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PAX Aus Indie Showcase opens for submissions
PAX Aus is now taking submissions for its 2021 Indie Showcase. It is accepting tabletop submissions for the first time.
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.
New Broken Roads trailer stars Uncle Jack Charles, as game signs with Team17
Broken Roads has just signed with Team 17, and dropped a new trailer narrated by legendary Indigenous actor, Uncle Jack Charles
Film Victoria funds 16 games as part of $4.3 million investment
The funding will support production and release support for game projects, as well funding the ongoing work of several established Victorian studios.
Australian horror indie ‘Dap’ wins big at Bitsummit
Winning the Grand Prize and Best Sound Design at Bitsummit, Dap might be the most celebrated upcoming Australian game you've never heard of.
You should play… Bugsnax, by Young Horses
Monster Hunter x Frog Detective x body horror? It's Bugsnax! Don't think about it too hard!
Wholesome Direct’s journey to E3
From Discord to the front page of Twitch, Wholesome Games is changing the face of games. Wholesome Games founder Matthew Taylor tells us the full story of the grassroots organisation's strange journey to E3.
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 room.
NZ Games Festival: ‘The Pavs’ Awards winners and nominees 2021
Antifascist photography game Umurangi Generation cleaned up at NZ Games Fest's annual awards this year, with nods going to Best Friend Forever, Trigger Witch and more, across The Pavs ten categories.
Video game easter eggs prove that all games are personal
Triple-A games exist at a troubled intersection of art and capitalism. But there are hidden secrets in every game that reveal the human behind the machine.