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NZ Game developers are confident of continued growth

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Jacques Strydom looks at Counter Strike cases on his phone. Photo: RNZ / Luka Forman

Game developers in New Zealand are confident of continued growth in the industry as it aims for $1 billion in export revenue by 2028.

In the last week, the industry here has caught the attention of developers around the world as Grow a Garden - a game scaled up and developed by Nelson based Splitting Point Studios - hit 20 million players online.

The national game development association says the sector is one of the country's fastest-growing creative industries, generating over $548 million in export revenue last year and 26% year-on-year growth.

Kathryn is joined by Emma Procter, the Research Manager at PikPok, New Zealand's largest game development and publishing studio and Colm Kearney is General Manager of Startups at Creative HQ.