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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!

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Sledgehammer Games reveals Call of Duty: Vanguard amidst lawsuits against its publisher

Call of Duty: Vanguard will take the series back to World War II, with the Melbourne-based Sledgehammer Games contributing significantly.

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Phantom Abyss Review - A promising mixture of movement and mystery

The kinetic experience of making your way through hazard-filled temples in Phantom Abyss makes us eager to see what else…

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Melbourne International Games Week 2021 reveals program with online and in-person events

Though PAX Aus and GCAP are taking their activities online this year, MIGW will still play host to a number…

Jane Friedhoff’s Lost Wage Rampage is a playful, political look at girlhood.
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What can games tell us about girlhood?

From Life is Strange to The Walking Dead to Lost Wage Rampage, videogames can depict girlhood in groundbreaking, complex ways.

Briggs and Trials of A.B. Original sit in a car, looking at the viewer.
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Indigenous artists A.B. Original to feature on NBA 2K22 soundtrack

The award-winning hip-hop duo is the first Australian act to be included on the game's iconic soundtracks.

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PAX Aus 2021 pivots to digital-only convention

Australia's largest gaming culture convention has announced it will pivot to a digital-only format in the wake of ongoing lockdowns.

Rusaila Bazlamit's Re: Visit Palestine, via Lab Tajbiri
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Palestine and guerrilla memorials in the digital age

Lujayn Hourani considers the effectiveness of the game-like temporal memorial, Re: Visit Palestine, in tandem with their own personal memories.

A photo of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, where the last physical GCAP took place
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Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) pivots 2021 conference to digital-only

Games Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) 2021 will now be a digital-only conference in light of Australia's continuing Covid situation.

Two pastel-toned cartoon characters sit on an outlook near the beach. Image from surf club, an upcoming videogame by Olivia Haines.
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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.

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