Screen Queensland will deliver a $1.3 million boost to the state's game sector, funding nine independent games studios through the Games Grants initiative and supporting three projects through the Digital Games Incentive.
Screen Australia has invested more than $2 million in Australian games and events following the government's decision to support the booming sector through the Revive national cultural policy.
Screen Australia has highlighted the strength of the country's burgeoning digital games sector during a truncated session at the recent Senate hearings into the government's Revive national cultural policy.
Screen Queensland is aiming to take the state's games industry to the next level with a $5 million boost to its suite of programs and incentives.
Screen Queensland will support seven games projects from the state with more than $1 million in development funding while also helping nine studios attend this week's Gamescom digital games conference in Cologne, Germany.
Queensland-based games projects will now be able to access up to $90,000 in funding as part of the state government's new Games Grants program.