“PocketPair Publishing provides indie game developers and small studios with comprehensive support for game development through funding, development support, and publishing,” PocketPair wrote in its press release.
We won’t even have to wait long for the company’s first game. Worked together with Pocketpair Publishing Kanzera’s Tales: Zhou Developer Sergeant Studios is gearing up for its next title, a horror game slated for release later this year. Sargent Studios was founded by video game voice performer and on-screen actor Abubakar Salim. After launching Stories of KenzeraAn afro-futuristic metroidvania, the company was forced To leave its game division Due to lack of funds – a common occurrence that has become endemic in the last two years.
The indie game space is not insulated from the effects of the layoff crisis that is affecting the game industry. Big publishers, from whom smaller indie outfits usually get funding, are tightening their belts, choosing to either keep their cash or only spend on projects they believe in. That is sure to make money. And there are even publishers known for supporting quality indie games like Annapurna Games. It is difficult to stay in operation.
However, PocketPair Publishing joins a group of new companies that have entered the indie games space through non-traditional means. In 2022, YouTube video game critic and content creator videogamedunkey formed his own publishing company Bigmode who published his first game, cattle well, to critical acclaim last year. Also last year, Innersloth, the developer of The wildly-popular murder mystery multiplayer game between us, Founded Outerslothwhich is an indie game fund rather than a traditional publisher. Like Outersloth and BigMod, PocketPair Publishing is looking to use its commercial success as an opportunity for other indie games such as Paulworld to make
“Game development comes with many challenges,” said John Buckley, Head of PocketPair Publishing. “But we want to make the process as easy as possible and provide an environment where creators can pursue their dreams.”
