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In a glitzy ceremony last Friday, the inaugural Best Game award winner was announced for the WA Screen Awards. The winner on the night was Freedom Fall! Congratulations to the Stirfire team, as well as the runner-ups, pvi collective, WRK Studios and Gnomic Studios. It’s great to see games so…

The dates for this year’s Game Connect Asia Pacific have been announced, and are currently looking for submissions for both hour-length speakers, and 25 minute “intensive” workshops. GCAP is one of Australia’s largest developer-oriented game events, and includes workshop tracks across multiple disciplines, including Tech, Art, Design and Business. The…

Stirfire Studios have officially released Freedom Fall at PAX Australia this weekend. Freedom Fall is available for iOS, Android, Ouya, and Windows & Mac via Desura. Visit their blog for more details and links to the store pages.

This weekend, Melbourne will be hosting the very first non-US PAX event, one of the largest gaming festivals in the world. Alongside international guests Ron Gilbert, Bioware and Gearbox Software, a host of West Australian game developers are heading over to showcase their games and talk about their craft. If…

Earlier this week, the nominees for the West Australia Screen Awards were announced, and included the four nominees in the running for the Best Game category: Square Off – Gnomic Studios (Win7) deviator – pvi collective (ARG) Freedom Fall – Stirfire Studios (PC) Orbeats – WRK Studios (iOS) Congratulations and…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoJaYXKfmaM&w=500&h=375] You might remember last year at our pitching event, Lester and his team were filming for their documentary on indie game developers, GameLoading. Earlier this week, the GameLoading teaser trailer was released, and Lester had some nice things to say about his time with the WA community.

Earlier this year, ScreenWest led a scoping consultation into the WA games industry, and talked with key stakeholders about what they could potentially do to help this growing sector in the screen industry. If you did not get a chance to talk to ScreenWest during their consultation period, and are…

Last week, Blake Simpson let us know that the beta for his indie 2-player brawl platformer, Blitz Bandits, has been released for community playtesting. Mac and Windows clients are available, or you play the game directly from the GameJolt site.

This Thursday, Screen Australia Investment Manager Mike Cowap will be hosting a couple of information sessions about the Game Production and Multiplatfom Production funds. More details can be found at this ScreenWest newsletter article. Games Production Program information session: When: Thursday, 4 July 2013 Where: ScreenWest offices, Gordon Stephenson House,…

A new mobile game developer will be opening their doors in Perth later this year, and is looking for artists, designers and programmers to join their team. SK Games is a company started by Louis Roots, an ECU graduate who has worked overseas in the mobile games industry for the last…