Games
How does the Digital Games Offset fit into Australia's screen incentives?
Is a $500k minimum spend punishingly high? Is a 30% offset enough? What's different for film and TV? Game developers,…
30% Federal tax offset for videogame development announced
Australia's first-ever nationwide tax offset for game development will be included in the next Budget, supercharging the local videogame industry.
VICSCREEN to boost Victoria's screen industry with new $191 million strategy
Victoria’s screen industry, encompassing film, television and videogames, today received a large investment commitment as part of a four-year strategy…
Australian games label leads IGF award nominations with ‘Genesis Noir’, ‘Paradise Killer’
Fellow Traveller, an Australian game publishing house, has earned a number of nominations at the Independent Game Festival awards.
Tribeca Festival introduces first ever videogame award on its 20th anniversary
For the first time in the famous film festival’s history, Tribeca will bestow a videogame with the inaugural Tribeca Games…
Nintendo has most profitable year on record, Switch becomes fourth-best selling Nintendo console
Nintendo has posted its highest financial year profits ever, thanks to strong sales of Animal Crossing and the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo’s Game Builder Garage lets everyone be a game developer
Nintendo’s foray into experimental creativity and education continues, announcing Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch.
Sometimes videogames are bad, and we should say it
Despite the report's limitations, Four Corners' recent inquiry into predatory monetisation in games is insightful. The videogame industry is going…
Activision Blizzard hits record revenue off the back of Call of Duty
Activision Blizzard is the latest videogame publisher to mark record revenue, with Melbourne Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games also…
MIFF opens applications for Critics Campus and 37 South Market
In the leadup to the festival's 69th edition, MIFF opens applications for two of its iconic programs, Critics Campus and…