PlayStation 4 has Nintendo to thank for its first game from Central America

People in the industry talk about the “democratization” of making games these days. But even if development engines and other tools are practically free and designers are popping up all around the world, this boom is leaving whole continents behind when it comes to the high-end consoles.

But now you can include Central America among the PlayStation 4 community. Fair Play Labs of Costa Rica is getting ready to debut its first console game, Color Guardians, on PlayStation Network. The studio has been a work-for-hire and mobile game house for nearly 10 years, but this nonviolent platformer is the culmination of why Claudio Pinto founded a studio in the first place — and a true sign of the democratization of game development.