Video Games

Japan's education system is renowned for its rigidity. But one school is providing an alternative, blending typical education classes with intensive video game training.

Bluey composer Joff Bush, Megan Washington and the music for Tony Armstrong's Eat the Invaders were among the winners at the 2025 Screen Music Awards.

Better known for its gas and iron ore, the Pilbara hopes to add gaming to its list of local exports as internet access and technology improve.

Player holding Nazi flag in Roblox.

Online video games are excluded from the social media ban, but digital media researchers say the definitions are too broadly defined and games could yet be included.

The sound world of Indiana Jones is iconic. While in Australia, the video game's audio director shares how he leveraged this to bring the game world to life.

A consortium of private equity companies, including one backed by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is offering to take the video game giant private.

An exhibition at Melbourne's ACMI will pull back the curtain on how iconic games like Hollow Knight Silksong, Team Fortress, Neopets and Sim City were made.

A video showing a 3D model displaying how the levels in Hollow Knight Silksong are built.

With gaming disorders estimated to affect hundreds of thousands nationwide, an Australian-first clinic at Fiona Stanley Hospital is helping people who struggle to control their use to turn their lives around.

After years of silence, Team Cherry has released their sequel to one of the most successful Australian-made games of all time, which is expected to break records.

If you have kids who game you won't want to know, but will need to hear, that "paedophile hunting" is a booming genre of social media content.

In his first-ever video game soundtrack, Lorien Testard created the music for hit game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It's topped charts and racked up millions of streams.

Rather than battling over device time with children, one clinical psychologist is recommending "meeting children where they are" as a first step to fostering family conversations, and even letting kids self-regulate their use.

Thousands of adult video games were pulled from digital storefronts this month after Australian campaign group Collective Shout pressured payment companies including PayPal, Visa and Mastercard.

After a launch mired by bugs, server outages and criticism around player likenesses, Rugby League 26 video game developer Ross Symons defends his company and says unhappy players "should know better".

Across the internet in recent weeks, influencers, streamers and video game fans have been calling for laws to "stop killing games". This is what to know about the movement. 

NSW State of Origin star Kennedy Cherrington is among swathes of fans criticising a "half-finished" Rugby League 26 video game littered with glitches and server errors.

The highly anticipated Death Stranding 2 — the latest game from Japanese auteur Hideo Kojima — is set in a post-apocalyptic Australia. He had the help of some local icons to make it happen.

Not so long ago, old video games and consoles were the kind of thing you found in hard rubbish — or maybe at a garage sale. Now, they're collectibles. Sometimes extremely valuable ones.