PlayStation welcomes more Indie Developers at the 2013 GDC

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) for 2013 is currently underway. As the world's largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event, programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather at the GDC to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry.

As well as this, the GDC expo showcases all of the most relevant game development tools, platforms and services helping to drive the industry forward, and so far, Sony PlayStation have announced a huge range of new and exciting game titles from independent developers coming across all PlayStation platforms both present and future.



Adam Boyes, the Vice President of SCEA Publisher and Developer Relations, has said in the PlayStation Blog:

"During this year’s Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, our team has put a strong focus on independent game developers. This evening, we collaborated with the PlayStation Network team to host a PlayStation Indie Arcade event, where we gave hands-on demos for more than 25 indie games that are coming to all PlayStation platforms. Our goal is to continue to work with the independent developer community to provide fantastic games you can’t find anywhere else".

Here’s a quick list of the upcoming games heading to PlayStation Network:

• Blacklight: Retribution – PlayStation 4
  
• Primal Carnage: Genesis – PlayStation 4
  
• Ibb & Obb – PlayStation 3
  
• Rain – PlayStation 3
  
• Sportsfriends (including Johann Sebastian Joust, BaraBariBall, Hokra and Super Pole Riders) – PlayStation 3
  
• Divekick – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Dragon Fantasy Book II – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Guacamelee! – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Hotline Miami – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Luftrausers – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Spelunky – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Thomas Was Alone – PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita
  
• Friend Network App – PlayStation Vita
  
• Limbo – PlayStation Vita
  
• Metrico – PlayStation Vita
  
• Velocity Ultra – PlayStation Vita
  
• A Virus Named Tom – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Beatdown in Treachery City – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Crumble – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Crystallon – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Don’t Wake the Bear – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Hermit Crab in Space! – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Oh, Deer! – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Rymndkapsel – PlayStation Mobile
  
• Ten By Eight – PlayStation Mobile

"As you may have noticed, our team is going full steam ahead by not only providing support for developers on our current platforms, but also for those working on next-gen titles. We’re expanding our indie support for PlayStation 4 with games like Primal Carnage: Genesis and Blacklight: Retribution, which will join titles like The Witness to ensure you’ll have great indie game experiences on our next gaming console.

"Over the next couple of days, we will be inviting some of the developers from the titles listed above onto the Blog to give you more information on their upcoming indie games. Stay tuned for more!"



Source: EU PlayStation Blog - PlayStation Indie Games at GDC 2013

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