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Read More »Digital breathing life into Worms
Team 17’s co-founder and business development director Martyn Brown has told MCV that his company’s shunning of traditional publishing in favour of new digital distribution channels has done wonders for the Worms franchise. The series sold more units last year than any other time in its 15-year history. Given the …
Read More »Team 17 breaks away from publishers
Studio restructures management team as focus shifts to downloads
Read More »Team 17 breaks ties with publishers
Team 17 has turned its back on third-party publishers in favour of digital distribution. The UK-based studio is returning to its publishing roots by increasing the number of downloadable games it produces – at least 15 SKUs in 2010 alone. The company has only released two boxed games over the …
Read More »Team 17 blasts PSPgo pricing structure
The head of UK developer Team 17 has said that the reason for PSPgo’s struggles has nothing to do with its reliance on digital distribution – instead, it’s down to the hardware and software pricing strategy adopted by Sony. Digital Distribution is here to stay” he Martyn Brown told IncGamers. …
Read More »New surge of speakers as Develop Conference fills
Growing list of confirmed lectures, keynotes and panel discussions
Read More »Develop Jury reveals high hopes for 2010
Digital distribution expansion, Natal and legislative reform top wish lists, while one developer outlines App Store fears
Read More »Develop Jury: Physical media extinction â??inevitableâ??
Majority of developers foresee a digital-only era, but few agree on when that will come
Read More »Team 17’s guide to digital distribution pitfalls
Develop '09: Yorkshire digital-only studio shares some hard-earned lessons
Read More »Team 17 confirms Alien Breed remake
Title to be digitally distributed, powered by Unreal Engine 3
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