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Megan Nairn, League of Geeks' Studio Manager, smiles in front of a pink background
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Your games career as a: Studio Manager

What does a studio manager do? We shine a spotlight on the skills and specificities of different game development careers.

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.

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.

Screenshot from Phantom Abyss by Team WIBY, published by Devolver Digital
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Phantom Abyss is online multiplayer without the scheduling nightmare

Team WIBY's Ben Marrinan explains how they developed Phantom Abyss for a generation who treats games as a digital living…

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You should play... SNKRX

There has never been a more perfect answer to the question, ‘do you have games on your phone?’

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Ubisoft Sydney recruitment points to a new major game development studio in Australia (Updated)

A world-class AAA blockbuster game studio appears to be forming in Sydney.

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Keywords Studios acquires Tantalus, will create 130 more gamedev jobs

Tantalus founder Tom Crago will oversee the new studio, which will become Keywords Australia.

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New Nintendo Switch OLED model announced, to launch in October for $540

A bigger OLED screen is the flagship feature of the new Nintendo Switch, but its full hardware specifications are unknown.

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Indigenous games express culture through play

These games showcase the incredible diversity of culturally-informed, Indigenous-made games from around the world.

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Creative Victoria announces $30,000 in PAX Rising grants for game developers

The grants will be made available for independent Victorian game developers who already plan to exhibit at PAX Australia 2021.

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