Alongside Tomb Raider, Halo and Quantum Break on stage at Microsoft’s Gamescom 2014 press conference was a pixel-art title called The Escapists. It’s an indie game set in a prison and has been developed by one-man studio Mouldy Toof, aka former roofer Chris Davis. Having my game shown to the …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Bethany Aston
I started my career with both games and Team 17 when I applied for a QA Tester position back in 2011,” says Team 17 senior PR executive Bethany Aston. From there I got my head down, worked hard and made sure Debbie Bestwick, Team 17’s Managing Director, knew my aspirations …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Debbie Bestwick
The co-founder of Team 17 began her career in retail, working her way up to store promotional manager for an indie video games chain, where she opened over 100 concessions for the Burton Group. Today, she’s best know for her work for Team 17, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this …
Read More »Team 17 nearly lost Worms IP to publisher
Team17 was nearly forced to surrender its famous Worms IP in the late 1990s after signing a deal with a publisher, the studio’s MD has revealed. In her latest Develop column, Debbie Bestwick said her company has faced losing the franchise twice, the closest in the late 1990s. She said …
Read More »Team17 signs indie strategy title Sheltered
Kickstarter-funded game bags publisher before campaign finishes
Read More »Worms to make its next-gen debut this month
Team 17’s Worms Battlegrounds will be released on Xbox One and PS4 later this month. It will arrive both in boxed and digital form on June 30th, although the digital PS4 release in the US will arrive a tad later – June 3rd. The game is one of the first …
Read More »Team17 opens European publishing office
Worms and Flockers firm expands its services with new base in Nottingham
Read More »Team17 to publish Dlala’s next game
UK dev releasing 2D brawler Overruled! with the help of the Worms publisher
Read More »Team17 announces new IP Flockers
Worms creator now working on new brand revealed during PlayStation Open Day
Read More »Team17 triumphs in Great British Game Jam
Worms creator bests Bossa, Future Games of London and more in developer competition
Read More »