Pantaloon has announced a new indie label for ‘bold and bizarre games’

Newsletter creator Pantaloon has announced The Pantaloon Label, a new indie publishing imprint that describes itself as ‘a home for misfits’, and says it is looking to sign and publish ‘peculiar’, ‘plucky’ and ‘punchy’ games.

It has signed publishing deals with three indie titles out of the gate already; Acolyte, Sub-Verge and Occlude, and will also release its upcoming (internally developed) game Puzzletrunk as part of the same roster.

“The world probably doesn’t need another indie publisher,” said Pantaloon founder Jamin Smith (previously of Square Enix and Modern Wolf) about the new indie publisher. “But our vision is built off a different set of principles. With an existing awareness platform and terms that give novel agency and security to development partners, we seek to actively court risk, finding peculiar or experimental games that can chart unexplored or choppy genre-waters.”

“‘A home for misfits’ is more than just a tagline; it’s a call to arms for games that don’t fit traditional publishing structures.”

“We’ll still be providing the most unreasonably delightful mailing list in games, we’ll still be offering up games from incredible partners each month, and we’ll still be championing obscure or overlooked games. What we’ll also now be doing is weaving this newsletter more deeply into the way we operate as a game label, with a plethora of exciting initiatives we’ll be lifting the lid on over the course of the year. The newsletter is at the heart of it all; this is just the beginning.”

You can find out more about The Pantaloon Label over on its website, or follow them over on Steam to see when their first games release.