australian games

Screen Queensland is doubling funds for local game developers
Screen Queensland is increasing its games funding to support local developers.

Void Bastards sequel Wild Bastards launches in 2024
Wild Bastards will be a tactical FPS hybrid with immersive sim and rogue-like elements.

VicScreen appoints game development veteran Lisy Kane to Board
Kane is a long-time games producer and advocate, associated with League of Geeks, Kepler Interactive, and Girl Geek Academy.

Cult of the Lamb to get free "major" content update in 2024
The update will be called "Sins of the Flesh", and will add "new features, stories, and more."

Silly word game Gubbins is now available worldwide
Gubbins has exited early access globally with new features, both free and paid.

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical nominated for Grammy Award
Stray Gods has been nominated in the Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media category.

Broken Roads has been delayed to 2024
Broken Roads was initially set to launch in November 2023, but Drop Bear Bytes has announced it needs more time…

Sydney game developers are getting weird, despite the risks
At SXSW Sydney 2023, local Sydney game developers discussed why weird games are so important, and why they persist in…

The Dungeon Experience is a loveable odyssey of crabs and nipples – Preview
Literal crabs, to be clear. Not the other kind.

Freeplay: Parallels 2023 – Everything we learned
Freeplay Parallels 2023 was a showcase of weird, wonderful, and insufferable (their words not ours) Australian games.