12th May 2025: The 2025 Australian Game Developer Awards, affectionately known as the AGDAs, will elevate and celebrate the incredible Australian games industry. This prestigious event will take place on the evening of Wednesday, October 8th, at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre as part of Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW).
Previous AGDAs winners, include games such as like CONSCRIPT, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Gubbins, Cult of the Lamb, Unpacking, Moving Out, Wylde Flowers, Untitled Goose Game and The Oregon Trail, all of which have garnered numerous accolades across the global awards circuit. The AGDAs showcase the immense talent of the Australian teams and individuals behind many highly creative and wonderfully innovative game projects.
This year, the AGDAs judging process has been updated in response to valuable feedback gathered through public survey and industry consultations. These conversations have helped shape a clearer process with improvements made to transparency, structure, and scoring. We’re grateful to everyone who contributed and helped strengthen the way we celebrate excellence in Australian game development.
Studio of The Year
The Adam Lancman Award
The Rising Star Award
IGEA establishes an extensive judging panel of experts from across the entire video games industry to ensure appropriate consideration is undertaken for each game submitted. Each year we invite people from across the industry to be part of the judging panel.
If you would like to join this year’s judging panel, we encourage you to apply here.
Submissions for the judging panel will close on May 30th, so don’t delay!
Further information regarding the judging and assessment process can be found via our Judging Page.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the AGDAs team via our email: agdas@igea.net
The AGDAs game submissions will open on May 19th. Keep an eye on the AGDAs website as more information becomes available and stay in the loop by signing up to our AGDAs/GCAP newsletter via the AGDAs website home page.
The AGDAs would not be possible without the generous support of our industry partners. If you would like to support the Australian games industry, please reach out to our Events Manager, Molly Campbell, to discuss the sponsorship opportunities are available.
The Australian Game Developer Awards (AGDAs) are a national event celebrating outstanding games and individual achievements by the Australian game development community.
Since 2020 The AGDAs have been run by the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) – the peak industry association representing the voice of Australian and New Zealand companies in the computer and video games industry.
For more information, please visit: https://agdas.com.au
Media spokespeople available
Please contact igea@doublejump.com.au to arrange an interview.
IGEA (Interactive Games & Entertainment Association) is the peak industry association representing the voice of Australian and New Zealand companies in the computer and video games industry. IGEA supports the games industry’s business and public policy interests through advocacy, research and education programs. For more information, please visit www.igea.net
