12 hours until the deadline for speaker submissions! We have come to the end of the extension, and we won't be extending again. Get a feel for the community and celebration that GCAP and AGDAs brings to the aussie game dev scene: https://ow.ly/6ohB50Z5q8e - then apply! https://ow.ly/NmVJ50Z5q8f

The IGEA Educates Summit returns on 7 July 2026 with this year’s theme: Stepping Stones. The Summit is designed to help students and emerging developers better understand the expectations, pathways, and realities of working in games. Grab your FREE ticket here: https://ow.ly/wAqp50Z3RSv

In this special episode of Game Wise, Jens sits down with Peter Xi, Partner at RSM specialising in R&D Tax and Government Incentives, and Roisin Arkwright, National Tax Technical Director at RSM, to unpack what the latest Federal Budget means for Australian game studios. https://ow.ly/XI5b50Z3HY5

Congratulations are in order for the 11 projects in South Australia that have received funding from the SAFC's new Digital Games Fund! SAFC has also welcomed the members of their new Games Industry Advisory Group, which will provide strategic direction for games. https://ow.ly/xqTH50Z3HoU

Play Now is BACK as part of Melbourne International Games Week 2026! Presented by VicScreen, Play Now Melbourne has become the leading marketplace for doing business with Australia’s digital games sector, drawing in international publishers and platform holders. https://ow.ly/Knmf50Z2313

Roblox has begun rolling out Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts in Australia, Indonesia, the Netherlands and New Zealand. These accounts will bring in a variety of safety tools to help parents. Roblox has put together a helpful primer on what families should know: https://ow.ly/97GW50Z21Xa

💙 Starting May 21 (PDT), you can play Bluey’s House in Crossy Road Castle exclusively on Apple Arcade! 📽 Watch the full trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mql_...

NSW devs, this ones for you! Screen NSW and PAX Australia are offering up to 10 NSW-based independent game developers the opportunity to receive funding support to exhibit their digital game at PAX Australia in Melbourne 9-11 October 2026. Applications are open NOW: https://ow.ly/ZXLx50YXV15

Huge congratulations to the Beethoven & Dinosaur team for an incredible launch of Mixtape! With the positive reviews pouring in, the playlists queuing up, this is sure to be an instant aussie game classic. Here's just one of the positive reviews: https://ow.ly/Ynkq50YWnzK

Thank you everyone who joined us for the APRA AMCOS and IGEA Melbourne Games Mixer! It was a great night of connecting developers with musicians, with lots of good food and great networking. Can’t wait for the next one!

Tiltshift - A Fast Paced, Dual Stick, Action Adventure Delivery game... With Robots! www.PlayTiltshift.com #IndieGame #GameDev

The river is your weapon. Thornhold is a free browser autobattler where the path you carve through the forest decides everything. Out today on itch. @itch.io #indiegame #roguelike #autobattler #deckbuilder

We’ve released another episode in our podcast series highlighting Australian success stories. Jens sits down with Dinith Abeynaike, Founder and Product Lead at Foxie Games, to unpack the journey behind one of Australia’s most successful niche game studios. Listen: https://ow.ly/y4BE50YUPsn

Meet the indie studios funding other indie studios

One week till our 5th Games Exchange! 🥳 We've traded Aussie games for Aotearoan ones for showcase on both ends! Drop by Redfern Community Center on 8th May, Friday to check out the games! We also have some free food and drinks 😋 See you 5:30PM - 8:00PM! RSVP: events.humanitix.com/australia-x-...

Do you have a great idea for a microgame? Are you keen to revisit and remix side-scrolling games and classic iconography from arcade and console games of the 1980s and 1990s? ACMI is looking for applications for their new microgames series - Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lC4R50YT4wW

Jens is seeing some familiar faces at the SCREEN FOREVER 40 conference - thanks to Screen Australia for putting together this panel on adapting screen IP into games (and vice versa). Learn more about SCREEN FOREVER 40: https://www.screenforever.org.au/40/9951244

ICYMI - In conversation with Canberra studio, Uppercut Games! Always exciting to hear good things coming out of the ACT 👏 https://region.com.au/canberra-games-keep-breaching-new-horizons-and-its-all-thanks-to-independent-studios/

Lovely write up on Level Up Tasmania - check out the games and highlights that were on display if you missed them! https://www.sifter.com.au/post/level-up-tasmania-event-2026

ICYMI - Good news out of WA as it was announced 2026-27 State Budget will continue to support Western Australian arts organisations! $2 million is going into helping grow WA's digital game production as part of their growth in WA's screen industry. Read more: https://ow.ly/g65K50YOR6g

Raelene and Sav are having a blast down at Level Up Tas! Yesterday the Hon Madeleine Ogilvie MP joined for the opening of the show and to check out the incredible tassie talent that the games industry has to offer. If you want to see it for yourself, registration is FREE! https://ow.ly/TS4f50YLr0K

We're exchanging Aussie games for games from Aotearoa! 🥳 On the 8th of May, we'll be showcasing 6 indie games curated by @aucklandmakes.games in Sydney. Drop by to playtest alongside some free food and drinks! RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/australia-x-...

Submissions are now open for PAX Rising! If you're an indie game dev looking to exhibit at PAX Aus this year, then this opportunity is for you. Learn more and read requirements here: https://aus.paxsite.com/en-us/get-involved/rising-exhibitor.html

PAX Rising - SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN Are you an independent game developer looking to share your creations with the world? Why not submit to exhibit as part of PAX Rising? Apply Now: aus.paxsite.com/en-us/get-in...

so @wrenegade.bsky.social and I were interviewed on the @igea.bsky.social Game Wise podcast a while back and the episode has just gone up! we discuss how we made @unpackinggame.com, how our backgrounds contributed, what success felt like and more gamewisepodcast.buzzsprout.com/2517964/epis...

This week has been full of amazing articles - here's one from Games Industry Biz on The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of the Australian games industry! https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-rise-fall-and-resurgence-of-australian-game-development

Fantastic article out of SBS - featuring our CEO! Check out the story of the near collapse and then triumphant return of the Australian Games Industry over the years. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-indie-video-games-boom/m8dgxzu2o

💚💛As is tradition, we're cataloguing every game released by Australian and New Zealand developers in 2026 (and beyond)🖤🤍 If you're an Aussie or New Zealand studio working on a game, we'd love to hear about it and add it to the list 😍 Read: www.well-played.com.au/every-austra...

We're rolling out a large study about mods & UGC creators' preferences. The results will contribute to continuously improve @mod.io and help our partners understand your expectations to build better tools and opportunities for you! forms.office.com/r/k4rrHGz5ep

Join nbn this April 17th for the Lag Gauntlet! nbn is introducing latency over our self-contained LAN while gamers play Defence Of The Ancients 2 to see what level of latency impacts Quality of Experience for this longer, strategic game! https://ow.ly/pO6E50YBzS6

Aether & Iron has only been out for 2 hours, and it's already cracked the top of Steam's New & Trending and Popular New Releases! 🥰 Absolutely blown away by the response so far. Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked it out, shared it, or jumped in already.

3-Day Badge is 80% gone! If you’re “waiting a bit”… there isn’t much bit left. Book now: events.ticketbooth.com.au/tickets/pax-...

Who's heading to Tassie? Join us at Princes Wharf 1 for the 2026 Level Up Tasmania Video Game Showcase! IGEA is proud to support this event, and some of the team will be down, so come say g'day! https://www.premier.tas.gov.au/latest-news/2026/march/tasmanian-video-game-expo-returns-to-pw1

Get your cameras ready for Bluey's Happy Snaps! A new adventure game developed by Gameloft Brisbane will let you join Bluey and her family in a playful, photo-powered journey filled with discovery, creativity, and moments to treasure together. Congrats to the team!📸 https://ow.ly/CpPI50YztLU

Unity Developer Meetup is back, and kicking off this Friday! Joining forces with AWE Nite Queensland for a discussion on the state of Game Engines in the industry. Can't make the panel? Don't worry, there will be a livestream too. Check out all the details here: https://ow.ly/XYCU50YxUM7

Congratulations to the recipients of the Games Production Fund, Emerging Gamemakers Fund and the Future leader delegation (which includes 2 previous Rising Star AGDA winners!). This round marks $1.4 million of funding across 26 games projects, Thanks to Screen Australia. https://ow.ly/Sg6U50YxTpQ

Congratulations to WA Game Developers as we cross over 100 WA Games curated on Steam. See this awesome West Aussie Games page, curated by Rin https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45348397-West-Aussie-Games/ Any WA developer who wants to be included, please send us an email: contact@wagic.org.au

IGEA releases the FY25 Australian Game Development Industry Survey, with supplementary insights from Sensor Tower. Results show a growing sector supported by strong government incentives. Aussie devs continue to shine globally with world‑class creativity and innovation. https://ow.ly/bKMV50Yv4ot

Introducing the games that will be showcasing at WIP Night! 🕺Come by to playtest their games, listen to microtalks, and have some free food! ⏰ 20th March, 5:30PM-8:30PM 📌ACE Parramatta RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-8-...

Great news - Congratulations to the recipients, including IGEA members Uppercut Game, and thank you to Screen Canberra for your support of the games industry! https://ow.ly/Gm9x50YuxvW

ALT: GAMES is returning in 2026! After a stellar first year in 2025, the annual 2-day celebration of games returns on the 18th - 19th of April. ALT:GAMES will feature industry talks from local and international talent and a showcase of playable games. https://powerhouse.com.au/program/alt-games

Come visit us at #TheGameExpo this weekend! #CyberParadise 😎Meet the devs 🎮Play the game 🃏Grab cards 💻Booth IV40 🗺️Melbourne Convention Centre #gemedev #indiegame

Dungeons and Dining Tables is a cosy adventure RPG that blends the comfort of home decoration and beautifully crafted furniture with fast-paced 3rd person combat across procedurally generated dungeons. It's just launched a kickstarter to help get it off the ground: https://ow.ly/3bhv50Ys9A6

☺️Cyber Paradise is part of Women's Day Sale hosted by WINGS ⚔️Action.🐶 Dogs. ☕Cafe. Revive Mini-the-dog digitally in an atmospheric, neon-drenched #cyberpunk world of #roguelite action and cafe stories. 🎮Wishlist or play our demo! 🔗below! #WomensDaySale #gamedev #indiegame

DON'T STOP, GIRLYPOP! IS 20% OFF IN THE WOMEN'S DAY SALE!!!!! 💕💕💕 Running until March 15th!!!! Get your hands on this great deal!!!!!

If you've enjoyed PAX Aus in recent years, you've benefitted from the work of Katherine Grace, one of the local Aussie industry's real heroes. I sat down with her, post-maternity leave return, to discuss how motherhood has reshaped her perspective, and her work on this year's show.

Did you hear? The next WIP Night is here! ✨ This time we've got a total of 13 games showcasing and 5 microtalks, all from Sydney devs! Drop by to listen, play test and have some free nibbles! ⏰ 20th March, 5:30PM-8:30PM 📌ACE Parramatta RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-8-...

A reminder that Screenworks has launched the Digital Games Pathway Program – a new professional development initiative designed to support emerging and early-career games practitioners, supported by Screen NSW and IGEA. Find out more and apply here https://ow.ly/wBue50YpX5j

IGN went hands-on with an early preview of MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, and we are so thankful for the kind words! Together with Fumi Games, we cannot wait for everyone to play the game on 16 April 2026 🐭 Watch the final preview on IGN here: youtube.com/watch?v=sn_2oW9TeoI

Are you a Victorian based games practitioner looking to head to Bitsummit? VicScreen is offering travel funding and support to get you there - check out the details here: https://vicscreen.vic.gov.au/funding/travel/#bitsummit-travel