Sony Announces Additional Indie Exclusives at Gamescom for PS4 Launch

Sony announced a slew of indie console exclusive releases planned for the PS4, PS Vita, and even some PS3 titles at this year’s Gamescom. There are some big titles planned as Volume, Tom Bithell’s followup to Thomas Was Alone, will debut exclusively on PS4 and Vita. Muse Games is planning an exclusive console port of Guns of Icarus for the PS4. Vlambeer is bringing their next title Wasteland Kings to the console.

[ABeastNamedTariq]

That's nice.

What's the deal with people not feeling that indie games, are games too? They offer new and different experiences, compared to your typical game.

Seems to me that some of you guys feel the need to downplay the fact that Sony kept the game announcements coming, showed support for ALL of their systems, and remained true to their vision for next gen. A console for gamers.

[Jaydepps]

I'm really excited to see the influx of indies in next gen. Honestly though both consoles are taking steps in the right direction with Sony going first. Microsoft hs been getting better as of late as they have been amending their policies that were against indies. I think indies will have a strong place next generation and conferences like these further prove that.

On a side note i did find it funny that Minecraft is coming to PS4 now too.

[Game4life]

I was hoping minecraft would come to playstation. and im glad it is. i've played the hell out of it but i love building things. its so addictive.

on a side note, i really hope it has a platinum just because i love it so much

[CocoWolfie]

hotline miami 2 too, the sequal to a lot of peoples favorite game of that year :p

[Bigpappy]

Sounds like a nice way to steal those android and I phone customers.

I for some reason am having a hard time getting excited about having lots more indie game to brows through. I am happy for the opportunity it give indies, but I really don't want a lot of clutter in the market place when I go to fine what I really want to play.

[darx]

Guacamelee and Mark of the Ninja. 2 Great indie games.

[starchild]

Yeah, those are great games. I play them on the PC, but either way they are great.

[MasterCornholio]

@Starchild

" I play them on the PC"

Not Guacamelee since its exclusive to the PS3 and the Vita. Unless your using an emulator.

[darx]

Starchild

As do I

[Swiftcricket]

Couldn't agree more. I use to be off-put by indies too (for no good reason like most people) until I finally gave Minecraft a try and loved it. And now I own many indie games and some provide more value than many AAA titles I own except I paid far less for them.

Just because a game may not have top notch graphics and costs less doesn't always mean it's not a good game that you can't put many, many hours into. Just like how a game that has the best graphics and had millions poured into it is sometimes complete trash.

Games are games. People complaining about them need to expand their horizons a little more.

[HarryMasonHerpderp]

So true, people whine about getting military shooters all the time and when we get something different they whine about that too. Indie games are keeping the industry creative.

[andibandit]

Are you kidding me???

The most POWERFUL game console ever released,
boasting 50% faster gpu than the nearest competition, and cutting edge GDDR5 Ram

and what do we get to go with this BEAST of a machine??

INDIE Games!!!

WHO the F over at Sony, thought that would make for a good conference!?. OMG the xbots are gonna have a field day with this.

[JunioRS101]

And on top of that, Sony has yet to reveal any of their major major AAA projects.

Which is actually really smart, because why would you show your hand when third party devs are bridging the console generation for you?

And ND just released TLoU a few months ago, can we really expect to hear from them this year??

My thoughts are this: I'll have plenty of indies and plenty of third parties to keep me busy until next year, where Sony will likely come out with one or two of their big guns and steal the show again. They already won this year with all the games they've shown alongside their flawless console reveal, so they're just playing the cool cat while Microsoft grabs at straws.

ND will reveal their project to compete with the likes of Halo or Gears or Fable. Why waste any hype now when it's just going to die down by the time Microsoft wants to show some of its own big cards?

[Rimeskeem]

indie games are fun and cheap i dont see why such a big deal

[betrayed gamer]

its not a big deal, its just that finding a worthwhile indie game is at times hard. yea they are cheap, but i would rather have another form of infamous,or skyrim or heck how about a fusion of mass effect, skyrim and infamous with a mix of borderlands for cooperative gameplay. i cant see an indie dev doing that. when i hear indie dev i think binding of issac and minecraft, or braid. those games are great time killers but i want something fuller and richer with actual characters, and character deveoplment.

[Rimeskeem]

xbots are just finding ways to make the ps4 some how sound bad

[betrayed gamer]

@2.1.1
Its not really the "xbots" as you put it, its some gamers in general that dont want more indie games then actual full out games. like i said more indie games arent a bad thing could have great cross play between the vita and the ps4.

[modesign]

murasaki baby looks fun.

[modesign]

gonna listen to my chemical romance while i play that game.

[imXify]

Murasaki Baby, Rime and The Binding of Isaac for me !

[Jaydepps]

Those all look awesome, and I am kinda interested in trying out Hotline Miami 2 and maybe Shadow of the Beast.

[SuperLupe]

This indie craze from Sony is going to get stale real quick. Dont know about you guys but I'd take 4 AAA games over 20 indie games.

I buy a console for games like Gears, UC, Mass Effect etc. Indie games are just a bonus in between such great games, NOT the main course like Sony are trying to push. Very lame from Sony IMO.

[Jaydepps]

I think they have announced a solid number of AAA titles as well. Driveclub Infamous, Killzone, Deep Down, Knack, The Order: 1886, Dark Sorcerer, DCOU, Final Fantasy XIV, and Tekken Revolution aren't a bad bunch of games just to name some.

These indie games just help beef up the game library by offering genres and games that gamers otherwise would have to seek elsewhere.

[ABeastNamedTariq]

Exactly. Sony's giving variety across the board.

[MasterCornholio]

One error in your comment.

Dark Sorcerer is a tech demo by Quantic Dreams however they are going to produce a game with that tech.

[Blackcanary]

i don't think there trying to push indies at all. When it comes to AAA titles we know sony have that in the bag just look at all the AAA first party titles on the PS3 and you will get the same on the PS4. I just think sony is given the same love to indies as they do to the first party's.

[GribbleGrunger]

I don't know why you'd be that concerned, they're not on your console of choice anyway, and even when they come to it, you won't want them ... will you?

[Blackcanary]

there was so many indie games. Why so many well i'm happy thoes games will be on my ps4 excited about indie game a little.

[Corpser]

"Exclusive console debut"

[Jaydepps]

Most of these games will end up being console exclusive to the PS4/PS3/PS Vita, but they will also see PC releases.

[brew]

They vary. Some are exclusive to PS4 like Rime and Resogun.

[starchild]

Some of the best games I have played on PC are indie titles. A good game is a good game.

[MasterCornholio]

Amen

Have you seen Journey?

[iiwii]

OH NO! Shadow of the Beast!! That's a blast from the Amiga past (for those who remember) the game from Psygnosis. It was quite the game back in the day. I'm very excited to see this one. Maybe someone can dig up Terrorpods too.

A couple of others that really stood out to me were Housemarques' Resogun, that would be the "spiritual successor" to Super Stardust HD (Super Stardust also started on Amiga years ago). Also Guns of Icarus looks like a must try. I like the concept. Rime has me interested... even with its simple graphics.