Devolver has a new publishing label for licensed indie games

Devolver Digital places out loads of good video games and it’s trying to unfold that magic round to licensed content material. The corporate simply introduced a sub-label referred to as Huge Fan Video games that can focus on creating indie titles based mostly on pre-existing IPs.

Devolver describes Big Fan Games as “a model new label giving builders license to create authentic recreation diversifications utilizing the worlds and characters of iconic movie, tv, and comedian properties.” To that finish, the group is staffed with business veterans who’ve labored with firms like Disney and Darkish Horse Comics.

The label already has just a few video games in its library, all of them based mostly on pre-existing IPs. These titles embody Reigns: Sport of Thrones, Hellboy Net of Wyrd and John Wick Hex. These video games had been already launched earlier than being moved to the brand new label. For example, Reigns: Sport of Thrones got here out six years in the past, however again then it was printed by Devolver. John Wick Hex got here out in 2019 and Hellboy Net of Wyrd hit digital retailer cabinets final 12 months.

As we speak’s announcement doesn’t carry any new video games, however the firm web site presently includes a huge “coming quickly” tab, although it’s presently empty. We should always anticipate some reveals within the close to future. Huge Fan Video games wrote in a press launch that its purpose “is to nurture enjoyable and ingenious video games that stand on their very own, reasonably than serving as advertising tie-ins for different media launches.”

Licensed video games have been hit or miss for the reason that daybreak of recent gaming. For each DuckTales, there’s a Superman 64. Current releases, nonetheless, have been well-received. Respawn’s Star Wars video games had been bona-fide hits, as was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.

Whereas we don’t know what Devolver and Huge Fan Video games are cooking up, we do know of some upcoming licensed video games. MachineGames will launch Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle on December 9 and Arkane Lyon is busy engaged on a recreation based mostly on Marvel’s Blade.

I personally assume it’s fairly nice that Huge Fan Video games will give indie builders an opportunity to work on licensed properties. To that finish, the corporate encourages builders to achieve out with concepts for a licensed recreation. “Have a favourite recreation you’ve all the time dreamed of rebooting or a cult basic movie or e book you’d like to see tailored right into a recreation? We’d love to listen to from you,” the studio writes on its web site.