29th November 2022 Australian Games

What are games worth? We ask three current mobile game designers about their attitudes and practical approaches to in-game monetistation

2nd September 2022 Creative Victoria

Writers from a variety of disciplines make up the 2022 cohort.

GamesHub and Melbourne International Games Week announce the mentors for the 2022 WordPlay Games Writing Mentorship Program

7th July 2022 GamesHub

GamesHub and Melbourne International Games Week are excited to announce the return of the WordPlay Games Writing Mentorship Program

27th December 2021 Best Of 2021

The participants of GamesHub's inaugural games writing mentorship program with Melbourne International Games Week share their picks for the best games of 2021.

10th November 2021 Freeplay

In the lockdown era, virtual galleries and exhibitions strive for true-to-life immersion, but they're missing one key element. The video game scene has the solution.

5th November 2021 Freeplay

A new batch of game developers are turning loss into a playable experience in a way in order to explore how to deal with real-world struggles.

3rd November 2021 Freeplay

The classic idea of the Hero's Journey can be mapped easily to film and literature, but what about interactive games? Well, it isn't as rigid as you think.

28th October 2021 ACMI

The pure elegance of a game’s design can be its most compelling feature.

Tabletop role-playing games of all kinds, from Dungeons and Dragons to smaller, socially-focussed games, have reached vast new audiences in our most anti-social time.