The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association has encouraged the Australian games industry to consider its future pipeline of talent, following new data showing nearly 800 new jobs were created across the sector in the 2021/22 financial year.
Screen Australia has revealed the next round of titles to be supported through its Games: Expansion Pack fund, with 11 games to share in more than $1.5 million.
The Victorian Government has unveiled a $5.4 million skills and training package aimed at professionals across film, TV and games, including a $3.6 million plan to establish a specialist digital games and VFX school.
Trackdown GM Elaine Beckett believes it's not only developers who stand to benefit from the Digital Games Tax Offset and increased government investment in games, but also post-production services.
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.