Devolver has a brand new publishing label for licensed indie video games

Devolver Digital puts out a lot of good games and it’s seeking to unfold that magic round to licensed content material. The corporate simply introduced a sub-label called Big Fan Games that may focus on growing indie titles primarily based on pre-existing IPs.

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

The label already has a couple of video games in its library, all of them primarily based on pre-existing IPs. These titles embrace 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. As an illustration, Reigns: Sport of Thrones came out six years ago, however again then it was revealed by Devolver. John Wick Hex came out in 2019 and Hellboy Net of Wyrd hit digital store shelves last year.

Right this moment’s announcement doesn’t convey any new video games, however the firm web site presently encompasses a large “coming quickly” tab, although it’s presently empty. We must always count on some reveals within the close to future. Large 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 because the daybreak of contemporary gaming. For each DuckTales, there’s a Superman 64. Latest releases, nonetheless, have been well-received. Respawn’s Star Wars video games were bona-fide hits, as was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.

Whereas we don’t know what Devolver and Large 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 working on a game based on Marvel’s Blade.

I personally suppose it’s fairly nice that Large 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 sport. “Have a favourite sport you’ve at all times dreamed of rebooting or a cult traditional movie or ebook you’d like to see tailored right into a sport? We’d love to listen to from you,” the studio writes on its website.