{"id":113472,"date":"2020-05-27T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/363758"},"modified":"2020-05-27T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:58:00","slug":"welcome-to-the-summer-of-indie-games-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/27\/welcome-to-the-summer-of-indie-games-direct\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Summer of Indie Games Direct"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Hi, I\u2019m Simon Carless, and you\u2019re reading the Game Discoverability Now! newsletter<\/a>, a regular look at how people find – and buy – your video games. Or don\u2019t.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, back again, and the amount of news in the discoverability space doesn\u2019t really ever get smaller. (Even if the window for me to parse everything seems to be getting every shorter, for various reasons!) So let\u2019s get on with it, shall we?<\/p>\n

Video Game Summer Showcases, Eh?<\/h2>\n

Well, COVID-19 & the cancellation of E3 2020<\/a> has left a big hole in the summer game announcement schedule. Or more accurately, expanded the timeframe of the virtual\/streaming showcases that used to happen around E3 anyhow – and allowed extra third-parties to get involved too.<\/p>\n

I mention this because the first of these showcases, Wholesome Direct<\/a>, just took place yesterday, showcasing \u201cover 50 cute and cozy indie games\u201d in a 37 minute showcase:<\/p>\n