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After Tasmanian game developers stayed silent on IGEA's national industry survey, an advocacy group is hoping to fill the gaps.

Five projects have gained a share of $60,000 funding through Screen Tasmania as part of the state’s Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery Strategy.

PAX Aus have announced the festival will be held in person this year and gamers are rejoicing.

Film Victoria have announced $550k in funding across ten Victorian games through their Assigned Production Investment - Games program.

Creators Fund offers up to $50k for Victorian-based creatives who want to undertake creative research or professional development. Applications are now open and game developers and studios are eligible.

COVID has barely touched the growing local game development industry, but IGEA's survey also reveals some stark truths about gender disparity.

The changes include raising production funding to $300k per project, and waiving applications fees until July 2021.

‘The one thing that you always have as a politician is a platform. I really want to put the enormous potential of the Australian videogame industry on that platform.’

The hashtag #IamPOCinPlay was created by POC in Play, a UK-based organisation that develops initiatives to promote and include People of Colour.

The Australian Game Developer Awards ceremony streamed live on Twitch in 2020, hosted by Jordan Raskopoulos. Here is the full list of nominees and winners.