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Industry Updates / Media Releases   16 Dec 2025

Groundbreaking partnership backs Victoria’s games industry

As Victoria’s digital games sector continues to create internationally acclaimed games, the Victorian Government, through VicScreen is partnering with one of our most successful homegrown games studios to level up the state’s digital games industry and support the next generation, through a new investment fund and co-working space and industry hub.

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Digital Games / Events / Film & TV / Play Now Melbourne   8 Dec 2025

A YEAR OF BIG IDEAS AND BOLD STORYTELLING

As 2025 comes to an end, savour the moment by looking back at the bold and inspiring films, TV shows, games and events that were produced and presented right here in Victoria to international acclaim.

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Film & TV   30 Oct 2025

A TERRIFYING LOOK INTO VICTORIA’S HORROR FILM HISTORY AND PRESENT

Victoria has a long, proud and terrifying history of producing some of the best horror films— and horror filmmakers — Australia has ever seen. From telekinetic, murderous coma patients to haunted nursing homes, we’ve collated a list of the most disturbing and influential Victorian-made horror films.

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion / Events / Film & TV   20 Oct 2025

What India’s Screen Stars love about Melbourne

The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) invigorates the city each year, bringing together the biggest and boldest voices in South Asian cinema to meet local fans and industry. We asked some of the guests about their thoughts on Melbourne.

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Digital Games / Play Now Melbourne   14 Oct 2025

Play Now Melbourne 2025 Highlights

Play Now Melbourne, Australia's pre-eminent games market, returned to Melbourne International Games Week in 2025. This year 21 international and local publishers, platform holders and investors heard pitches from 78 projects. Check out the highlights from the day.

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Events / Features / Film & TV   12 Sep 2025

The Family Next Door: Adapting Sally Hepworth’s Best-selling Book for TV

New York Times best-selling Victorian author Sally Hepworth has penned nine novels, selling millions of books worldwide. One of them, The Family Next Door, has been adapted into a new television series currently airing on the ABC and available on ABC iview.

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Digital Games   17 Jul 2026

A recap on BitSummit

Alongside nine other VicScreen-supported delegates, Clownbaby game developer Lauren T, aka T-Dog eXtreme, travelled to Kyoto, Japan for four jam-packed days at BitSummit.

Digital Games / Features / Film & TV   17 Dec 2025

15 THINGS TO WATCH AND PLAY THIS SUMMER

If you’re looking for indoor screen activities on those hot summer days, VicScreen has you sorted. Check out our quintessential list of Victorian-made films, TV and games for your must-watch-and-play list over the break.

A YEAR OF BIG IDEAS AND BOLD STORYTELLING

As 2025 comes to an end, savour the moment by looking back at the bold and inspiring films, TV shows, games and events that were produced and presented right here in Victoria to international acclaim.

Digital Games / Play Now Melbourne   14 Oct 2025

Play Now Melbourne 2025 Highlights

Play Now Melbourne, Australia's pre-eminent games market, returned to Melbourne International Games Week in 2025. This year 21 international and local publishers, platform holders and investors heard pitches from 78 projects. Check out the highlights from the day.

Digital Games / Features   31 Mar 2025

What to expect for your first trip to GDC – A game dev diary

We asked game developers Sasha Mutch and Joel Davison from Wali Studios to document their experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), a five-day industry leading conference for game developers. Delve into their diary entries as they break down their week at GDC which includes their favourite sessions, places to eat and key takeaways.

Digital Games / Features   28 Mar 2025

Day of the Devs at GDC: Presenting My Arms Are Longer Now

Indie game developer Matthew Jackson of Toot Games presented My Arms Are Longer Now at Day of the Devs, as part of this year’s GDC. We asked Matthew to share his experience of showcasing his debut game as one of the game industry’s biggest events.

Digital Games / Events   1 Oct 2024

Your Melbourne International Games Week sorted

This year marks 10 years of Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW), showcasing the best of local and international games over its jam-packed program in October.

Digital Games   31 Jul 2024

It’s go time for year two of VicScreen’s Originate Games program

The second round of VicScreen’s Originate Games program is officially underway, with six projects selected to be part of this dynamic development program.

VicScreen’s Play Now Melbourne returns

Australia’s pre-eminent games market, Play Now Melbourne is set to return for another round in 2024.

Play Now Melbourne 2023 highlights

Play Now Melbourne is Australia's pre-eminent games market. As part of Melbourne International Games Week, Play Now Melbourne was held on 5 October 2023 at the State Library of Victoria. It featured an impressive line-up of leading international and local publishers, platform holders and investors, hearing pitches from more than 40 projects from across Australia. Here are some of the highlights from the day.

Digital Games   8 May 2023

Meet the 2023 Victorian Games Development Interns

Robot Circus, Slegehammer Games and VicScreen have joined forces to deliver the second year of the Victorian Games Development Internships, announcing Phoebe Watson and Memia Lin as the successful recipients.

Digital Games   8 May 2023

Meet our new Games Intern: Phoebe Watson

Phoebe Watson aspires to pave a culturally safe path for other Indigenous creatives in the games sector.