

Investment Summit: matchmade meetings, stage pitch sessions, casual networking events and a full docket of other events for developers to connect with scouts, publishers and investors.Games Festival Stage: a stage packed with performances, presentations and live gameplay for the wider games audience.

XR Showcase: hands-on demos of astounding augmented and virtual reality pieces.Tabletop Festival: an-expo-within-an-expo, dedicated solely to the tabletop games community, including exhibitors, demos, seminars and stage sessions and freeplay areas.Games Industry Conference Track: inspirational panels and presentations focused on current trends, convergence with other creative fields, solutions to issues facing the games industry and visions for the future.Submissions for the Games Festival showcase are open HERE and close on 16 August, and all accepted work will have exhibition space, booth build and hardware provided for free. Indie Games Showcase: a curated showcase of 150 independent games from ANZ and around the world, with sessions for both industry and general audiences.


When it comes to SWSW, Sydney, here’s what else you can expect: We’ll be counting on our fans to once again show why they’re the best esports crowd in the world this October.” “So, when we were presented with a special opportunity to host IEM in Sydney again this year, we leapt at it. “Since our last IEM Sydney tournament in 2019, we’ve heard the growing chorus of Australian esports fans who have expressed their desire for a return of this iconic event,” said Head of Sales & Marketing Australia at ESL FACEIT Group, Graeme Du Toit in an accompanying press release. More ticketing information will be available here. SXSW Platinum or Games badge holders will also have access to all three days of this year’s IEM Sydney. Tickets for the playoffs will go on sale this week on June 22nd at 4.30PM AEST, with 3-day general admission starting at $159 AUD and going all the way up to $1,399 for a ‘God Mode’ ticket type. The teams will consist of six Partner Teams, a Local Hero invite, four teams qualified via the ESL World Ranking and a further five teams entering via regional qualifiers. DOWNLOAD THE FREE DEMO AND PRE-ORDER NOWĬompetition begins on October 16th with 16 top-tier Counter-Strike teams from across the globe all vying for one of six available spots in the playoffs and a share in the enormous $250,000 USD (approx $360,000 AUD) prize pool. VIDEO PRESENTED BY FINAL FANTASY XVI: COMING EXCLUSIVELY TO PLAYSTATION 5 ON JUNE 22ND.
