On Wednesday night, the country's game dev community came together for the 2016 Australian Game Developer Awards, a celebration of the talent that local artists, composers and coders have poured into homegrown titles in the last 12 months. Here are this year's winners.
By including a stellar solo mode, Titanfall 2 fully lives up to the mech fantasy promise of the multiplayer-only original game.
This sport has millions of viewers, but remains virtually unknown in mainstream Australia.
The original World War - with its despair, endless trenches and confusing web of political and imperial motivations - is not an easy basis for a video game.
Releasing into an end-of-year games rush lousy with first-person shooters and other gritty fare, Paper Mario: Color Splash is a charming, genuinely funny palate cleanser.
Nintendo unveiled its brand new games console, Switch, in a brief video overnight, and so far the reception from pundits and the internet has been overwhelmingly positive. But there are questions to be answered.
Nintendo has announced the Nintendo Switch, a new console that takes the form of a small tablet and can be used to play games at home or on the go.
A list of the challenges faced by virtual-reality developers offers hints of what a killer VR app or game might look like.
Today Sony has launched the PlayStation VR, a futuristic-looking device that – while it might not deliver the crystal-clear alternative world experiences of our dreams – could be the first virtual reality system to really take off with mainstream gamers.
On Thursday, Sony will launch a product it hopes will introduce virtual reality to the masses.
Gory, glorious shooter harks back to the very first game in the series.
From huge, recognisable set-pieces like Apostles beach to small touches like the red and yellow lid bins out the front of stilted houses, Forza Horizon 3 nails its Australian setting.
A new virtual reality app that puts users in the position of a person living with dementia has been released for Google's Cardboard VR platform.
A fun mash-up of classic adventure platforming games and modern loot-collecting, ReCore is great but overstays its welcome.
A wonderful game held back a little by its old-school roots, this is a great way to continue the introduction of a series Australia was previously denied.
Brandon Beck and Marc Merill talk to Fairfax about turning a dream held by two gamers sharing an apartment into a game with more than 100 million monthly active players worldwide.
He's credited with creating World of Warcraft at Blizzard, but now Rob Pardo will get a chance to prove if he can be successful outside of a big company environment.
Sony has announced two new versions of its PlayStation 4 will release this year, including one with greater graphical capabilities than the standard console, but is it worth your while to upgrade?
Famed game designer Shigeru Miyamoto shows up at Apple's big iPhone event to show off new Mario game as Nintendo stocks skyrocket.
20-year-old PC franchise has struggled in the last decade and a half to produce a game its fans would rather play than 1999's Worms: Armageddon. But this may be it.
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