The Queensland Business Review have a news article on the Queensland presence at the upcoming E3 conference. The contingent of developers from Queensland include Pandemic Studios; THQ Studios Australia; Krome Studios; Auran; Halfbrick; Fuzzyeyes Studios; Qantm; Creative Assembly; and, Velocity Brisbane...
Information Technology Policy Minister Chris Cummins announced $49,800 funding for the Games Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) to ensure a Queensland presence at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles in May this year..The GDAA has hosted an Australian pavilion at E3 for the past three years and the Beattie government has so far provided $120,000 funding support to ensure Queensland companies can showcase their talents.
The article also mentions that the Queensland games industry had created more than 150 new jobs in the last two years, pushing the total up to 520+ people in the QLD industry...