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SAGE: SA Game Exhibition levels up in 2025 with record number of video games on show
12 December 2024
Adelaide’s biggest and most exciting event for video game developers and fans, the South Australian Game Exhibition (SAGE) levels up in 2025 with a record number of new and innovative games on display, and all the free, family-friendly fun you can pack into two days! Now in its third year, SAGE is the biggest event championing the SA games industry, taking over Adelaide Studios as part of the Adelaide Fringe on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 February, 2025.
Presented by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), SAGE is a super showcase of South Australia’s video game development sector, with a huge range of locally made games on display to see and play. SAGE allows video game fans, players, enthusiasts and everyone in between to experience exciting new South Australian made games first-hand and meet the people behind them.
- Come and try a range of awesome South Australian made video games across mobile, PC, console and VR, including some exclusive first-looks at unreleased games;
- Meet the local creators, developers and studios behind the games and find out more about their work;
- Learn about South Australia’s video game development sector and how the SAFC supports it;
- Find out about the exciting education and career pathways on offer in the sector and how you can be a part of it, and more!
- And it’s all FREE!
SAGE 2025 returns with:
- 37 SA made video games from local developers and studios across the Main and Elevate Showcases, spread over both sound stages at the SAFC’s Adelaide Studios screen production facilities in Glenside;
- 14 new game studios showcasing at SAGE for the first time;
- Informative displays from partner organisations across industry, education and more;
- An expanded “SAGE Advice” program of talks and panel discussions featuring local game developers and national industry experts sharing their insights and tips;
- The popular Refuel Zone featuring food trucks and refreshments, and
- The SAGE Awards offering $2,000 cash from the SAFC for Best in Exhibition and $1,000 in legal services from SAGE sponsor and games industry specialist Cam Rogers Legal for the SAGE Elevate Award, both determined by an industry jury.
The 28 South Australian games studios and developers and their games selected for the SAGE Main Showcase are:
- A Few Dragons – The Sacred Acorn
- ABM visual – The Suit Case
- Bad Plan Studios – End of Ember
- Catalyst Games – Dungeons and Dining Tables
- Cerulean Creative Studios – Crimson Cutlass
- Charmful Pty Ltd – STACK & the Grumblepuff from Above
- Coastal Derrieres – Beach Bums
- Dino Rocket – Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battles
- Fringe Realities – Project: Nova
- Hell Byte Studios – Blood Reaver
- Jonniemadeit – Plumbo
- Kyoti Games – Scourge of the Reptiles
- Lamplight Forest – Sanctum Heist
- Little Bandit – The Troll and the Witch’s House
- Makers Empire – Makers Empire
- Mighty Kingdom – Power Rangers Mighty Force
- Mini Mammoth Games – Roving Rovers
- Paper Cactus Games – Fox and Shadow
- Powerbomb Games – Pro Jank Footy
- Royal Reign Studios – Castle Cab
- Ship It Studios – Blood Vow: Survive the Night
- Split Symmetry – Tech Hunter
- Toasterface Games – Pedal Rebel VR
- Top Chop Games – Candy Crawler
- Towerpoint Games – Anvilheart
- Two Lives Left – Kaiju Battle Simulator
- Voxon Photonics – Space Invaders Next Dimension
- Wemat Studios – Box Knight
Launched to huge success in 2024, the SAGE Elevate Showcase this year boosts the SAGE Main Showcase with additional exhibition space for nine South Australian developers:
- CorgiPillar – Yesterday’s Hero
- My Colourful Mind – Taming Yore Dragon
- Octoverse Studios – Superhero Gym
- Orlando Mee – Yakshini Lokam
- Poidahz Games – ShellKath VR
- P2 Games – Millivolt
- Stout Heart Games – Silk Soar
- tarengamedev – Tales of Tallrest
- The RnD Department – Cube
The 2025 SAGE Advice program of talks and discussion panels will take over Adelaide Studios’ Screening Theatre, with a range of national industry experts, local developers, education sector representatives and more, with the full program to be announced in January – stay tuned to the SAGE website for details: sagameexhibition.com
Arts Minister Andrea Michaels MP said: “It’s fantastic to have SAGE back at the South Australian Film Corporation for 2025! South Australia’s games sector is an incredibly exciting industry that is growing rapidly. Our state is home to brilliant creative minds and the games industry presents significant opportunities for South Australia. The event brings together video game designers, studios and fans to connect and collaborate.”
SAFC Head of Production and Development Leanne Saunders said: “After the huge success of this year’s SAGE: SA Game Exhibition which saw more than 2,000 people flock to the SAFC’s Adelaide Studios, the SAFC is thrilled to be presenting SAGE for a third exciting year in 2025, with a record number of SA studios exhibiting their video games across a packed two-day program. The SA games sector is brimming with inventive and skilled developers and artists, and SAGE offers a unique chance to play and experience their exciting original video games and bold creative concepts first-hand.
“We would like to thank all our generous partners and sponsors who have made the SAGE 2025 program possible. South Australia’s thriving games sector truly comes together at SAGE, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone to see and experience the best South Australia’s games sector has to offer.”
The video games industry is a huge growth sector worldwide; research by the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) shows Australians spent more than $4 billion on games in 2023, with 91 percent of Australian households owning a video game device. The Australian game development sector generates more than $345 million a year and employs more than 2,450 Australians – and growing – with 12% of employees based in SA.
Along with the SA Video Game Development Rebate, SAGE is another innovative way the SAFC supports South Australian video game development and production and games businesses as part of the agency’s commitment to supporting and championing all segments of South Australia’s screen industry, cementing the state’s reputation as a leading location for game development.
SAGE: SA Game Exhibition 2025
Friday 7 February, 2025 – 10am to 5pm
Saturday 8 February, 2025 – 10am to 4pm
Adelaide Studios
1 Mulberry Road, Glenside SA 5065
FREE and open to all
The South Australian Film Corporation is proud to present SAGE as part of the 2025 Adelaide Fringe.
