The first batch of PS5 games to be developed with help from Sony's new India Hero Project will be announced between February and April next year, it's been confirmed. Speaking during the India Game Developer Conference, Sony's head of third-party division Hector Fernandes and program manager for the initiative Sujith Sukumaran said the team has been playing demos and accepting proposals and will be ready to confirm the first set of titles from Indian developers in the first half of 2024.
This comes off the back of Sony's successful China Hero Project, which gave rise to PS5, PS4 titles like F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch, ANNO: Mutationem, and the upcoming Lost Soul Aside. As well as providing financial support, Sony equips Indian studios with mentoring, training, and marketing advice to capture a worldwide audience.
Sukumaran explained: "With this project, we want to showcase the talent of Indian developers to the world. We want to appeal to people in India to fully support their development and showcase their games to the world. We also want to offer developers the skills and know-how that Sony has cultivated around the world and the experience of developing commercially successful games for consoles."
He then goes on to share how both the India and China Hero Project are now collaborating and sharing ideas, with a technical team on Sony's side aiding them. Fernades added: "It's all about the program, from how to commercialize and raise funds, to how to support and train game developers. What we understand and learn is something we carried over from the China Hero Project." Of the pitches received so far, the adventure genre has been the most popular, followed by first and third-person shooters.
[source jp.ign.com]
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Credit to SIE with this, investing in potential untapped talent 👌
At this rate they’ll need to do a Japan Hero Project to publish some games actually made by Japanese devs.
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This is how surprise hits are made with projects like this. Proof will be in the pudding as they say but with Playstations console experience backing, has a better chance than most?
Love these initiatives. Great to have different cultures and their influences in games. Whether it's Remedy and their Finnish roots, Never Alone / Kisima Ingitchuna (Iñupiaq), Legend of Tian Ding (Taiwan) it's always a joy to see games and fables through another lens.
Very smart, dev costs in those countries are super cheap, wouldn't be surprised to see Sony purchases some studios in countries like India where cost are super low.
This is very nice, but if I'm not mistaken we're still to see any games come out of the China Hero Project apart from F.I.S.T.
Ooh would like to see what they could do. Hope it's not retro stuff.
@CutchuSlow it’s gonna be indies
Some games based on Indian folklore could be interesting.
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This should produce some of the best legendary gaming experiences in history. Buckle in folks!
@Athrum : Alongside F.I.S.T., atleast two other games announced during China Hero Project have also been released earlier: ANNO: Mutantionem (2022) and Hardcore Mecha (2020).
@Coolmusic Thanks mate, didn't know about those.
@Athrum : You're welcome!👍
Just came from watching Jawan... Seeing modern bollywood, I'm sure we'll get some wild results if they take queues from that and I'm looking forward to it. Might be cliche but I wouldn't mind every game having DDR implemtation.
Good initiative!
Recently enjoyed an Indian horror movie called Tumbbad, and wouldn't mind seeing a game similar to that.
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