PlayStation Indies Initiative Announced, PlayStation Now Getting Indie Games

Shuhei Yoshida, former President of SIE Worldwide Studios and current head of PlayStation Indies has announced a new initiative for Sony via the PlayStation Blog. The PlayStation Indies Initiative’s goal will be to get more games from independent developers on the system. This will mean more support and attention in the long run, the addition of one indie game to PlayStation Now each month, and more game announcements in general.

When Yoshida made the announcement, he noted there would be nine new PlayStation Indies games announced soon, with three of them revealed on July 1, 2020. So far, one has been shown. It is the PlayStation China Hero Project title F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow. It will come to the PlayStation 4 and received a new trailer.

Hop into the industrial world exploration platformer F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch: https://t.co/iYXuL8GM4n pic.twitter.com/kjV1yjTdNT

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) July 1, 2020

The first PlayStation Indies PlayStation Now addition was also confirmed in the PlayStation Blog reveal. Hello Neighbor, a game where players step into the shoes of a child investigating their suspicious and potentially dangerous neighbor’s home, will be the July 2020 addition to the service. Going forward, Yoshida noted one new game will be added each month.