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Read More »Yooka-Laylee will get a physical edition at launch
Upcoming 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee will get a physical boxed edition at launch. In a development update the Playtonic team confirmed that Yooka-Laylee will be available physically as well as digitally when it launches early next year. Furthermore Kickstarter backers will be able to upgrade their digital pledge to a physical …
Read More »Allison Road is back in development
Horror title Allison Road has returned following its apparent cancellation in June. IGN reports that the game’s creator Christian Kesler will continue working on the title with his wife, with whom he has founded new label Far From Home. It did take a bit of soul searching to find the …
Read More »Creative Assembly, Bossa, Rovio and more sign on for War Child charity games bundle
Help: The Game features titles created in six days during a global games jam and costs £9.99, with all profits going towards charity
Read More »Team 17 responds to Allison Road cancellation
Publisher Team 17 has had its say on the cancellation of Allison Road, although nothing new is revealed in the statement. After a long consideration between Lilith owner Chris Kesler and ourselves, we have reached a mutual agreement to end our collaboration on publishing Allison Road under Team17’s Games label,” …
Read More »Lillith Ltd splits from Team 17 after Allison Road cancellation
‘Sometime things pan out differently than expected as game development and publishing have so many layers of complexity,’ say both studio and publisher on demise of PT-inspired horror project
Read More »Allison Road cancellation due to Team 17 split, Lilith says
Developer Lilith has blamed the recent shock cancellation of horror title Allison Road on a split with publishing partner Team 17. After a long consideration between Team17 and ourselves, we have reached a mutual agreement to end our collaboration on publishing Allison Road under Team17’s Games label,” Lileth said. Sometimes …
Read More »Epic, Nvidia, Sumo and Team 17 back new Leeds University development degrees
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in High Performance Graphics and Games Engineering will include focus on use of Vulkan and DX12, as well as training in VFX, such as cloth, fur and hair modelling, and crowd simulation
Read More »Happy 25th Birthday Team 17
The Escapists, Yooka-Laylee, Beyond Eyes… 2015 has been one of the most exciting years in Team17’s history. Not bad for a business that’s now 25-years-old. MCV speaks to CEO Debbie Bestwick on the company’s quarter of a century in the games industry. For those that weren’t around 25 years ago, …
Read More »Thinking inside the box: Why digital developers should bother with brick and mortar retail
The narrative goes that boxed games retail is dying as the digital market thrives. The digital sector has, in many ways, lowered the barrier to entry in the games market and been one of the main factors in the booming indie movement. Oh course, the physical games market is still …
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