The annual Canberra Games Festival celebrates a wide range of games and interactive entertainment.

The theme - Culture · Art · Identity - celebrates the positive contribution that games have made to our lives and our society. It recognises the increasing acceptance of games as a valid form of entertainment and an art in itself. It also acknowledges those that have contributed to the industry by creating innovative entertainment or those that embrace games as their preferred pastime.

The Canberra Games Festival aims to:

• Celebrate games and gaming culture.
• Promote electronic games as a positive form of entertainment.
• Reduce misconceptions regarding the computer games industry.
• Establish Canberra as the ‘games capital’ of Australia.

Organisers of the Festival invite community groups to register their game related event to be included as part of the official 2006 Canberra Games Festival Program.