The games industry is among the early winners of next week's Federal Budget, which will include a 30 per cent Digital Games Tax Offset.
Screenwest has launched a pilot $100,000 production and development fund for Western Australian interactive projects, designed to grow the state's work in areas such as virtual reality and games
Even as some of the most commercially successful videogames in the world are being produced in Australia, developers still struggle to noticed as a significant sector of the local screen industry, writes Brendan Keogh.
Last week, the CEO of the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association Ron Curry penned a clearly frustrated open letter to the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Mitch Fifield.