Victorian games industry professionals, gamers, influencers, businesses, and educators are invited to help shape this year’s Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW), ahead of the event’s return this October.
From workshops to exhibitions, live demonstrations, talks and conferences, MIGW will showcase Victoria’s thriving games industry as part of the leading games industry event in the Asia Pacific region, from October 4 to 12, 2025.
This year’s event will include a focus on satellite events, with submissions invited to present MIGW events in outer metropolitan and regional Victoria, extending the leading games industry event in the Asia Pacific region beyond the city.
MIGW provides an international platform for Victoria’s thriving games industry and showcases and strengthens this growing sector of our state’s $41 billion creative economy. The Victorian Government-backed event attracts more than 125,000 people.
With a growing reputation around the world, MIGW brings together local and international games industry leaders, developers, publishers, educators, studios and businesses, alongside events for the public. The 2025 program will once again activate spaces including ACMI, Fed Square and the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Highlights include the return of Big Games Night Out, a free, family-friendly takeover of Fed Square and ACMI with playable games, food and entertainment; High Score, a conference on music and sound design in video games, presented by the Victorian Music Development Office; and Games Connect Asia Pacific, Australia’s leading professional development event for the games industry.
Play Now Melbourne, presented by VicScreen, will once again invite local developers to pitch their projects to some of the world’s best publishers, platform holders and investors.
PAX Aus will also return to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, with another epic celebration of games and games culture. Visitors will have the chance to discover and play the latest work by Victorian games studios as part of the PAX Rising program, which is backed by the Victorian Government.
In addition to these key events, MIGW hosts more than 60 initiatives and events that are pitched by producers from the sector. Expressions of interest are now open for events to be part of the 2025 program.
Victoria leads Australia’s games industry with the most studios and largest games workforce in the country. Victorian creators have made some of the most popular and innovative games in the world including Cult of the Lamb, Stray Gods: The Role Playing Musical and Untitled Goose Game.
Research from Australia’s peak games industry body, the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association, shows that more than 80% of Australians play games, and more than 90% of families play to connect and spend time together. More women and girls are playing than ever before and represent 48% of Australian players.
MIGW 2025 runs from 4 to 12 October 2025, and expressions of interest to join the program are now open, to apply visit https://gamesweek.melbourne/about/event-registration. The full program will be announced in August.