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PAX Australia have opened submissions for the PAX Aus Indie Showcase! Australian and New Zealand independent games developers are encouraged to submit their games for a special showing at this year's massive PAX Australia event which kicks off in Melbourne on the 19th of July. Indie devs who have their games chosen for the PAX Aus Indie Showcase will receive an extra helping of exposure at PAX Aus through:

When: Friday, 22 March. 5pm to 8pm
Where: Beer De Luxe, Federation Square

IGDA Melbourne are organising an event purely for playesting which will hopefully free up the regular IGDA Melbourne meetups at the Thousand Pound Bend for networking and discussions. This is the first of what may be a regular event depending on the response it gets, and it starts this Friday at Beer De Luxe in Federation Square from 5pm till 8pm.

When: Tuesday, 12th March. 6:30pm to 10pm
Where: Thousand Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

When: Monday 4 & Tuesday 5 March 2013, 9am–5.30pm
Where: Soundings Theatre, Museum of New Zealand - TE PAPA Tongarewa
Cost: Admission fees apply

When: 7pm Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Where: Club 77, 77 William St, Sydney

IGDA Sydney have the next monthly Sydney games developer meetup set for Tuesday, next week. Bring your games, laptops, handheld devices, and extra power cords and boards along because a whole bunch of helpful like-minded games developers will be there for testing, feedback, and critique! All are welcomed to come and make sure to enter Club 77 via the rear entrance in the alleyway.

Game Jam Sydney showcase and presentation ceremony

When: Saturday, 2nd February. 10am until 3pm
Where: Powerhouse Museum - 500 Harris Street, Ultimo

A showcase and presentation ceremony has been organised for the Sydney portion of the 2013 Global Game Jam. It's happening this Saturday at the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, so come along and check out all the games during the 48hour game jam marathon by Sydney's finest developers who'll also be there to demo and chat to the public about their game.

When: Tuesday, 12th February, 6.30pm
Where: Thousand Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Come and play the games made at Melbourne's Global Game Jam! The 2013 Global Game Jam event wrapped up last weekend and in Melbourne, a massive number (130) of games developers took part to produce a whopping 37 games within the 48 hour deadline. In a few weeks, you'll get a chance to play some of those games and attend the awards and celebrations being organised for the next IGDA Melbourne meetup!

When: Tuesday 8 January from 6.30pm
Where: Thousand Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

The first IGDA Melbourne meet up for 2013 has been organised for next Tuesday, week! The tireless IGDAM folk have organised a special launch for Time Surfer by Melbourne indie game dev, Kumobius, which you can expect to see on the App Store on Thursday the 10th, January.

When: 6pm until 9pm. Friday, 11 January 2013
Where: State Library of Queensland

Get down to the State Library of Queensland and unleash your passion for play this summer at 'Garage Gamer' - a video and mobile games exhibition, with workshops, films, talks and special events.

Garage Gamer is Queensland’s first interactive games venue dedicated to local game lovers and game makers. It features dozens of new games, a first peek at pre-releases, and a chance to get away from the screen and explore the ideas and creative processes behind the digital games of today.