Loot boxes remain an urgent topic for legislators. In Australia, it is proposed to prohibit the sale of all games with this mechanic to persons under 18 years of age. There are also plans to start checking the age of users online.

The screenwriter of Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age, David Gaider, became the co-founder of Summerfall Studio. It is located in Australia and is almost ready to present the first project.

There will be no more games from the developers of Hand of Fate. One of the key indie studios in Australia – Defiant Development — has announced its closure.

In 2018, the turnover of the general gaming market of Australia and New Zealand has grown significantly. It amounted to $3.1 billion. The Australian segment has achieved particular success here.

The Developers Union of Australia is sounding the alarm. Electronic Arts has reduced the staff of Firemonkeys, the country’s largest game development studio.

The Australian Environment and Communications Committee (ECRC) has published a 90-page report on the mechanics of loot boxes. The report is based on the results of a five-month study.

The situation around the loot boxes is heating up. In Australia, as a result of a large-scale study, it was concluded that the influence of loot boxes on players is psychologically similar to the influence that gambling has. The authors of the study also suggested limiting the sale of games with loot boxes.

Analysts from Sensor Tower made the top 10 countries in terms of App Store spending per capita. It turned out that no country in the world can compare with Japan in this indicator.

Australia currently ranks 14th in the world in terms of player spending, Newzoo analysts have calculated. The total revenue of the market in 2018 will be $1.3 billion.

The number of employees at the headquarters of the Australian studio Halfbrick Studios decreased by 30 people as a result of a large-scale reduction. This is reported by Cnet, citing internal sources.

Hi-Rez Studios held a “soft launch” of the mobile MOBA Paladins Strike in Australia, based on the “heroic” PvP shooter Paladins for PC and consoles.

Softlonch Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp goes better than Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem. The social game reached the top of the top of the Australian App Store faster.

A little less than a week ago, the Australian team The Voxel Agents released a free-to-play game about steam locomotives. We tell you about it.

The cost of purchases in the App Store in Australia, Sweden and Indonesia will increase. This is reported by the 9to5Mac resource with reference to notifications that Apple sent to developers.

Responsible for the appearance of Crossy Road, Matt Hall and Andy Sum, teaming up with the authors of Breath of Light and Spellcaster, released a funny scrolling shooter Shooty Skies.

Yesterday, September 14, Halfbrick, which developed projects such as Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, was left without game designers. The company’s management does not intend to look for new ones.

GREE International, a subsidiary of the Japanese GREE, will have branches in Germany and Australia. The company will thus “expand its presence in the West.”

Two employees of the Australian Halfbrick (Fruit Ninja, Monster Dash, Jetpack Joyride) have opened a studio and are going to release their first project this month.

At the GDC 2014 conference currently taking place in San Francisco, the authors of Jetpack Joyride presented a game about a bear and art galleries.