A week-long festival of upcoming games and demos from China starts today
A week-long festival highlighting the work of Chinese developers begins onSteamtoday, organised by publisher Pixmain. Enter The Dragon lines up a load of streams on Steam and over atPixmain’s Twitch channelto show off Chinese-developed indies like the spooky lookingSCP: Secret Files, and plenty of demos to take a crack at. Think I’ll be installingMy Time At Portiafollow-upMy Time At Sandrockand roguelike cyberpunk platformerLoopmancerthis weekend.
Steam and Pixmain have handily broken down the games featured among Enter The Dragon into some lovely coloured dragons themed around genres, so if you’re into horror you can check out the Black Dragon or the Yellow Dragon if puzzles and narrative appeal. They’re flogging three ‘Way of the’ bundles at a discount too, themed around mind, spirit and fist.
You might have heard Pixmain’s name before thanks to Inked: A Tale of Love, which wasre-released in an enhanced formlast August. Alice Btook a look at it at the timeand thought it was “well worth a go”.
People in China were having a bit of troubleaccessing Steam at the start of the year, leading to speculation that a ban was incoming after the launch of Steam China. The Chinese government has a track record of acting against indies as well, whichKhee Hoon Chan foundwhen they spoke to developers, andPolygon reportedback in January that 14,000 gaming-related companies had deregistered since August due to the government’s stringent guidelines on what it finds acceptable content in games.
TheEnter The Dragon showcasepresentation begins at 7pm PDT/3am BST. The festival runs until April 29th.
