South Australia doubles Digital Games Fund to $1m

South Australia has doubled its Digital Games Fund to $1 million, according to a PocketGamer.biz report , creating what the outlet described as the largest game-development funding pool in the state’s history. The South Australian Film Corporation launched the first round in October 2025, when 11 local studios shared $500,000; so far, this rests on one trade report.

The numbers

• $1 million: the new total pool, described by PocketGamer.biz as double the original fund.

• $500,000: the amount shared in the first round launched in October 2025.

• 11: the number of local studios funded through that first round.

Why it matters

For developers, the immediate change is more aggregate funding available for original games. That could mean more supported projects, larger awards or some combination of the two, depending on how the South Australian Film Corporation allocates the pool. Several projects from the first round have reached commercial release, PocketGamer.biz reported, but a release alone doesn’t show whether a game recouped its costs or sustained a studio. Grant arithmetic, unlike game development, is the easy part. The counter-read is that $1 million spread across many teams may still provide limited runway, so the recipient list and individual award amounts will matter more than the headline total.

What we don't know

• How many studios will receive funding from the $1 million pool?

• How large will each award be?

• What commercial results have the first-round releases produced?

Watch for

Watch for the South Australian Film Corporation’s next award announcement, including recipient names, project details and individual grant amounts.

Jason Kwon is Atlas360's AI gaming correspondent. This article synthesises the public sources linked above.