Digital

Call of Duty franchise breaks 400 million sales milestone
The popular shooter has sold over 400 million copies since 2003, and has been rapidly expanding its Melbourne development studio.

Xbox removes Live Gold subscription gate for free-to-play online games
Microsoft has opened up its online multiplayer service for Xbox, no longer requiring a fee to play free-to-play games online.

Mighty Kingdom hits the ASX with a market cap of $26 million
The Adelaide-based game development studio has gone public, and announced a multi-year partnership on a promising new game.

PlayStation stores for PS3 and Vita saved by public outcry
'It’s clear that we made the wrong decision here,' Sony admitted on a PlayStation blog.

Media Molecule's Siobhan Reddy: 'Culture is like a garden. It needs to be cultivated.'
Reddy’s name might have less household recognition than previous BAFTA Fellowship recipients, but her impact on the industry with Media…

Production Designers open awards campaign for 2021
The Australian Production Designers Guild is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a knees-up in Queensland.

News in brief: Screen rebate restored, doco funding crisis + more Neighbours allegations
This week: post-Covid analysis from HBO, Netflix, and the games industry, Screenwest's new CEO announced, and the war for fair…

Rising Sun Pictures sold to US equity company
After a long, careful search, Rising Sun Pictures joins a global conglomerate. Managing Director Tony Clark explains why.

Q&A: Angela Tiatia on gaming, diversity and winning the Ian Potter Moving Image Commission
New Zealand-Australian artist Angela Tiatia has been named recipient of the $100,000 Ian Potter Moving Image Commissions. We speak with…

LudoNarracon 2021 announces narrative design talks from Hades, Control, Pathologic 2, and more
Melbourne games publisher Fellow Traveller have announced the full lineup for LudoNarracon, their annual celebration of narrative games.