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Big Walk, Lego Party, Game of Thrones: War for Westeros - Australian made games from the first day of Summer Games Fest

These Aussie titles got their moment in the sun this morning, check them out.

June 7, 2025 12:25 PM

There were a number of really interesting games feature of a local persuasion at the Summer Games Fest, it's always a great event to see who has been working on secret projects over the last year.

Here are some Australian made games to add to your wishlist that were shown off today, don't forget that tomorrow the Frosty Games Fest is on which is all Aussie and Kiwi affair, we've got details for how you can tune in below.

Big Walk by House House (Melbourne, Victoria)

How do you watch this trailer and not be utterly charmed, Big Walk is a social adventure game with some puzzle solving and clever proximity based chat functionality. Ever wanted to hang out with a bunch of drinking birds as you traverse the Australian bush? This might be the game for you.

I'm really interested in this game, it's very different from Untitled Goose Game of course but there is their textbook silliness baked in.

Game of Thrones: War for Westeros by PlaySide Studios (Melbourne, Victoria)

What if Jon Snow carked it and became a baddie? A new real time strategy game set in the Game Of Thrones world that allows you to shift and change how the plot unfolds, with asynchronous playable factions including House Stark, Lannister,and Targaryen or the cold Night King.

No gameplay yet in action yet, but we've popped a few screenshots down the bottom in the gallery for you to take a look at after you've watched this cinematic trailer.

Lego Party by SMG Studio (Sydney, New South Wales)

Ok so if you love Lego and you love Mario Party, then our friends at SMG have a game for you. It's Lego Party. That's it basically, you get what you see on the box!

There is lots of interesting potential collaborations for this game and the SMG team are great at making zany couch co-op games.

We're massive fans of Moving Out and Moving Out 2 here at SIFTER so we're going to have to give this one a bash.

Mixtape by Beethoven and Dinosaur (Melbourne, Victoria)

Teenage angst and uncertainty wrapped in some excellent stepped animations, think the Spider-Verse animated films, with some great tunes from Joy Division and The Smashing Pumpkins and you've got Mixtape. It's very nineties and it's reminding me of my childhood.

We spoke to the Johnny Galvatron from Beethoven and Dinosaur about their first game The Artful Escape which was another musical adventure and this team knows style hey.

I'm very excited for this one even if part of me wishes it was set in Australian nineties era rather than American, but it should still be really interesting.

Any other games we missed? Let us know and we'll add them in!

As we mentioned tomorrow we're going to be up bright and early for the Australian and New Zealand showcase Frosty Games Fest and you can tune in as well. Here are the times

  • Australia: 9am AEST | 8:30am ACDT | 7am AWST (Sunday June 8)
  • New Zealand: 11am NZST (Sunday June 8)
  • Japan: 8am JST (Sunday June 8)
  • USA: 4pm PDT | 7pm EDT (Saturday June 7)
  • UK: 12am BST (Sunday June 8)

We'll see you there!

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