How time flies. It feels like just a short while ago that Los Angeles-based Akupara Games were emerging as one of the most notable publishers in the indie game scene, but this past week marked their eighth anniversary. They’ve been celebrating with a still-ongoing Steam sale (lasting until October 13) and a massive Twitch stream, the latter of which contained a discussion on the state of indie games in 2024, the reveal of Videocult’s collaboration with Sanshee and Rain World plushies, plus the first public showing of Airframe Ultra, Videocult’s latest upcoming game about underground hoverbike racing. But the big reveal was that of the next game to join Akupara’s library, that being none other than Studio Hybrid’s upcoming metroidvania game GigaSword, whose latest trailer you can check out below.