New Austria-based publisher Toplitz Productions announced its debut today in a press release stating its intent to work with developers to publish PC and console games with "heart and soul."
For devs, this is a potential new source of funding and support, though it remains to be seen what sort of work Toplitz is capable of.
It's also interesting to see a new publisher pop up in 2017, given that much has been said in recent years about how most devs no longer need a publisher in the age of self-publishing.
However, as the game markets flood with releases it's possible that publishers could be coming back into style. For its part, Toplitz claims it started work months ago and has numerous projects in the pipeline, the first of which (seemingly a "life simulation in the farming setting") is slated to ship before the end of the year.