October 7, 2019 Mental Health "Play games that make you feel good," says CheckPoint community manager Pritika Sachdev shared advice for what employers in the industry could be doing to combat the issue
October 7, 2019 Lighting The Way With over 150 studios, Melbourne accounts for half of Australia’s games industry revenue State’s minister for mental health Martin Foley opens GCAP with Keynote and commitment to growth
January 2, 2019 Restart The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry "We have to share the knowledge that we keep to ourselves and the things that scare us. We have to connect"
October 24, 2018 Cherry On Top Hollow Knight dev Team Cherry snags Studio of the Year accolade at Australian Game Developer Awards 2018 Mountains also got a nod for mobile narrative game Florence
October 24, 2017 First Love Annapurna Interactive to publish Melbourne dev Mountains' debut narrative-focused game Florence Title to be published on the Apple App Store in 2018
October 17, 2017 Mighty Recruit Melbourne developer Mighty Games hires Dots designer Ariel Magnes First task will be working on fantasy game Charming Runes
July 7, 2017 Gree Melbourne Shuttered GREE shuts down Melbourne studio less than two years after it was first opened Around 50 jobs lost, with more redundancies in Berlin and San Francisco
December 22, 2016 Live And Kicking Five years on: EA on the evolution of The Sims FreePlay Senior Producer Amanda Schofield on the game's life so far
July 21, 2016 More Than Crossy Road Hipster Whale sets up as a publisher, hires new president Clara Reeves joins from Film Victoria
July 13, 2016 "craft Games Studio" Monument Valley lead designer founds Mountains, a new Melbourne games studio Three-person team focused on premium mobile games
May 25, 2016 Making Of Back on track: The making of Train Conductor World Simon Joslin on bringing the franchise to free-to-play
March 16, 2016 Why Did Mickey Cross The Road? Disney announces Hipster Whale collaboration Disney Crossy Road GDC breaking news
March 3, 2016 Ace It Crossy Road shmup Shooty Skies hits 5 million downloads What Hipster Whale did next
July 28, 2015 Rebounds Following hard reset in SF, GREE expands with new offices in Berlin and Melbourne Cheaper, fresher locations
March 26, 2015 Bouncing Bean Coming on leaps and bounds: the making of Bean Dreams Kumobius on the development of their paid iOS platformer
February 18, 2015 Form And Function Why did the chicken... the making of Crossy Road Hipster Whale on inspiration and aspiration
January 28, 2015 Panel Work How Loveshack found a new order with iOS hit Framed Non-linear progression
January 15, 2015 Paid To Watch Crossy Road rakes in $1 million on iOS with Unity's incentivised video ads Inspired by Disco Zoo