Tag Archives: team17

Developer Lilith announces new partnership with indie publisher

Debbie Bestwick explains the process of taking a $10,000 Kickstarter to a $10m global indie hit

Team17 boss says: "There's simply far too few women at the top level of our industry"

Rapidly-rising UK games publisher Team17 says it is on course to double its revenue in 2015. The firm has just helped indie hit The Escapists pass $10m and almost 1m in unit sales. It also recently signed Yooka-Laylee, the new platformer from former Rare developers, and is creating two new …

Indie. It’s a word that instantly conjures visions of 2D platformers, retro graphics and quirky gameplay, of bedroom designers and nervous-looking developers showing their life’s work in the corner of games industry events. Today, the term also brings to mind some of the most innovative, influential and talked-about titles ever …

Develop Award winner will bring record-breaking Kickstarter hit to retail

Team17 will publish Yooka-Laylee and says it wants to take the Kickstarter phenomenon to retail. The 3D platformer generated 2m via crowd-funding in June. It is the spiritual successor to Rare’s Banjo Kazooie and is being created by Playtonic, a studio set-up by former Rare veterans. Team17 will release Yooka-Laylee …

Indie games label honoured for success with The Escapists

Develop speaks to the studio’s head of programming David Smethurst to find out what it takes

Debbie Bestwick ponders what will happen if the indie sector doesn't avoid the mistakes of the past