Games
News In Brief: Amazon's new Australian Originals and fresh opportunities for diverse writers
This week in the news: The Yield optioned by Tony Briggs, Amazon funds 7 new local productions, Screen Aus portions…
You should play... Hollow Knight
Games & digital content lead Jini Maxwell waxes lyrical about the Studio Ghibli-inspired blockbuster Hollow Knight, made by tiny Adelaide-based…
'Grand Theft Auto Online' and 'NBA 2K' lead Take-Two Interactive to record revenue
Take-Two Interactive, responsible for 2K Games and Rockstar Games, has joined its industry peers in recording record revenue in 2020-21.
Australian anti-fascist photography game ‘Umurangi Generation’ coming to Nintendo Switch
The award-winning Maori sci-fi game will make its way to Nintendo's popular Switch console in June, with a new creative…
Dramatic new details about 2K Australia’s poor treatment have emerged
The Australian studio behind Bioshock 2 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified has had its tumultuous history uncovered in a new…
Australia's videogame tax offset is not a silver bullet
Foreign companies provide massive job boosts and up-skilling, and have all sorts of knock-on positive effects. But they have no…
Making Magic: Behind the VFX that empowers the players of Hearthstone
VFX artists aren't just vital to the film and TV industry, but the videogame one too. Learn how artists at…
The movement to build a better games industry in Australia
Unionisation continues to be a pointed topic in the videogame industry. In this op-ed, Tim Colwill from Game Workers Unite…
Game Review: New Pokemon Snap is picturesque, approachable, and fatally incurious
This adorable redux offers plentiful opportunities for cuteness, but not imagination, writes Jini Maxwell.
Game Review: Returnal is the natural evolution of arcade
Housemarque's foray into the roguelike genre feels like the natural progression of their high score-chasing arcade roots, writes Chris Button