A few months ago, the Polish Cultural Institute in New York offered Destructoid the opportunity to travel to Poland for a convention called Poznan Game Arena. It's kind of an unusual proposition in a way. We're used to going to the same places for shows -- Los Angeles, Germany, Japan, etc. Poland just isn't one of those usual suspects.
Still, we got to thinking about who's making games in Poland. CD Projekt Red is here and The Witcher 3 was an unanimous game of the year candidate last year. Techland's here too, and that company's on the upswing with the surprisingly good Dying Light and its new publishing initiative. So is People Can Fly. And Flying Wild Hog. And 11 bit Studios. And CI Games.
The point is, the Polish development scene is a lot more robust than you might think at first. There are a lot of games coming out of this country, and, more importantly, a lot of quality games. In fact, if you wanted to get all nationalistic about it, Poland's rivaling Germany as far as notable developers go. Deutschland's biggest names are probably Crytek, Jager, and Kalypso (although publisher Deep Silver is from Germany too).
However, Poznan Game Arena doesn't necessarily showcase a lot of those mainstays in Polish game development. At least not this year anyway. Overwhelmingly, the highlight of this PGA was the wealth of indies who have impressive wares, they just maybe don't yet have the cachet to earn global attention. Still, we want to highlight a few of those games. Here are some of Destructoid's favorite indie games from Poznan Game Arena 2016.
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