As Big Ben struck the midnight hour, Sony were busy at their San Mateo HQ, unveiling a whole host of new Indie games that are set to make their way to the PS4 and PS Vita.
While the proliferation of Indie titles on Sony’s consoles isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and I’m expecting at least three comments decrying the lack of triple-A releases, they have offered a lot of variety to the later years of the PS3 – strangely left out of almost all of these announcements – and the fledgling catalogue of games on Vita and PS4. This latest collection sees 12 new additions to that collection.
As announced by the PlayStation Blog, they are as follows
- Apotheon (PS4)
- Axiom Verge (PS4 and Vita)
- Chasm (PS4)
- Drifter (PS4 and Vita)
- Escape Goat 2Â (PS4)
- Ironclad Tactics (PS4)
- Jamestown Plus (PS4)
- Nidhogg (PS4)
- Skulls of the Shogun Bone-A-Fide Edition (PS4 and Vita)
- Source (PS4)
- Spelunky (PS4) – 1080p and with Daily Challenge feature added.
- Starwhal: Just the Tip (PS3 and PS4)
There’s some fascinating games in there, from the couch multiplayer 2D swordfighting of Nidhogg to the rather arresting visual style of Apotheon and the impressive scope of Source’s 3D Metroidvania-inspired adventure.
Rather than just tell you about them, which would take quite a while, check out the swathe of trailers that accompanied the announcements.
Stefan L
Thanks to Amphlett, leeroye and Avenger, we have our three! ;-)
leeroye
Happy to contribute ;)
Dominic Leighton
Source and Skulls Of The Shogun are definite buys, Drifter could be alright too.
Broonba
While I love AAA games as much as anybody else, I’ll still find time to play an indie game or two.
phantom5813
I agree. This is the thing about gamers….its not like we didnt know the games would be slow in the early phase of the console lifespan so why complain about the lack of AAA games when you know it was gonna happen? Next you will be complaining that there is too much and the backlogs are getting huge….cant please anyone at all
Steelhead
Apatheon and Axiom Verge both caught my eye, judging from the trailers they seem to stand out from all the other platformers that make up 99% of all indie games, with Apatheons art design being particularly nice. Skulls of the Shogun looks like it might be a very Vita friendly tactics game, if so I’m interested.
tactical20
So it’s agreed the majority of these look shit, but which looks most laughably dire? I’m going for Nidhogg. Outstandingly bad.
Boiler
It does look horrible graphically but it’s actually amazing!
When I saw it on this list just now I had to hold myself back from jumping up in my office and cheering.
Just watch some of the numerous gameplay videos on youtube and I dare you not to smile as you watch two players go at it.
Brilliant, brilliant fun.
rob_b
I know I’m late to the party but another vote here for some more big (ish) budget games.
I’m loving some indies although a hell of a lot are overrated and i can’t wait for the next Mercenary.