Pocketpair follows the success of Palworld with its new independent publishing label

“Pocketpair Publishing provides comprehensive game development support through financing, development assistance, and publishing to indie game developers and small studios,” Pocketpair wrote in its press release.

We don’t even have to wait long to see the company’s first game. Pocketpair Publishing has teamed up with Tales of Kenzira: Zao Game developer Surgent Studios has produced its next title, a horror game scheduled for release later this year. Surgent Studios was founded by video game voice actor and on-screen actor Abu Bakr Salem. After launching Kenzira Talesa futuristic African Metroidvania, the company obliged To leave the games department Due to lack of funding, it is a common occurrence that has become endemic over the past two years.

The indie gaming space has not been insulated from the effects of the layoff crisis that has plagued the gaming industry. Big publishers, from whom small, independent organizations typically receive funding, are tightening their belts, choosing to either keep their money or distribute it only to projects they believe will definitely make money. Even publishers known for supporting high-quality indie games, like Annapurna Games, do as well Having difficulty staying in the process.

However, Pocketpair Publishing joins a group of new companies entering the indie games space through unconventional means. In 2022, video game critic and YouTube content creator videogamedunkey started his own publishing company Big situation Who published her first game, Animal well, to critical acclaim last year. Also last year, Innersloth, developers of… A very popular multiplayer murder mystery game Between us, Outersloth was foundedwhich is an independent game box and not a traditional publisher. Like Outersloth and Bigmode, Pocketpair Publishing is seeking to parlay its commercial success into providing more indie games such as In the world To get made.

“Game development comes with many challenges,” said John Buckley, president of Pocketpair Publishing. “But we want to make this process as easy as possible and provide an environment where creative people can realize their dreams.”