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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.
The first ever Gamescom Asia event has been delayed due to health concerns.
Digital purchases are the same as physical purchases according to consumer regulator.
A new study revealed that using games technology led to increased mobility in patients undergoing physical rehabilitation.
Sydney Based Researcher Dr Ben Abraham is conducting a survey as part of a larger project to investigate the carbon footprint of the games development industry.
It was a cracker year for Aussie games and if it was made in the great southern land you'll find it here.
The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association have submitted a bid to the Australian Government to grant game developers tax offsets.
Explore art video games telling personal stories of grief, creativity, love and nostalgia at Sydney's Serenade Exhibition.
Holographic gaming tables, space adventures, cool platformers and more for the first round of SA Film Corporations Games Industry Fund
The ACCC has found consumers may be entitled to a refund for faulty experiences with Fallout 76.
The ACCC has found that Target may have breached Australian Consumer Law after some customers were told that faults that occurred 30 days after purchase were Sony's responsibility.
Game Workers Unite Australia have survey developers across the country and have found that wages and job insecurity are top concerns.
Have games gotten easier or are we just better at playing them?
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.
The first ever Gamescom Asia event has been delayed due to health concerns.
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.
Learning to externalise worries and seeking support is how you survive online according to YouTuber Daniel Harrison.
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
Do you want to play games professionally? Elfishguy and Raven can give you some pointers on how to make it in esports
Have the food fight of your life in the family friendly Butter Royale by Singapore's Mighty Bear Games.
Equip your materia and head into battle with Adam and chat to a banana with guns akimbo with Gianni in Mainstream Episode 11!
Take your very first steps into learning Japanese with Kana Quest!
“The act of fishing – for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available – is enough. It transports us to a special world, and a state of mind, where we are free." Fennel Hudson
Mick Gordon built DOOM Eternal's soundtrack upon the legacy of DOOM but without just repeating the past.
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after". Henry David Thoreau
Adam has been ripping and also tearing in Doom Eternal and Gianni has been chilling out in an island paradise in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Ron Curry CEO of Australian games industry peak body IGEA shares why they've merged with Game developer organisation GDAA
A new journey begins as Daniel and Mitch take the world of Midgard and follow the tale of Kratos and Atreus.
It's time to head back into the forest as Daniel and Mitch run and jump through lush worlds of Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
Do you know your カ from your ナ? Learn Japanese Katakana and Hiragana in Kana Quest by Melbourne's Not Dead Design.
Sarah is picking the right operator for the job in Rainbow Six Siege, and Gianni is climbing higher and higher in Crossy Road Castle
The two major industry organisations for the Australian Game Development Industry will merge after a vote from members.
“No matter who you are or where you are, instinct tells you to go home.” Laura Marney
"Hey have your seen a sandwich that could take a bite out of you?"
A new study revealed that using games technology led to increased mobility in patients undergoing physical rehabilitation.
Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers, take to the skies as fantastic beasts in flying machines in Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly
Sydney Based Researcher Dr Ben Abraham is conducting a survey as part of a larger project to investigate the carbon footprint of the games development industry.
Viv is trying to keep at least some patients alive in Two Point Hospital, and Mitch keeps missing those frames in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
Beeps bloops and beats, Square Sounds is a celebration of chiptune and returns to Melbourne in 2020.
Callum Harrington talks about meeting player expectation in a franchise with a lot of history in Warhammer Underworlds: Online
Melbourne's House House wins three awards at the 23rd Annual DICE Awards in Las Vegas.
Sarah is pushing the generators in Dirty Bomb and Daniel has a keen ear out for witches in Left 4 Dead 2.
Ever wanted to develop your own MMO? Jump into the designer's seat with MMORPG Tycoon 2 from Melbourne's VectorStorm
Sit down, put the kettle on, as Kris Antoni of Indonesia's Toge Productions shares how narrative visual novel Coffee Talk was made.
Gianni journeys into a new world of monster collecting in Temtem, and Adam is watching the patterns to take down giant beasts in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
It was a cracker year for Aussie games and if it was made in the great southern land you'll find it here.
"That's the way it's gonna be little darlin', We'll be riding on the horses, yeah yeah." Daryl Braithwaite
There's a party and you're invited! Join us in the cute and wonderful world of QT by Happy Snake.
Editor and Curator Drew Taylor wants us to appreciate the game levels we race through while we play in a new magazine crowdfunding now.
"This land pulses with life. It breathes in me; it breathes around me; it breathes in spite of me. When I walk on this land, I am walking on the heartbeat of the past and the future. And that’s only one of the reasons I am a farmer." Brenda Sutton Rose
Michael and Nick from Melbourne's Digital Lode share the challenges and victories of making VR spy game Espire 1: VR Operative.
Australian and international game developers donate their games for bundle supporting Australian bushfire relief charities.
There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbour's
Scott is following the Witcher around like Jaskier, and Mitch commands a cute little tank in Pico Tanks
Explore art video games telling personal stories of grief, creativity, love and nostalgia at Sydney's Serenade Exhibition.
Stretch your tentacles across the universe as cute octopi puzzle their way through hundreds of challenges.
Step in the shoes of Syd as you get to know Maisy, Jayda and Steph in this visual novel made in Canberra.
Adam visits a galaxy far far away in Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, and Gianni finishes the fight in Halo: Reach.
Croak, Ribbit, Kero, You're Under Arrest!
“Jimmy” has been making free mods and music for 1993’s DOOM for more than thirteen years and has been recognised for his efforts.
Battle your way through the sky then reel in your loot in BattleSky Brigade: Harpooner!
Garth Midgley and the team at GOATi Entertainment have build their futuristic racing game 22 Racing Series from the ground up.
"It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops." David F. Houston
Queensland's Sidebar Games are back with the sequel to the charming Golf Story, Sports Story releasing in 2020.
You need to complete at least 5 engineering sub-degrees before you can become a Ship Systems Engineer.
Daniel heads to Russia in the newly shiny Metro 2033 Redux & Mitch finally gets round to trying Borderlands 3.
Sydney has it's first game development co-working space with the official launch of Game Plus Sydney.
PC Master Ra...Chief... James switched his Xbox for a PC a long time ago but the nostalgia of the Halo series has him drawn back in once again.
Dan Golding knows a lot about the craft of making music for video games, such as his work on Untitled Goose Game and how we identify personally as players of games.
The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association have submitted a bid to the Australian Government to grant game developers tax offsets.