Smilegate Stove holds ‘Indie Highlight Festival’! 2024-03-20

■ Provides free access to more than 10 indie games every month and the opportunity to purchase them at a 50% discounted price.

■ Any Stove user can participate, and the first event will be held in April. Pre-registration is open until March 27th.

Stove, the Smilegate game platform, announced on the 15th (Friday) that it will hold the ‘Indie Highlight Festival’, providing freeplay access and purchase discounts for indie games.

The ‘Indie Highlight Festival’ is an event planned to highlight high-quality indie games and provide a richer gaming experience to users. Any Stove user can participate for free through pre-registration, and registered users will be provided access to more than 10 indie games each month. Stove plans to hold the festival a total of three times from April to June.

Applications for the first ‘Indie Highlight Festival’ to be held in April can be submitted on Stove’s ‘Indie Highlight Festival’ pre-registration page from Friday, March 15th to Wednesday, March 27th. The festival lineup that has been released so far includes ”Symphony of War“, an SRPG game that has created a global sensation with its high quality gameplay since its launch, and ”Kill the Crows“, which took first place in the Best Indie Game category at G-STAR 2023 last year. The final lineup was revealed on Monday the 18th and can be checked on the Stove Indie Highlight Festival (link) webpage. The ‘Indie Highlight Festival’ lineup will change every month. Users will have the opportunity to purchase the games showcased as part of the festival at a 50% discount after the end of the event.

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Yeo Seung-Hwan, the director of Smilegate Stove, said, “The ‘Indie Highlight Festival’ is an event intended to further lower entry barriers so that more players can enjoy highly polished indie games bursting with fresh ideas,” adding, “We hope this opportunity will allow more players to fall in love with the charm of indie games.”

For more information about the ‘Indie Highlight Festival’ and monthly selections, please visit the Stove Indie Highlight Festival (link) webpage.