Everything that happened at the Humble Games Showcase 2022

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Humble Games have somehow kicked off not-E3 season today with their inaugural Humble Games Showcase, detailing what's coming up on the company's publishing roster later this year. In the half-hour presentation, they announced just under 10 new indie games to look forward to, including a surprise follow-up to 2013's excellent heist 'em up, Monaco: What's Mine Is Yours. Whether you missed the action or just want to rewatch one of the trailers, we've got all the big reveals right here for your viewing pleasure. Here's everything you missed from the Humble Games Showcase 2022.

That's right. Pocketwatch Games' 2013 heist 'em up Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is getting a sequel. Lead designer Andy Schatz said he wanted to make "the ultimate heist simulator" with Monaco 2, and to do that he revealed the game will be moving to "3D environments that really focus on verticality", allowing players to scale walls, tunnel underneath buildings and rappel down from the ceiling. Crucially, though, these procedurally generated spaces are still going to be viewed top-down like the original, thanks to a new kind of fancy camera tech they're developing. It's an intriguing proposition, for sure, and I'm excited to see what it looks like in practice. The game is still in the early days of development at the moment, but for now, enjoy the animated teaser trailer above.

Formerly known as Chorus: An Adventure Musical, the next game from Dragon Age writer David Gaider has now been re-named as Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, probably so it won't get confused with last year's Chorus (aka: Chorvs), the space combat shooter that came out at the beginning of December. Also note that switch from Adventure to Roleplaying in the subtitle. This,