INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER About the Company Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) is the peak trade body representing video game platform holders, developers, publishers and distributors in Australia and New Zealand. We are a small team focussed on ivering positive and tangible outcomes for the industry through effective advocacy, lobbying, events, research... Read More
Media Releases
International new release: Global Video Game Industry Calls Upon World Health Organisation To Reverse Video Game Classification
25 May 2019 The global video game industry—including representatives from across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, South Africa, and Brazil—today called on World Health Organization (WHO) Member States to rethink their decision to include “Gaming Disorder” in the 11thedition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).... Read More
IGEA welcomes new Board member, Amy Roy of Nintendo and thanks Anthony Howitt for his contribution
Friday 24 May 2019. At IGEA’S most recent Board meeting, Anthony Howitt from Nintendo resigned from his Board position. Anthony has served on the Board of IGEA for the past two years. Given the vacany created by Anthony’s resignation, the Board appointed Amy Roy, In-House Legal Counsel for Nintendo Australia and New... Read More
Aussies love for video games continues to grow
Consumer spending breaks through the $4 billion mark Sydney Australia, 23 May 2019 – The growth of the video game industry in Australia continues to go from strength to strength, with consumer spending breaking the $4 billion mark hitting $4.029 billion in the 2018 calendar year, a significant increase of 25 per cent... Read More
New Zealanders’ appetite for video games continues to skyrocket
Consumer spending breaks the half billion dollar mark Auckland, New Zealand, 23 May 2019 – New Zealanders’ of playing video games shows no sign of slowing down, as highlighted in data released today by the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA). The New Zealand video and computer games industry generated $548... Read More
IGEA letter to the Australian video games industry, May 2019
Dear Industry Colleagues, We think it’s fair to say that the result of the weekend’s election has left some commiserating, others celebrating and many a little confused about what happened and what it means. From a purely industry point of view, we are acutely aware of the disappointment many of you may... Read More