News by Matt S. This time it’s the PQube-localised Omega Labyrinth, as is being reported by a number of outlets. This decision hasn’t been published on the Australian Classification Board’s own website, but that usually takes a few days after these decisions are made to reflect on there. The game…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So Tokyo Game Show 2017 has started, and I’ve got plenty to say about it, which I will in the coming days (if not weeks). But in terms of immediate observations, one of the things that really struck me is how effective some nations through Asia…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Yesterday the CEO of iGEA, Ron Curry, published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the Minister for Arts and Communications, and the person in the federal government that has ultimate responsibility for the videogames industry. Today, in senate estimates, Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, as the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of Australia’s major games industry bodies, iGEA, has published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the person who’s meant to be in charge of initiatives to support and grow the local game development industry. He is the Arts and Communications minister, after all, and…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. The treatment of the Australian games industry throughout 2016 by the government is the great unspoken proof of how weak, false, and ineffective the leadership of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been. In lacking the insight to realise just how valuable this industry could be to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As all Australians know, there’s a federal election coming up in a little under two weeks now. Under normal circumstances this wouldn’t hold much interest to a gaming website, but as we’re an Australian publication, and as one political party has just announced something of intense…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nothing. Despite the proven effectiveness of the paltry $10 million fund that the industry had slashed from this government two years ago. Despite the recommendation that that fund be restored by a recent Senate enquiry into the games industry. Despite the treasurer going on and on…
Read MoreWell, this is great news! For years now we’ve had to put up with the Australian government at national level doing what it can to undermine the development of the games industry. Most of the funding and development work has had to come out of the state governments after the…
Read MoreIn today’s edition of Friday afternoon nuttiness, an Australian politician, belonging to the Liberal Party of Australia, has written an opinion piece about the importance of the government supporting game development in Australia. You can read that piece here. There are noble words in that piece, to be sure. The…
Read MoreChina has eliminated all restrictions on the import and sale of gaming consoles (e.g. PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Wii U). We knew that this change in law was finally coming, as the country was trialing a pilot reform program for the past year or so that has been…
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