Tag: iGEA

NSW stadiums miss eSports action

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government might be developing plans to invest $2 billion on new sporting stadiums in Sydney. But there are no concrete plans to build next-generation infrastructure for the...

Boom: Canada’s games sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A range of new policies and incentives is required if Australia wants to follow in Canada’s footsteps and develop a world-leading games development industry, according to Entertainment Software Association...

State boost for games black hole

Posted on   |  by James Riley
South Australia has revealed the details of its $2 million local games development fund as state governments look to step in for the federal government’s reduced support for the...

Games industry: Not happy, Jan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has rejected nearly all the recommendations of a Senate inquiry into the local games development sector, leaving the industry “incredibly disappointed” and angry. The government tabled...

Another report ticks game fund

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new government report has recommended reinstating the games development fund, the third to do so since it was axed in the “horror” 2014 budget. The House of Representatives...

Getting Australia into the R&D game

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
South Australia is to get a new game developers co-working space in Adelaide courtesy of a $2 million state government grant to Canberra-based gaming sector incubation specialist Game Plus....

Zombie report gets a resurrection

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
A recommendation from a long buried Senate report to reinstate a Federal funding program for the local video games industry got a thumbs up from another parliamentary report this...

Game developer inquiry ignored

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Support for Australia’s struggling video game industry went missing in the Federal budget and now Green’s Senator Scott Ludlam is on the hunt for the Turnbull government’s response to...

Industry groups push for change

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s technology-facing industry groups have welcomed the strong election commitments to the sector from both the major parties, although each has imposed caveats related to the ability of whoever...