New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence are excited to announce the appointment of Jessica Gillon (Auckland) and Anastasia Caldwell (Christchurch) as Regional Content Managers (RCMs) to the team. As RCM's, their responsibilities will include assisting developers into the NZ CODE grant pipeline to build industry capability, and be our point of contact for indie game developers based across…
CODE is offering NZGDC Scholarships to first-time attendees as part of our commitment to industry equity. The New Zealand Game Developers Conference (NZGDC) has grown immensely over recent years, establishing itself as a leading event in the region's game development calendar. However, attending your first conference in the game development industry can be daunting due to considerations like…
NZ CODE has brought together 10 of Aotearoa New Zealand's latest indie games to showcase at 2026 BitSummit PUNCH!, Japan's industry leading indie game development festival in Kyoto from 22 - 24 May 2026.
For the second year running, Chromacon in partnership with NZ CODE and Disc 2 Games, will host the New Zealand Games pavilion at WePlay expo 2025 in Shanghai, China (Nov 22-23).
With the support of our partners at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE), NZ CODE headed up a large contingent of Kiwis who made it across the Tasman for our fourth Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) campaign. Pictured: CODE and NZTE cohort take on Melbourne International Games Week 2025. Overall, the combined CODE and NZTE cohort made up around 50 members to MIGW, including marquee events…
CODE is pleased to announce Niberspace Ltd. is the first team to be awarded the Service Start Grant, a specialist, on demand grant around supporting service businesses in the game development sector, ideally developing original IP in Aotearoa New Zealand.