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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.

A screenshot from Akupara Games' Mutazione. An illustrated image of a group of people gathered around, smiling and talking.
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The Indie Houses brings international collaboration to games publishing

The new publishing collective The Indie Houses brings together seven international games publishers with an 'indies for indies' approach. They…

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Review: Game Builder Garage helps you fail at game development, and that's great

Nintendo's latest game creation tool is defined both by the Switch's limitations and the impressive breadth of creative expression it…

No Longer Home, by Humble Grove
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No Longer Home offers a gentle, personal story about adulthood

No Longer Home deals with a familiar form of melancholy with a delicate touch, but sometimes, it borders on insubstantial.

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…

Dan Ferguson's Completely Stretchy and Uncomfortably Sticky
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6 questions with ACMI prize-winning game developer Dan Ferguson

We talk to Melbourne game developer Daniel Ferguson about his cartoonish, kinetic games, winning the ACMI + RMIT prize, and…

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
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Game Review: The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles delivers thrilling legal drama

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is the most narratively and thematically consistent entry to date for the legal drama series.

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Game Review: Death’s Door elevates a common genre mashup with artistic flair

Enchanting art direction and engaging themes make Death's Door more than just the straightforward, Zelda-inspired game it appears to be.

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Australia's richest sci-fi screenwriting prize is open for entries

The John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing offers $10,000 for the best produced script and professional support…

screenshot from SMG Studio's Moving Out
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Australian game devs accepted into prestigious IGDA Foundation program

The latest cohort in the International Game Developers’ Association (IGDA) Foundation's Diverse Game Developers' Virtual Exchange has been announced.

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