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The Miramar Creative Centre Grant is a $2,200 micro-grant aimed at supporting entry-level & emerging interactive projects in New Zealand. Entries for the Miramar Creative Centre’s Grant for emerging interactive kiwi projects are now open. The deadline for applications for the current cycle is the 3rd of April 2022. Thanks to the kind sponsorship of […]

The University of Canterbury (UC) continues to respond to the needs of the digital screen industries with sponsorship of the NZGDA Kiwi Game Starter 2022, a business start-up competition supporting the best of Aotearoa New Zealand’s up-and-coming game development talent.   The news comes hot on the heels of the announcement of the University’s Digital Screen […]

Rainbite’s “Trigger Witch” will become the first New Zealand-made game to run natively on the PS5 platform when it is released there later this month (21 January 2022). The PS5 version will be a free upgrade for PS4 owners, while physical copies for the PS5 will ship later in January. This makes it the first […]

The New Zealand Game Developers Association (NZGDA) has collaborated with Wellington in a multi-year partnership to increase investment and grow the talent pool in the creative digital content sector. The NZGDA will expand the remit of its annual conference to incorporate the film, screen and interactive media sectors alongside its traditional gaming content. A Collaborative […]

New Zealand game studios created over 200 jobs during lockdown But Australian tax incentives and border restrictions put 300 more jobs at risk, according to latest survey findings.   New Zealand’s video games industry created 222 new jobs during 2020’s lockdowns. While the industry grew employment 30%, the potential to create over 300 future jobs […]

For more information on our board members for the 2021/2022 term, check out their bios here.

The Angel Association (AANZ) and PwC have featured investing in games in their annual Startup Investment report, which included interviews with Tim Ponting, Maru Nihoniho and Jessica Mannins.

We are pleased to introduce the nominees for the 2021/2022 NZGDA Executive Board! Below you will find information on each candidate (these bios are also available as a PDF: 2022 Candidate Election Bios ) Ballots will be emailed to all eligible NZGDA members on Friday November 5th at 10:00AM and voting will remain open until […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – November 1, 2021 – Pōneke-based game developers Dinosaur Polo Club, who celebrated the PC release of their award-winning title Mini Motorways earlier this year, have taken the #12 spot on the Deloitte Fast 50 with 333% growth between 2019 and 2021. The studio has also claimed the title of Wellington and […]

Are you a community minded game developer who wants to grow New Zealand’s game development sector? Then consider standing for the 2021/2022 New Zealand Game Developers Association board! The NZGDA welcomes diverse candidates from across New Zealand, in any role in the industry or craft who are current members of the Association. Some of the […]

Please join us for the 2021 Annual General Meeting! You can register for the meeting here. Meeting Agenda (subject to change): Financial Review Review progress on strategic goals Proposed updates to the NZGDA Constitution Updates to membership structure Results of the 2021/2022 NZGDA Executive Board Member Election Updates to the NZGDA Constitution:  The NZGDA Constitution […]

September 11, 2021 – Flesh and Blood, a trading card game made by New Zealand company Legend Story Studios has debuted its latest release, Tales of Aria, at the Las Vegas convention center, with over 1000 fans turning up to celebrate the World Premiere event. The World Premiere running on Friday, is part of a […]

Kiwi-published card game Regicide is currently the hottest tabletop game in the world. It sits atop “The Hotness” list at boardgamegeek.com; the IMdb of boardgames. Regicide beat out major license games Dune: Imperium and Marvel Champions to take the #1 spot on the 25th of August. So what makes Regicide so impressive? Despite the fact […]

Kia Ora! This is just a quick post to say a big thank you again to everyone who helped make NZGDC21 what it was. Here are the links to the Highlight Video, The Conference Photos, and to our YouTube Channel where all of the 80+ videos of Talks/Panels have been uploaded and can be viewed. […]

All of us at the NZGDA are looking forward to next week’s events. While we sadly will no longer be able to hang out with our friends across the ditch, they will be with us in spirit (and via zoom!) – all of our speakers from Australia will now be giving their talks/panels remotely. Luckily […]