Queensland is positioned as Australia's 'game central'.

Local Queensland game companies are attracting some of the world's most creative game developers, who are working with the latest technology to develop the next evolution in electronic entertainment.

Over the past two years the Queensland Government has facilitated the development of a strong and vibrant environment in which the local electronic games industry is flourishing.

Fast facts

Queensland's games development sector:

• employs more than 670 people
• represents 48.6 per cent of Australians working in games development
• raked in more than $55.4 million in the last financial year (2007-08) - a 40.4 per cent slice of Australia's $136.9 million videogame earnings.

Queensland's games development industry advantages

• skilled workforce and training
• four premier Queensland universities produce top-quality game development graduates that are quickly employed by the fast-growing industry
• support
• the Queensland Government values games as a Smart Industry, offering development and expansion assistance
• strong gaming community with over 16 international home-grown studios
• Queensland Games, a local industry organisation that connects industry with education institutes, government, and related industries
• locations
• strategically located industry hubs near educational institutions in regional Queensland
• lifestyle
• high staff retention rates due to Queensland's enviable lifestyle.

Who else is here?

• Big Ant - one of Australia's largest video game developers
• Creative Assembly (Sega) - award-winning games development studio
• Cutting Edge - post-production house
• Krome Studios - the largest developer of computer games in Australia
• Liberty and Beyond Productions - Brisbane-based film production company
• Light Knights Entertainment - producer of animated content for children's television
• Liquid Animation - one of Australia's leading animation and digital production studios
• Tantalus - one of the world's leading games development studios
• The Post Lounge - post-production house
• Warner Roadshow Studios - one of the largest studio lots in the southern hemisphere, situated on the Gold Coast.

More information

For more information on the games development sector, visit the Queensland Games website

For more information about investing in Queensland's games development industry, contact us