "deathlyrage" Cassells
Friend or foe? You soon shall find, the Ring of Pain has much to hide in this spooky tactical card game.
Brigitta Rena started her career wanting to be an illustrator, but making the games she wants to play has now become her passion.
Every winner of the 2020 Australian Game Developer Awards!
The doors are open and the Inn is waiting for you!
Mitchell Clifford of Brisbane’s 5 Lives Studios shares the making of the nautical survival game Windbound
Grab your laptop and logon wherever you are from 3 October for MIGW2020
Lift with your legs, try not to smash too much ok?
Grab your camera and document the end of world in Umurangi Generation
Helping lost souls in The Last Campfire and jumping rolling and striving for that crown in Fall Guys.
You'd better hold on tight, spidermonkey...
It's a food fight to the death in Boomerang Fu a local multiplayer brawler for six players on Switch, Xbox One and Steam.
Join Daniel, Fiona and Mitch as they continue learning about the customers who enter Coffee Talk!
And you can visit LIGO in Minecraft yourself to learn about the physics of gravitational waves.
Crossy Road Castle is the sequel to one of the biggest Australian games ever made and Lead Artist Ashleigh Starmer-Lee brought the colourful characters from the first game to the new multiplayer platformer.
After all was said and done, we sure burned a lot of things in the part four of our Wildfire playthrough.
Build, fight, farm and explore in Len's Island by Flow Studio
Spring stealthily from rooftops in Ghost of Tsushima, and make pals with heaps of cute dancing critters in Ooblets
A new study from Massey University in New Zealand that collects and combines the work of previous studies shows there is no reason to believe violent video games cause violent behaviour.
Matt Ditton on converting mobile "shoot em up" Shooty Skies into a VR experience in Shooty Skies Overdrive
Mastering the four elements was not as easy as they first thought!
Master the elements in this stealth game where everything burns!
Dan experiences the emotional and dark story in The Last of Us Part II and Gianni uses the power of rock to take down the Man in No Straight Roads.
Everything burns is a motto and a challenge to the player in Wildfire by Sneaky Bastards.
PAX Australia and PAX West won't be happening in person this year instead are combining and running as PAX Online.
Seize the night by its throat in this modern vampire roleplaying game by Wadjet Eye Games.
Gianni defeats the Arch-Illager in Minecraft Dungeons, and Viv works her way through the reps in Ring Fit Adventure
The first ever Gamescom Asia event has been delayed due to health concerns.
Hello you've called the wall flesh extermination company, how can we help?
Digital purchases are the same as physical purchases according to consumer regulator.
The cities strangest characters have entered the fray...
Chris Lee is a League of Legends coach and he’ll be guiding Australia’s winner of the Red Bull Solo Q tournament as they take on the world.
The ACCC has found consumers may be entitled to a refund for faulty experiences with Fallout 76.
Head into a a dark Victorian era battleground in Brimstone Brawlers by Ategig.
Get a new top down perspective on the beloved Gears of War series in Gears Tactics & XCOM: Chimera Squad mixes up the tactical experience in a surprising new take.
Clear furniture, avoid ghosts, and try not to break anything!
Get ready to spread your wings and take flight in the side-scrolling adventure Fledgling Heroes by Subtle Boom.
Switch between 3D and 2D modes and from ghost to cat form in Neko, Ghost Jump by Burgos Games!
Glenn Island is gone now, but it will be remembered. An interview with Max Myers, developer of [soon, only the ocean].
Put on your mask and fight for your freedom in Persona 5 Royal, and sometimes war actually does change in Fallout 76 Wastelanders.
Grab your mates and get ready to move in chaotic multiplayer game Moving Out by SMG Studio.
Walk through a multicultural shadow world with Greta in Projection: First Light