Asobu Indie Showcase Returns to Highlight the Best of Japanese Indie Gaming

Japanese indie game creator community asobu today announced they will premiere their third-annual asobu INDIE SHOWCASE in English and Japanese on Twitch and YouTube this weekend, on July 30th, 2022, shining a spotlight on current and upcoming titles from Japanese indie developers.

The video also features localized Western indies already available or coming soon to Japan, promoting indie games to a growing Japanese market where they continue to gain momentum, just ahead of Japan’s largest indie gaming event, BitSummit the following week. A matching Steam Event page will gather demos and highlight sales on current and future Japanese indies, starting at the premiere of the video on July 30th, and running until August 5th.

A full list of games featured in the video can be found at the Showcase website, asobu-events.dev starting at the premiere on July 30th, or again by watching it (duh!) on asobu’s YouTube or Twitch channels.

Check out last year’s presentation to get an idea of what’s to come:

Clocking in at over two hours and packed with over 80 different games, all introduced in both Japanese and English, along with messages from the games’ creators themselves (and a few surprises), the video demonstrates the volume and variety of the vibrant Japanese indie dev community that asobu is working to support.

Those interested in the Japanese Indie community and / or their games are encouraged to check out asobu’s website, and join their growing Discord community where they can meet other creators and fans.

Asobu is a not-for-profit community organization designed to support independent game creators in Japan. It’s made possible by generous contributions from our supporters, including Shueisha Games, Kowloon Nights, PlayStation, iGi Indie Game Incubator, and Microsoft ID@Xbox.

ASOBU INDIE SHOWCASE video event links:

asobu’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/asobudev
asobu’s Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/asobudev
Event Website: asobu-events.dev

PREMIERES SATURDAY, JULY 30th, 2022
(The showcase link will be available on around July 29th, please check the Youtube channel or our Twitter account.)

Japan: 8pm (JT)
Europe: 1pm (CEST)
US: 4am (PT), 7am (ET)

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