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Steam Deck to launch in Australia this November
The standard 256GB model will come with a AU$649 price tag, with two OLED versions also available
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Screen Queensland awards $1.3m in funding to nine indie studios
The games grant secures the development of 12 games
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Australia introduces new "mandatory classifications" for games with "gambling-like" content
This includes games with simulated gambling or any paid loot boxes
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Kotaku Australia to shut down
Licence holder Pedestrian Group to re-focus on own brands, also drops Vice and Gizmodo in the country, dozens laid off
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Screen Australia puts up $1m for independent developers
The monetary support will be split across the Games Production Fund and Emerging Gamemakers Fund
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Unwind becomes the South Australian Games Association
The trade body aims to make South Australia the largest state games sector in the country
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Australian games sector amasses AU$345.5m in revenue
New report also says 79% of game studios within the sector have less than 20 staffers
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Fellow Traveller: "It's a lot easier to start a publisher than to sustain one"
Founder Chris Wright discusses being an indie publisher at a time everyone wants to be one, how the label's ethos has evolved, and LudoNarraCon 2024
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Why Witch Beam is staying small after Unpacking’s huge success
Sanatana Mishra and Mei-Li C. talk Tempopo, how Witch Beam's unusual structure favours sustainable game making, and the studio's journey to empower other indies
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Prideful Sloth on making "games with heart"
John Northwood on developing cosy games before it was cool, the challenges of open development, and making games in Brisbane
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League of Geeks: "It's a very serious time for a studio of our size"
Co-founder and studio director Trent Kusters talks resilience in the triple-I space, Jumplight Odyssey, and the evolution of the Early Access scene
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PlaySide on growing Dumb Ways To Die: "We just passed Pokémon on TikTok"
Ben Kelly and Ryan McMahon on the studio's future in original IP and helping the next generation of Australian devs
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Summerfall Studios on life after Stray Gods
We talk to the three co-founders about not wanting to be "the studio that does musicals" and how to cultivate a caring studio culture
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The Australian games industry's journey back to a "complete healthy ecosystem"
Australian devs and trade bodies on how local games firms are tackling the challenges in funding, recruitment and more
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The Australian games industry in numbers
We explore the growth of Australia's video games market, its expanding audience and thriving scene of developers
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Stray Gods wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2023
League of Geeks' Trent Kusters wins this year's Adam Lancman Award, PlaySide Studios takes Studio of the Year
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Australian government announces new set of funding programs
New initiatives to represent a commitment of AU$12 million to the Australian games industry over the next four years
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Screen Australia backs 23 studios with $2 million in funding
Guck and Awesome Black are the first beneficiaries of the body's First Nations Games Studio fund
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Australian games tax breaks bill officially approved
The DGTO passed through legislation today, will apply retroactively from July 1, 2022
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Screen Australia launches First Nations Game Studio fund
Fund to support studios "creating a culturally safe space for First Nations people to grow their skills in game development"