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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…
Epic Games Store welcomes indie platform Itch.io, other apps too
The distribution platform of choice for small, independent game developers coming to a major storefront in an interesting move.
Mortal Kombat - Leaving behind the Anglo American-looking Blockbuster
The latest Warner Bros. action film does a lot more for Hollywood than you think it might.
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.
E3 2021 videogame convention announced following 2020 cancellation and controversy
The storied international videogame trade event returns in an online-only format after its 2020 outing was cancelled.
Freeplay Award Submissions Open for 2021
Entries for the Freeplay awards close on April 25, and all Australian indie game developers and artists are encouraged to…
Game developers reveal their best in-game easter eggs
In a thread started by ex-Vlambeer developer Jan-Willem Nijman, game designers have revealed the best kept secrets in their games.…
BAFTA Fellowship awarded to woman in games for the first time
Australian Siobhan Reddy, Creative Director at Media Molecule, is only the tenth game developer, and the first woman in games,…
Here's what PAX Aus is doing to keep you COVID-safe
PAX Aus is going to be hug-free, heavily streamed, and above all, hygienic. Is this the future of conventions in…
Critically acclaimed videogame Disco Elysium refused classification in Australia
The lauded role-playing game, often praised for its genre-defying ideas, has had its upcoming re-release blocked by the Australian Classification…