Indie devs react to Hades 2's stealth launch: "Good thing we picked a quiet news week to launch a video game"

May. 8, 2024

“Can we collectively stop doing shadow drops for majorly anticipated games?”

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SFB Games' Tom Vian, co-creator of upcoming horror game Crow Country, was able to make light of standing in Supergiant’s godlike shadow. “Good thing we picked a quiet news week to launch a video game,” he remarked onTwitter. Crow Country releases later this week on May 9, meaning survival horror fans will be pulled between the PS1-style shooter and the sequel to everyone’s favorite roguelike.

But it’s not all fun and games. Aggro Crab, which launched its underwater soulslike Another Crab’s Treasure last month,saidthat while its sales were not really affected, “I feel bad for people releasing this week.” Elsewhere, consultant Richie De Wit asked “can we collectively stop doing shadow drops for majorly anticipated games? It is, respectfully, a massive fuck you to your peers who have had to squeeze the most out of (in most cases) minimal marketing budgets.”

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