Energy Hook, the Kickstarter-backed futuristic action game from Happion Laboratories, is on its way to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, creator Jamie Fristrom announced on Reddit over the weekend.
Energy Hook coming to PS4, PS Vita as well as PC
Samit Sarkar (he/him) is Polygon’s deputy managing editor. He has more than 17 years of experience covering video games, movies, television, and technology.
“I just signed with Sony to bring it to the PlayStation Vita and PS4. So stoked,” said Fristrom about Energy Hook, which he described as a “homage-to-Spider-Man-2-and-SSX game.”
When asked about how he got in touch with Sony for the PS4 and PS Vita versions, Fristrom explained that he had previously been turned down by Sony Computer Entertainment America and the Pub Fund. But this past fall, he pitched Energy Hook to the company again, this time going to Shahid Kamal, senior business development manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
“It goes to show you can pitch to one department, blow it, lower your price (but also [lower] what [you offer], from complete exclusivity to just one month) and pitch a different region or department in the same company and still get in,” said Fristrom. “Twitter has been amazing for my indie career.”
Fristrom raised more than $40,000 on Kickstarter this past spring to develop Linux, Mac and Windows PC versions of Energy Hook, although he was only asking for $1. In his most recent Kickstarter update, posted last month, Fristrom said he’s planning to release the game in April 2014.
See More:
Most Popular
- All the new video games launching in 2026
- Cassian Andor says luck brought him this far. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars history disagree
- How Thunderbolts* evolved from a Die Hard movie into a Breakfast Club movie
- The fact that Lune from Clair Obscur is barefoot the whole time is not gross, it’s fun
- Thunderbolts*’ writer didn’t know Marvel cut his Taskmaster arc until he saw the movie
