It’s been a good while since we’ve had a traditional turn-based strategy war game like Advance Wars, the Intelligent Systems series that was last seen on the DS family of consoles. Since that studio has been all about the fantasy world Fire Emblem lately, little known Japanese team Area 35 is here to fill the void with Tiny Metal, and for the most part they pull it off rather well.
Sony’s publishing label Unties and developer Area35 today announced that Tiny Metal has dispatched its competitive online multiplayer mode on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Steam via a free update.
Sony-owned Korea-based indie studio "Unties" has announced its PAX West game line-up along with some publishing deals.
Ummm, does indie mean something different now? Cause if Sony owns them, than aren't they no longer an indie studio?
That is true.. Exclusive for Microsoft means something entirely different now.. So does 4k.
Maybe they mean it was an indie team before sony acquired them? I don't know but it is quite the oxymoron
Hello, Pink...
To answer your question; Indie refers to an independent studio regardless of the publisher. They're not owned by a publisher, even though they may be funded by one that also owns its own development studios.
From now on we can laugh together at those that don't understand this truth.
Note... If Sony owns a studio, I would not call them indie. Maybe previously indie, but once owned by Sony, it's a Sony studio.
Lmao all comments here are wrong, Unties is owned by Sony Music. Unties publishes games by indie studios not owned by Sony, which is why they are 'indie'. Because Unties is not owned by Sony Computer Entertainment, it therefore doesn't need to publish exclusive Playstation games.
Although Tiny Metal was released last December, along the way a former AREA 35 employee - who worked as a PR Manager on the game - issued a statement accusing the Yura of embezzling funds from Project Phoenix's crowdfunding to produce it.
In the latest update, the issue has now been resolved in mediation court in Japan. The former employee who made the accusations has now retracted the statement made about the Tiny Metal team using money from the Project Phoenix Kickstarter campaign to fund the game's development.
If Yoko Taro likes then I like too
This game is great. It accomplishes what it set out to do, to scratch that advance wars itch. Can't wait for multiplayer.
Hope it sells well enough to warrant a sequel cause they've set a great foundation on which to build upon.