Indie video games writer Devolver Digital has launched a model new indie video games publishing arm known as Massive Fan Video games, an entire new department devoted to publishing indie video games which might be tailored from established films, TV exhibits and comics.
The crew is basically comprised of members from writer Good Shepherd, which Devolver acquired again in 2021. Good Shepherd had beforehand revealed video games based mostly on leisure IP exterior of video games, so Massive Fan is kind of a continuation of the crew’s bread and butter with a brand new title.
Lincoln Hershberger will lead the writer as common supervisor, whereas Amanda Kruse will head up enterprise growth for the crew. Kruse, for her half was additionally beforehand a part of Good Shepherd previous to Devolver’s acquisition of the studio.
Chatting with GamesIndustry.Biz, Kruse stated that Massive Fan was born as a part of the Good Shepherd crew exploring what they will add to the Devolver household, slightly than attempting to simply be a second Devolver.
“I like variations, so once we have been attempting to determine what we specialize in… we’re a part of Devolver now, however we don’t need to be Devolver 2. No person could be. They’re so cool and unique. How can we separate ourselves? So I used to be excited to pitch ‘let’s do variations.’ As a result of that’s what is thrilling for us and most of our crew,” stated Kruse.
Whereas Devolver will proceed to work with indie groups to seek out new and unique video games, Massive Fan will as an alternative concentrate on these indie groups who need to put their very own distinctive twist on one thing that’s already current on the earth.
Kruse provides, “The dream is that we’re synonymous with high quality variations in video games someday. However [Devolver] does afford us to simply concentrate on the video games and builders, and fear much less about our personal private model constructing.”
Supply – [GamesIndustry.Biz]