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Indie Game: The Movie at Spacecubed Our friends over at Spacecubed are hosting a movie night next Friday! They’re bringing the couches, popcorn and Indie Game: The Movie – all you need to bring is yourself. The screening starts at 6pm on Friday 19th, and is free for Spacecubed members,…

Freedom Fall seeking votes on Steam Greenlight Stirfire Studios have announced their freefalling platformer, Freedom Fall, is now up on Steam’s Greenlight platform. Best of luck to Lisa and the team at Stirfire, we hope to see plenty of upvotes and comments on the Freedom Fall page!

Pause Festival looking for developers for game showcase Pause Festival is coming to Perth later this month for City of Perth’s Innovation Month, and they’re looking to make a public exhibit of locally produced games. Andrew Hawkins from DrewFX is kindly rounding up the exhibition line-up, so if you are…

Here’s some news to make your public holiday even better! (No April Fools, promise.) Square Off available on Ouya launch Gnomic Studios announced on their Twitter account yesterday that their Windows 8 and Xbox Live hit, Square Off, will be available on the Ouya Shop at launch. Congratulations to the…

Good Monday, games community! We’ve got a couple of notes for you today to start your week. pvi collective’s “deviator” We’d like to congratulate the pvi collective on their WA premiere of their ARG, deviator. They spent a week disrupting the city of Perth with their mobile-enabled playground, and judging…

Earlier this week, Screen Australia released the funding and submission guidelines for the Australian Interactive Games Fund, as part of their new suite of interactive and multi-platform funding programs. An overview of the Games Fund program, as well as the submission deadlines for the Games Production and Games Enterprise funds,…

Two pieces of news for you fine folks this weathery weekend! FootyBoss Launched! Local developer Different Methods have released their in-browser Aussie Rules team manager simulator, FootyBoss. From the website: You’re in charge of an Aussie Rules club. You hire the staff, recruit new players, train the squad, develop the…

Following the review of their digital funds programs last year, ScreenWest have announced changes to their Digital Innovation Production Fund, which includes some potential support for games that are attached to cross-platform narrative projects. The announcement and the new guidelines can be found on ScreenWest’s website. Included in the announcement…

The friendly folks over at FTI are gearing up for their Bohemia Outdoor Cinema festival, and have included the marvelous Indie Game: The Movie feature in their line-up. Going hand-in-hand with the feature, local publisher Stirfire Studios will be showcasing and talking about their upcoming release, Freedom Fall. The incredible…