With Sony's most recent Showcase dividing fan opinion, to put things mildly, we could at least see some indie gems out of Kyoto, which would be nice. Japan's largest indie game festival is BitSummit, or "BitSummit Let's Go!!" if you prefer, and it is being held over the weekend, from 14th-16th July.
Shuhei Yoshida, as Sony Interactive Entertainment's Indie Initiative, will be in attendance, speaking to creators and developers. In addition, we learn from the Japanese PlayStation Blog that the PlayStation booth will feature 12 games setup for trial play, which are detailed below. They also note that the "booth design is perfect for posting on social media, with a focus on how it looks", which will be a shame to miss, but we're looking forward to living vicariously through those lucky enough to attend.
The 12 titles playable on the show floor, along with their expected release date, can be seen below. We've added some links to Steam to give you an idea of gameplay where possible, but all are coming to PlayStation platforms.
Title | Release | Developer |
Trinity S | 20th October, 2023 | Phoenixx Indie-us Games |
Dungeon Drafters | 2023 | Dangen Entertainment Manalith Studios |
Kiminomachi Sand Rock | 26th September, 2023 | EXNOA Pathea Games |
Viewfinder | 19th July, 2023 | THUNDERFUL PUBLISHING SAD OWL STUDIOS |
TBD | Panic Inc. Terrifying Jellyfish |
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Eternal Nights | 21st September, 2023 | Studio Sai |
Zombie of the Dot | 2023 | Kemco hit points |
Paper Trail | TBD | Newfangled Games |
PixelJunk Eden 2 | 2023 | Q-games |
Animal Well | TBD | shared memory |
Tokyo Psychodemic | 2023 | Gravity Game Arise |
Genji no Yohane -BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE- | 16th November, 2023 | Inti Creates |
What do you think of Sony's indie lineup for BitSummit, does anything catch your eye? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source blog.ja.playstation.com]
Comments 4
Dungeon drafters might be cool. some of those dangen games are alright.
Oh nice, interested in reactions for Viewfinder and Animal Well
Is Nour finally coming out soon? I feel like that game has been “coming soon” for ages. Surprised Pacific Drive won’t be there. I wonder what’s going on with that one.
I’m hoping Viewfinder is on PS+ since we still can’t preorder it. I loved the demo. It reminds me of Superliminal with a bit of evolution and perhaps more refinement. We shall see!
@number1024 That would be a nice idea with categories of course maybe even a indie of the week or month.
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