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Peak Devs Are Using Their Mountain Of Cash To Publish New Indie Games
kotaku.com • • technology
Key Points:
- Aggro Crab, known for the indie hit Peak, is launching its own publishing arm called Aggro Crab Presents to support indie games and developers.
- This move follows a growing trend of successful indie studios like Innersloth and PocketPair starting their own publishing companies to foster more developer-friendly contracts.
- These new indie publishers aim to address the video game labor crisis by offering fairer profit-sharing and more sustainable business practices compared to traditional large publishers.
- Aggro Crab Presents plans to take an active role in game development while explicitly rejecting the use of generative AI in their projects.
- The first game signed by Aggro Crab Presents is Rebounder, a precision platformer scheduled for release next year.
