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Much of the show floor at this year’s PAXAus festival has been given over to independent developers of video games.  Here we can see the talent and ideas behind future directions in gaming.  With nary a sequel number in sight, some of these games will be in our living rooms in the not too distant future and PAXAus is doing its best to put these games in our face.

Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP 2012) brings together video-game and interactive entertainment industry professionals to discuss, plan and be inspired by their cohorts.  This year it is inspiration that will be driving the theme of the conference, hoping to keep the momentum rolling in an industry still maturing in this region.

Game Connect Asia Pacific 2011 returns to Melbourne.  The think-tank talk-fest of the Australian interactive entertainment development community provides an opportunity to bring and share ideas for the future of an ever changing industry.

A hard fought campaign to win government taxation breaks has finally been won by lobbyists for the Australian interactive entertainment industry. 

The Games Developers' Association of Australia (GDAA), the body that oversees the interests of companies involved in the lucrative business of games development, has now included representatives from large core studios as well as small start-ups into the mix of its steering committee.