Exploding Games Industry Hits The News
12 December 2013

The rapid growth of New Zealand’s video game development industry featured heavily in the news recently.

• TVNZ One News: Gamers Out To Play
• 3 News:  Video Game Industry Grew 86% last year
• 7 Sharp:  So You Wanna Be a Gamer
• NZ Herald: Growing NZ Video Games Industry Faces Skills Shortage
• Newstalk ZB: Boom in Local Video Games Industry
• Radio NZ: New Figures show Booming Local Games Industry
• Marketing Magazine: Digital Gaming Dollars Get Serious

The story was also reported in National Business Review, Dominion Post, Gameplanet, NZGamer, Computerworld, MCV, IDG and joked about on TV3 comedy show 7 Days.

IGEA’s Digital NZ 2014 research into who the typical NZ gamer is also received widespread coverage:

• http://www.igea.net/2013/10/2-in-3-new-zealanders-play-video-games/
• http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2574603/video-games-are-now-being-played-by-three-generations
• http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/9344375/Middle-age-a-game-changer-for-many
• http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11150303