After many years of working collaboratively and productively together, the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) and the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) have decided to combine their respective forces and specialities to work under the banner of a single association. In the coming weeks the GDAA will be bringing to... Read More
Media Releases
IGEA praises Australian games industry for multimillion-dollar bushfire relief efforts
Sydney, 7 February 2020 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has commended the Australian games industry on what it has described as “amazing, collaborative efforts” to raise much needed funds for bushfire relief through a variety of initiatives for a range of worthy causes. One of the most successful of... Read More
IGEA welcomes new Board member, Clara Reeves of Hipster Whale
Sydney, 5 February 2020, At IGEA’S most recent AGM, Clara Reeves from Hipster Whale was nominated to join the IGEA Board and unanimously voted as a Director effective immediately. Hipster Whale joined the association in 2019. Since then, Clara and her team have provided guidance and direction on all of the policy... Read More
IGEA welcomes Game Legal as an Associate Member
Sydney, Australia: 24 January 2020 – The Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) has today announced that Game Legal has joined the association as an Associate Member, the first professional services firm to do so. IGEA has expanded it’s service offering for members and as a result is working with Mat Jessep... Read More
Australian video game development industry contributes to exports and job opportunities
Sydney, Australia – 28 November 2019 – The Australian video game development industry continues to grow in size, drawing the majority of its revenues from exports while creating significant opportunities for skilled jobs locally, a survey of local game developers has shown. According to the survey undertaken for the Interactive Games &... Read More
Video Game Industry Establishes Universal Esports Principles For Fun & Fair Play
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 5, 2019 – MEDIA NEWS RELEASE – INTERNATIONAL VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY ESTABLISHES UNIVERSAL ESPORTS PRINCIPLES FOR FUN & FAIR PLAY Today the video game industry, including representatives from across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, released a unifying set of principles for esports... Read More