PlayStation Home has a lot of release-related events with prizes to be won and such, but there just isn't a big enough draw to keep you logging in more often. Hoping that that would change in some way or another, Sony has tied up with indie games label, Codename, and they'll be bringing an indie games festival of sorts into the virtual space.

"We're thrilled to be partnering with PlayStation Home to create and develop games that step outside the parameters of traditional game development and we're really looking forward to the creative opportunities that lie ahead," said Jesse Vigil, founding partner for Codename. "Our model of pulling together teams of developers and allowing them to make their creative dreams a reality has only one main tenet — any game created for PlayStation Home is graphically and visually entertaining to both play and watch, at the same time."

In the following months, Codename will be bringing four games from independent developers into Home. This would be a good time to show your support to the independent gaming community, as well as meet people who share your enthusiasm.

• Dueling Gentlemen, created by Odd Gentleman, players strategize the right moves on a giant stage in Home's Plaza, to outsmart opponents and win this old-time battle for honor and prestige.
• Minor Battle, created by Peanut Gallery, winner of the IndieCade 2010 Audience Award, a team-based game where two teams run around a cube of four screens to beat each other in a capture-the-flag style platformer.
• Super Awesome Mountain RPG, created by Codename, a blend of tabletop board games and fantasy RPGs, where players ascend a fantastical mountain in Home's Central Plaza using a custom animated figurine.
• Cogs in 3D multiplayer, a multiplayer version of Lazy8's diabolically clever Steampunk-style game, this gear-based puzzler will also be a dynamic public spectacle in Home's Central Plaza.

[via Kotaku]

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