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Dave The Diver Dev Is Actually Indie Now

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:James Lucas

Published Sep 10, 2024

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After all of the TGA controversy last year, Dave the Diver developer Mintrocket is going independent, although parent company Nexon will support the move with an investment.
This may be to avoid a continuing exodus of developers who are going independent anyway, keeping them close while they retain autonomy.

There was 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a lot of controversy last year around whether 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dave the Diver counts as an indie game after it was nominated at The Game Awards. The consensus seemed to be 'no', something that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:director Jaeho Hwang himself agr𓃲eed with, but now developer Mintrocket is actually going independent. Playing ﷽the long game✱, eh?

As reported by , the studio is leaving Nexon, although the publishing giant will continue to support the studio by investing in the newly independent team. Nexon has already held internal talks about the move, but will speak with its employees tomorrow ꦦto discuss t൲hings further.

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Dave the Diver was a huge success for the studio. Not only was Mintrocket's debut game nominated for one of the biggest awards of last year (even if said nomination is arguably in the wrong category), but it sold an incredibly impressive three million copies. A bold first step for the two-year-old studio.

A Brief History Of Mintrocket

intended to launch in 2019 in collaboration with National Geographic, Dave the Diver was re-revealed in 2022 under the newly formed Mintrocket, launching for PC at first and then eventually Nintendo Switch and PlayStation instead of the originally-intended mobile. It entered early access in late 2022 to near-universal acclaim, before launching proper a few m✃onths later in 2023.

It's worth noting that Hwang remained as director despite the shift in studios.

As Naver speculates, the reason for its newfound independence might be because of an exodus of talent from Nexon — several high profile developers have left the company over the last few years to found their own studios. Going standalone with an investment from Nexon may be its way of retaining talent through synergy with external studios rather than waiting for developers to go independent them๊selves.

Whatever the reason, Mintrocket's next game will be actually be indie this time, which after all the hubbub🔯 last year is an interesting turn of fate.