Annapurna teases new games from creators of Katamari
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- 29 Jul 2022
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The Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2022 took a somewhat different approach to the video game publisher summer showcase format. Instead of a fire hose of trailers, sizzle reels, and gameplay videos, Annapurna slowed it down a bit, doing all of the above while also taking time to show off the people who are making some of the best indie games in the industry.
Here are the highlights of this year’s show.
THIRSTY SUITORS
Thirsty Suitors from Outerloop Games features a skateboard-loving woman named Jala, who, after leaving behind a trail of broken hearts, must now duel the owners of those hearts while trying and failing to live up to her parents’ expectations. We get our first in-depth glimpse of gameplay, highlighting all the ways Jala will fight, cook, and rail grind her way to self-love. Thirsty Suitors launches on Game Pass, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch in 2023.
HINDSIGHT
Hindsight from Prune solo dev Joel McDonald is coming soon. This mysterious narrative game is evocative of Gone Home and has players examining the life of a woman through her memories and how the story of those memories change when looking at things from a different perspective. Hindsight launches August 4th on Nintendo Switch, Steam, and iOS.
CARDBOARD COMPUTER
Cardboard Computer, the three-person development team, took a moment to talk about how the team met, its creative process, and how it managed to make the narrative masterpiece Route Zero. The team also shared that it’s working on a new game that’s intended to be livelier, funnier, and faster than KRZ.
BOUNTY STAR
Bounty Star combines the peacefulness of farming and base-building with bad-ass mecha fighting. The freshman title of Dinogod (who has the most bitchin’ tagline I’ve seen from a developer in a while), Bounty Star, is coming soon to Xbox, Game Pass, PlayStation, and Steam.
YARN OWL
Yarn Owl’s — a two-person team spread — story starts with Fabian Willis’ father gifting him a copy of The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past shortly before passing away. Once Willis finally beats the game when he’s older, he decides he wants to recreate that experience for others. After slowly teaching himself the tools of game development, he teams up with Chris Hofmann, and together, the two are working to create their first game inspired by A Link To The Past. It’s just awesome to see ordinary humans with little to no formal video game experience making a game. Yarn Owl’s story is inspiring, and it’s neat that Annapurna Interactive chose to highlight it.
OUTER WILDS
Mobius Digital, maker of Outer Wilds, has an announcement to make. Yes, Outer Wilds is still coming to the Switch, but due to technical difficulties up to and including a self-admitted misunderstanding of the Gregorian calendar, it’s not arriving just yet. However, the team did announce that the game would be getting a free, next-gen update to Xbox Series S / X and PlayStation 5 on September 15th. Read More...
