Hololive Parent Company Announces Holo Indie Publishing Arm For Fangames

Cover Corporation has announced Holo Indie, a publishing arm that aims to support fangames and get them published.

Announced today, the Holo Indie publisher will be primarily for getting games on Steam, with the Vtuber company also changing their Derivative Work Guidelines to more specifically discuss games.

In the statement, they confirmed that games published under the label will be eligible for monetization, meaning the developers will be allowed to charge for their titles.

“With this program, creators can distribute paid contents using IPs of COVER Corporation, and support continuous activities by creators making derivative works games. For more information, please refer to “Derivative Works Guidelines” and “Derivative Work Game Guidelines” on the hololive production website”, the statement reads.

Interested parties can apply via the Application Form where they’ll be required to give more information on their fangames.

They’ve also announced the first title to be released under the label: Holo Parade, a character collector title featuring various Hololive characters launching December 1st.

It’s no surprise that Cover Corporation would start to notice the growing presence of fangames- titles like Holocure and Idol Showdown have been relatively successful releases, each with their own niche followings.

Given that both titles were published on Steam independently, the company has not specified if these titles would also be extended an offer to be under the Holo Indie umbrella.

UPDATE: The HoloCure Twitter account has publicly announced that it will not be publishing the game under the new label, though welcomed the initiative as “A big COVER W for all of us bruh”

Given Hololive’s exponential growth in recent years, the move would be a good way to ensure quality control on fangames- by having to go through Cover Corporation, they can avoid any potentially brand-damaging content in fangames.

Meanwhile, easier access to Steam also benefits users, as those without the means to get their games published on the platform independently won’t have to worry about being mistaken for malware if they have to be installed externally.

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