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.
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