Games
Freeplay 2021: Full program and speakers announced for the independent games festival
Freeplay, the world’s longest-running independent games festival, has revealed the full conference program and speakers who will appear at the…
News in Brief: What Melbourne's lockdown means for screens
Plus a round-up of all the week's news and reviews from the world of Australian film, television and games.
Unionisation for freelancers: why is it worth it?
Here’s what GWU Australia is doing to make freelance and precarious labourers a priority, and how people in other fields…
Apply for one of ten free bizdev mentorships with Jason Della Rocca
IGEA has partnered with screen and creative agencies to offer 10 mentorships with IGDA’s Jason Della Rocca to studios across…
News In Brief: Amazon's new Australian Originals and fresh opportunities for diverse writers
This week in the news: The Yield optioned by Tony Briggs, Amazon funds 7 new local productions, Screen Aus portions…
You should play... Hollow Knight
Games & digital content lead Jini Maxwell waxes lyrical about the Studio Ghibli-inspired blockbuster Hollow Knight, made by tiny Adelaide-based…
'Grand Theft Auto Online' and 'NBA 2K' lead Take-Two Interactive to record revenue
Take-Two Interactive, responsible for 2K Games and Rockstar Games, has joined its industry peers in recording record revenue in 2020-21.
Australian anti-fascist photography game ‘Umurangi Generation’ coming to Nintendo Switch
The award-winning Maori sci-fi game will make its way to Nintendo's popular Switch console in June, with a new creative…
Dramatic new details about 2K Australia’s poor treatment have emerged
The Australian studio behind Bioshock 2 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has had its tumultuous history uncovered in a new…
Australia's videogame tax offset is not a silver bullet
Foreign companies provide massive job boosts and up-skilling, and have all sorts of knock-on positive effects. But they have no…