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

Devolver Digital puts out a lot of good games and it’s trying to unfold that magic round to licensed content material. The corporate simply introduced a sub-label called Big Fan Games that can focus on creating 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 variations 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 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 embody Reigns: Recreation of Thrones, Hellboy Net of Wyrd and John Wick Hex. These video games have been already launched earlier than being moved to the brand new label. As an illustration, Reigns: Recreation 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.

As we speak’s announcement doesn’t carry any new video games, however the firm web site at present includes a huge “coming quickly” tab, although it’s at present empty. We should always count on some reveals within the close to future. Huge Fan Video games wrote in a press launch that its objective “is to nurture enjoyable and creative 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 contemporary gaming. For each DuckTales, there’s a Superman 64. Current releases, nevertheless, 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 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 working on a game based on Marvel’s Blade.

I personally suppose 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 succeed in out with concepts for a licensed sport. “Have a favourite sport you’ve all the time dreamed of rebooting or a cult traditional movie or guide you’d like to see tailored right into a sport? We’d love to listen to from you,” the studio writes on its website.