Mr Deng's IT News Collection: Australia’s game developers have blasted the federal government's budget decision to axe a fund established just over a year ago to help the industry recover from a post-GFC contraction that saw it shed more than half its jobs. ‘‘I think someone saw the word ‘games’ and put a red line through it, based on an antiquated perception of what the games industry is,’’ Mr Reed said. ‘‘We are supposed to be a knowledge economy but the government has elected to go down another path.’’

15 May, 2014

Australia’s game developers have blasted the federal government's budget decision to axe a fund established just over a year ago to help the industry recover from a post-GFC contraction that saw it shed more than half its jobs. ‘‘I think someone saw the word ‘games’ and put a red line through it, based on an antiquated perception of what the games industry is,’’ Mr Reed said. ‘‘We are supposed to be a knowledge economy but the government has elected to go down another path.’’

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/game-developers-cry-foul-as-axe-falls-on-screen-australia-fund-20140515-zrco5.html