Creative Industries

SECTOR OPPORTUNITY

Creative Industries

Made in Adelaide, played worldwide


South Australia is committed to supporting the growth of game production with decades of video game development experience.
 
It’s the perfect location to open your next studio, offering a range of competitive advantages:

  • significant tax incentives
  • lowest cost of doing business in Australia
  • skilled talent pipeline
  • great Adelaide CBD studio sites
  • fun and affordable lifestyle.

South Australia - The home of game development
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South Australia - The screen innovation state
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Attractive incentives and rebates



30% 

Commonwealth Government Digital Tax Offset on qualifying games expenditure

South Australian talent and cost advantages 

The Place to Innovate



R&D

Up to 18.5% R&D incentive to encourage companies 
to innovate and grow.


AIML

Australian Institute of Machine Learning conducts globally competitive R&D in AI, machine learning and collaborates with business and industry.

A thriving ecosystem


International, independent and established mid-sized companies are flourishing in South Australia's creative industries sector



South Australian talent

Vibrant indie game successes


Catalyst Games: Dungeons and Dining Tables 

PowerBomb Games: Pro Jank Footy

Bad Plan Studios: End of Ember 

Royal Regin Studios: Castle Cab

Pond Games: PipSqueak!

World-leading artificial intelligence

 

Credit: Rising Sun Pictures

Game development companies work amongst world-leading artificial intelligence (AI) from Rising Sun Pictures, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) as well as the number one research capability for augmented and virtual reality, the Australian Research Centre for Virtual and Interactive Environments (IVE). 

Location and talent

Cloud Infrastructure

Adelaide has 24 data centres and 122 cloud service providers including Sony Interactive Entertainment
South Australia has proven experience in rapidly scaling-up skilled staffing

South Australia has a consistent pipeline of talent from tertiary and vocational education (VFX, VR, AR Games)

Ten Gigabit

High-speed, high-performance fibre optic data network across Adelaide CBD – 10Gbps

Business clusters


Our industry clusters provide strong intellectual and research foundations, providing opportunities to share talent, technology and infrastructure.

  • Adelaide Studios

    A creative hub for South Australian screen businesses and screen practitioners whose reputation for the creation of quality screen content across film, television and digital platforms continues to grow nationally and internationally.

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  • Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML)

    The Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) conducts globally competitive research and development in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, computer vision and deep learning.

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  • Game Plus

    Game Plus is a collaborative workspace for game developers and related specialist technology start-ups. Established to support the needs of small independent studios, Game Plus is a workspace that has been custom built to enhance collaboration and innovation.

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  • Lot Fourteen

    Lot Fourteen is a space that fosters collaboration and innovation across sectors and disciplines, including defence and space, artificial intelligence, digital health, machine learning and robotics, cyber security and creative industries.

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Let's play!

Claudia Watson

Claudia Watson

Business Development Manager - Creative Industries

Department of State Development

Contact

+61 424 134 909 Claudia.Watson@sa.gov.au

*The South Australian Video Games Development Rebate (SA VGE Rebate) enables video games studios to claim 10% off expenditure on video game development work undertaken in South Australia, on eligible project expenditure of AUD$250,000 or more in South Australia. This is in addition to the Commonwealth Government’s 30% Digital Games Tax Offset, providing companies with a total rebate of 40% on PDV.