Game Development

Ubisoft emphasises changes to working conditions during earnings report
During its 2021-22 earnings report, the company spent as much time speaking to its working conditions as it did to…

Indie game Please Fix The Road gets official pirate version
The pirate version of Please Fix The Road will include the entire game, without any updates or extra content.

The Last Express is as mesmerising and relevant as ever, 25 years later
It was a remarkable feat of video game artistry in 1997, and much of what The Last Express accomplished remains…

The quest to recognise the best student-made games in Australia
The 2022 ATOM Awards are looking to identify the best student and educational games made in Australia to give them…

IGDA wants to rebuild trust with global game developers
The organisation is looking to revamp its ethics processes following a tumultuous year.

Warcraft Arclight Rumble is Blizzard taking mobile games seriously
Blizzard is exploring new territory with a Warcraft strategy game built completely with mobile devices in mind: Arclight Rumble.

Square Enix Montréal, Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos bought by Embracer
Square Enix is selling its Western game studios Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal to the Embracer Group behemoth.

Australian game devs encouraged to apply for exhibition at Gamescom 2022
Applications will be open until 16 May 2022, with all interested developers encouraged to consider applying.

Meta sunk US $2.96 billion into the metaverse in Q1 2022
The company formerly known as Facebook has invested massively in metaverse developer Reality Labs in Q1 2022.

Game Workers Australia union celebrates launch in May
Australia's first union for games industry workers is set to launch on 1 May 2022, a day that celebrates the…