INDIE Live Expo 2024 to feature over 100 games, including Blade Chimera, Hotel Barcelona, PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK, and more
Showcase airs on May 25 at 1:00 a.m. PT / 4:00 a.m. ET.
The INDIE Live Expo 2024 showcase will air on May 25 at 1:00 a.m. PT / 4:00 a.m. ET / 17:00 JST, and feature world premieres and content updates across over 100 hand-picked titles throughout a variety of segments, organizer Ryu’s Office announced. You will be able to watch it in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese on YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch.
The broadcast will feature the return of the bite-sized “INDIE Waves” segment featuring multiple rapid-fire updates, “INDIE Live Premiere” segments featuring extended looks at exclusive reveals, and more.
Among the 100-plus game updates promised are news on the following titles:
- Blade Chimera – The pixel art Metroidvania by Team LadyBug (DRAINUS).
- Boyhood’s End – The puzzle-filled story adventure by WSS playground.
- C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield – The new roguelike deckbuilder by ACQUIRE.
- Hotel Barcelona – The time-looping horror action game co-developed by Goichi “Suda 51” Suda (Grasshopper Manufacture, No More Heroes series) and Hidetaka “Swery 65” Suehiro (White Owls Inc., Deadly Premonition series).
- Kemono Teatime – The cozy tea shop simulator by Studio Lalala.
- Omega Crafter – The automation-focused open-world crafting survival adventure by Preferred Networks.
- PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK – The hyperkinetic action platformer by Hanabushi and hako life.
- Witch & Lilies – The romantic JRPG dungeon-crawler by Stromatosoft.
The “Indie Studios Around the World” segment will visit the Malaysian indie scene this year. Emcees Kaori “Kaotan” Horiuchi (AKIHABARA Backstage Pass), YouTuber and presenter J-mon, and influencer HighTensionGaijin will also return.
“We received hundreds of exciting submissions, and have so much more to share during this year’s showcase,” said Ryu’s Office founder and CEO Ryuta Konuma in a press release. “The indie scene has many local flavors, and we’re excited to show off games from around the planet while taking the world on a deep dive into the Malaysian indie scene.”
This year’s sponsors include:
- 2P Games
- ACQUIRE
- Alliance Arts
- Aniplex
- Bushiroad
- CubeGame
- Cygames
- Dank Hearts
- H2 Direct G
- Happinet
- ID@Xbox
- Kadokawa Game Linkage
- KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
- Kodansha
- MUTAN
- Marvelous
- Neuron-Age
- PLAYISM
- Preferred Networks
- room6
- SUNSOFT
- Stromatosoft
- Studio Lalala
- Try Games
- WSS playground
- WhisperGames
Watch a teaser trailer below.