First Nations creators tell Indigenous stories through video games

From Call of Duty to Dreamtime: These designers are lighting up video games

As part of NAIDOC Week, we meet the Indigenous creatives who are re-shaping Australia's video game industry.

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Happy NAIDOC 🖤 we're out here making games. I had a really lovely chat about making a rhythm game that honours Country, and working with Wali Studios on Wyrmspace Tactics.

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First Nations creators tell Indigenous stories through video games

🎶 Whether or not you’ve played League of Legends or are an Arcane fan the story of how the music at Riot is made is a fascinating one. @jdspearsmusic.bsky.social + @snajand.bsky.social join @musophrenic.bsky.social and I to share the collaboration at the heart. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

How the soundtracks for Arcane and League of Legends are made

Musicians and game developers work closely to make the world of League of Legends sound so incredible.

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Cool story from Francisco writing for ABC Arts on Mixtape. 💿 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Aussie rocker-turned-game developer restores lost art of the mixtape

Melbourne's Johnny Galvatron gave up the rockstar life to become a BAFTA-winning game developer. Now, his studio's latest release, Mixtape, re-imagines the music game as an eclectic playlist of genres...

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Apparently getting the rights to this shirt was more difficult than any of the song rights were (source: me) www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

From Smashing Pumpkins to Ferris Bueller: new Australian indie video game Mixtape is a blast of nostalgia

In the game by Melbourne-based Beethoven and Dinosaur, you play as a teenage girl the night before moving to New York – drinking, skateboarding and getting into trouble, all soundtracked by 80s and 90...

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It’s hard to adapt a branching dynamic video game to the silver screen, each player has their own story when they play. Director of Exit 8 Genki Nakamura wanted to tell one story in that same world and get us to think again about the modern loops we’re stuck in www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

How the Tokyo Metro became the terrifying setting for film Exit 8

The creator of the minimalist horror film hopes it inspires viewers to stop doomscrolling and take a look at the world around them.

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I’ve interviewed @gregorylouden.bsky.social a few times over the years and it was always interesting to hear how he thinks about interactive narratives. SAROS is out this week and it was cool to learn about why a lot of his games have characters retracing their steps www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Meet the Australian behind PlayStation's next big game Saros

Developer Gregory Louden always wanted to work in games, but it was a sidestep into filmmaking that helped him secure his dream job at Finnish studio Housemarque.

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You know what they say. Tomodatchi Life, Tomodatchi Wife

🗡️🌊 @mattnava.bsky.social and @awintory.bsky.social have a long career of collaboration, their two creative disciplines intertwined. I remember distinctly how exciting it was when Journey was nominated for a Grammy, and now Sword of the Sea is the latest winner. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Team behind cult 2012 video game reunites on Grammy winner

Art director Matt Nava and composer Austin Wintory reveal how their cult 2012 video game Journey shaped their latest offering, the Grammy Award-winning Sword of the Sea.

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I’m on ABC Radio chatting about the new Bluey game right now and the shape of the Australian games scene www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

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In the early days of the Middle East war, petrol stations hiked prices faster than the rise of global oil prices, in what several leading experts say was an attempt to maintain their profit margins. But since then, there has been a complete turnaround. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Petrol stations tried to 'shape' the market – now it's shaping them

Petrol stations in our biggest cities hiked prices ahead of global oil prices, but experts say their profit margins are now much slimmer.

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After 10 years of writing about video games and technology, I won my first industry award: Best Technology Reviewer. Feels pretty good!

Stunned. Grateful. Didn’t expect ABC Gamer pick up a Lizzie but utterly thrilled that we did. It’s almost like it should still be here! Please, with everything you’ve got, support the small teams still churning out great Australian games journalism every single day.

@rhunwords.com congrats fella you deserve it so thrilled 👏

If you’re a small games outlet that’s still grinding SEO, pack it in. Change your strategy. The days of taking the easy road, flipping press releases and fighting for top spots on Google News, are over.

Jack Ryan 🙏🧪@jacksonwryan.com · 4mo ago

Google is failing. The fact GamesHub can rank in the news box here with this atrocious, AI-generated text and nonsense imagery is horrific -- I mean is that lead image meant to show Asha Sharma? Why does this have an image credit to Xbox for the image lmao? Does Xbox care lmao??????

DLSS 5 has sent shockwaves through the games industry, so I asked several artists and developers what concerns them most about the technology. Unsurprisingly, their ire is about far more than ‘AI slop’. www.gadgetguy.com.au/nvidia-dlss-...

"Disgust" over Nvidia's DLSS 5 has the games industry on edge

Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 technology drew the ire of the games industry, but the reasons run deeper than 'AI slop' imagery.

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The Game Boy came out in 1989, The Game Boy Color in 1998 and in 2026 meet the Australian developers Tom Lockwood and Orlando Mee making new games for the decades old console, wrapping nostalgia and their culture into the work. New story from me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

New games for an old console: Meet the new generation of Game Boy developers

A small community of game developers is releasing new games for Nintendo's decades-old video game console, harnessing the nostalgia of these classic devices.

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Huge miss not calling it bing bong what are you doing @serrels.bsky.social @jacksonwryan.com

CONTINUE? Magazine@continuemag.bsky.social · 5mo ago

20 Days to go in the campaign and we're about to hit $73,000 pledged 🥹 Hoping to drop a couple of updates next week but for now here's a bunch of rejected titles we had for CONTINUE? Don't tell us any of them are good please. Get Issue 01 here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

During the late 1970s a Newcastle based company built a set uniquely Australian Pinball machines, Dennis Lillee 🏏 FJ Holden 🚘 and Shark 🦈 and the world’s first Star Wars pinball machine ever. These machines have been collected by the NFSA, new story by me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Iconic Australian-made pinball machines preserved for generations to come

Five pinball machines, including the first licensed Star Wars unit, have been saved from the scrap heap and will eventually be made available for the public to play at a special exhibition.

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The secretive company filling video game sites with gambling and AI aftermath.site/gameshub-click...

The music of Hollow Knight Silksong is already iconic. Christopher Larkin was able to increase the number of real instrumentalists from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on the sequel. Another insight into the making of this blockbuster game www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Behind the music of hit Australian indie game Hollow Knight: Silksong

The video game soundtrack will be performed live for the first time by Orchestra Victoria at ACMI in February.

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Small but important AWW update that adds two authors: Holly Gramazio and Olivia de Zilva. Thanks everyone for sharing!

Across seven hours in the Sydney Opera House this Sydney Festival, a herd of audience members will take turns leading a virtual group of donkeys in an experience that merges theatre and video games. New story from me www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

How a video game about donkeys tests social cohesion

Theatre makers Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim have built a game to be played socially in an auditorium, with a single player leading a group of donkeys on a journey of discovery.

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Tell your new year’s resolutions to the crashing waves and they may see fit to help you 😉🌊

2025 The definitive list of Australian made video games. 🎮 We've recorded games all year for our seventh annual collection of local titles, across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and more! FEATURE by @gdig.bsky.social + @juiceboxcat.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/2025-th... #videogames

It was an honour to collate the first games wrap story for ABC this year, check out what @rhunwords.com @geeofdee.bsky.social @nomibelle.bsky.social and more great people loved playing this year. If you need a bit of escapism today have a look at this www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Hollow Knight to Donkey Kong: Our favourite video games of 2025

There are games to suit everyone, and overwhelmingly Australians are a game-playing nation. Here are some of the most important titles released this year.

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Tomorrow is my last day on Gamer, and before I leave, I wanted to give everyone a little gift. Below, you’ll find Good Game: The Complete* Collection. All 12 seasons of Good Game, 418 episodes, in one massive playlist. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Good Game: Seasons 1 - 12 - YouTube

Good Game! Every single season, (almost) every single episode, in one place. Regrettably missing from this archive and possibly lost to time: Season 3, Episo...

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An hour with the music of Silksong (@teamcherry.bsky.social), plus another hour (almost) chatting to its bard, @christopherlarkin.bsky.social 🪡🎵🎮 🎙️ Big thanks to @gdig.bsky.social for joining me on this interview 🎙️ 🎧 The Game Show on ABC Classic 🎧

Grand and tender: the music of Silksong by Christopher Larkin - ABC listen

The music of one of the most anticipated games of 2025, and an extended conversation with its Australian composer, Christopher Larkin.

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😎 Have a cool game? 👀 Want people to know about it? Submissions open for ALT:GAMES 2026 at Powerhouse right now do it now, don’t put it off, I know you reckon you’ll get round to it but be honest with yourself and just do it the second you see this because let’s be real

Chloe Appleby@chloeappleby.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We’re so freaking back. Videogames. Board games. Role playing games. I wanna show case you at ALT: GAMES 2026! Submit in the cheeky link. Successful applications will be paid an honorarium. If you love me, please read the webpage. All the info is there. Link: powerhouse.com.au/alt-games-ca...

Hey what are you doing at 8:00PM AEDT tonight? How about listen to Download This Show with the excellent @raejohnston.bsky.social , Alice Clarke and myself! We talk AI bubbles, age-verification and more! Here is the link or find it on your podcast players after that www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

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Radio National goes beyond the news headlines to examine a diverse range of topics, including arts and culture, business and current affairs, health, science and technology, Indigenous culture and iss...

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