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Games industry leaders Dr Jo Twist and Debbie Bestwick have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Dr Jo Twist is the head of games industry trade body UKIE and receives her OBE for services to the creative industries. Twist is a former journalist and held various roles at …
Read More »Survival horror game Allison Road cancelled by developer Lillith
Survival horror title Allison Road has been cancelled. Developer Lillith announced the cancellation on Twitter, saying that a statement would be coming in the next few days. The title was due to be published by indie label Team17. Initially the title was being crowdfunded on Kickstarter, raising 145,959 of its …
Read More »History Lesson: The story of Worms
In the early 1990s, certain specialist games magazines liked to encourage its readers to try their hands at making games. Amiga Format in particular contained programming information and ran game development contests for its readers (which at it peaks totalled over 170,000 a month). Andy Davidson, an A-level student in …
Read More »Are we charging enough for indie games?
Since 2012 we have been spoilt with a near-constant stream of indie titles coming to digital store fronts. Each and every week, a plethora of smaller projects come to Steam, PSN, Xbox Live and Nintendo’s eShop. They’re even on Xbox and PlayStation’s stages at the likes of E3 and Gamescom …
Read More »Lionhead, Evolution and FreeStyle were ‘casualties of triple-A’
Team17 MD Debbie Bestwick says recent closures and redundancies do not indicate problems with British development
Read More »Learn how to pitch your game from Team17’s Debbie Bestwick at Interface
Indie publisher MD will advise devs on how to improve their chances of winning that publishing deal on May 5th
Read More »‘We should be charging more for indie games’
The games industry is undervaluing indie games, say leading publishers. The majority of indie games are sold for 10 or less, but this year a number of high profile titles have broken that barrier, including Jonathan Blow’s The Witness (30, pictured) and Camp Santo’s Firewatch (15), which has sparked online …
Read More »Team17 signs teenage developer
16-year-old creator creator of Way to the Woods joins the likes of Playtonic and Mouldy Toof
Read More »Team17 signs Way to the Woods from teenage developer
Worms creators Team17 has signed another interesting games project – this time from 16 year-old Anthony Tan. Team17’s transition into publishing big indie titles (or label, as they like to call themselves) has seen it sign some significant releases, including Yooka-Laylee, The Escapists and Allison Road. The new game is …
Read More »The curse of ‘indie’
Debbie Bestwick explains why the term ‘indie’ could hinder your chances of success
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