Screen Australia will commit $6 million over two years to support small to medium independent game studios with projects with budgets below $500,000.
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.
The Victorian Government has added a $15 million Digital Screen Rebate to its suite of incentives, with grants available to post-production, animation, digital games, and VFX projects that are undertaken within the state with local workers.
The Western Australian government has announced $2 million in pilot funding for the state's digital games and interactive sector to support supporting content development, capability development, and strategic industry-building opportunities.