Article by Matt S. One of the best thing about itch.io is that it provides an outlet for the most creative, alternative projects… and producing Game Boy games in 2020 certainly qualifies as that. Make the game and there’s a wealth of distribution opportunities available to you – emulators on…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Over the last week we’ve seen a lot of stuff in the press regarding the launch of No Man’s Sky NEXT; a massive, near re-release of a game that was first released back in 2016 amongst a hailstorm of virulent criticism. Some of the stories coming…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. People who play games generally care a great deal about the technical foundations of those games. Frame rates, benchmarks, loading times, resolution, ping rates, and so on. And, when these things don’t go perfectly, people who play games tend to get very cranky about it. But…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. The treatment of the Australian games industry throughout 2016 by the government is the great unspoken proof of how weak, false, and ineffective the leadership of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been. In lacking the insight to realise just how valuable this industry could be to…
Read MoreFeature by Matt S. Last week the local Australian games industry was hit by the unfortunate news that the government would be pulling all federal funding out of the industry. The total value of the lost support was $10 million, which isn’t much for the Government, but it was a…
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