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Worms creators Team17 has secured 16.5m in funding from private equity firm LDC and has acquired The Escapists franchise. We speak with CEO Debbie Bestwick to find out what this means for one of the UK’s longest running games studios. What makes this deal work for Team17? We have a …
Read More »Mass Effect Remaster hopes dashed once again
The on-off dreams of a remastered version of the Mass Effect trilogy appear very much to be again turned to off. "We’re a company that is focused on delivering for the future," EA COO Peter Moore has now told IGN, as reported by PCGamesN. "We’ve got incredibly talented dev studios …
Read More »Steve McNeil and Ellie Gibson on their new games TV show Go 8-Bit
Back in 2013, comedy double-act Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon had failed to write anything for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The duo had performed sketch shows in previous years, but they had been busy writing a sitcom so hadn’t prepared anything. In fact, they weren’t going to go until they …
Read More »‘We want indie retailers,’ says Oculus
Oculus has vowed to support indie retailers with the upcoming launch of its VR headset. Speaking to MCV, the firm’s head of content Jason Rubin said Oculus is committed to supporting all retailers – not just the big ones such as GAME, Tesco and Amazon. However, he concedes, the bigger …
Read More »PS4 Slim stock came from the UAE
The PS4 Slim has gone on sale weeks before it was due to be announced after stock was secured from abroad, senior sources have told MCV. Stock of the new model came from the UAE, which was holding units of the updated hardware ahead of its expected reveal next week. …
Read More »Millenium’s Callum "Swanny" Swan to miss CoD XP
The biggest CoD event of the year is here, but Millenium will be without their star player as Callum "Swanny" Swan has not travelled to LA. The news came just hours before the competition is due to start, with the team confirming that Swanny will not be playing this weekend. …
Read More »HTC invests $5m in Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale vets’ VR studio
Vive maker HTC has invested in a start-up virtual reality developer formed by ex-members of major film and games firms. Steel Wool Studios was founded by veterans from Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale Games and launched its first VR titles, Quar: Battle for Gate 18, alongside the Vive back in April. …
Read More »Team17, Konami and EA headline this week’s free MCV
This week, we unveil Team17’s plans for the future after the UK label has secured a 16.5m investment deal and acquired The Escapists franchise. We also discuss Endemol’s new London-based developer and publisher Good Catch with MD Anil Mistry. Elsewhere, EA’s CMO Chris Bruzzo talks about how the publisher is …
Read More »Team17 scores £16.5m investment deal
Private equity firm Lloyds Development Capital has invested 16.5m in Team17. The UK label has already spent some of the finance by acquiring The Escapists franchise and its developer Mouldy Toof Studios. The Escapists (and a Walking Dead-based spin-off) was released last year with the help of Team17, shifting 1.8m …
Read More »BT is suing Valve
A patent dispute has ended up with BT taking Steam owner Valve to court. Kotaku reports that the lawsuit argues that Steam offers a broad range of products and services which incorporate technologies invented by BT” that include inter alia, Valve’s Steam Library, Valve’s Steam Chat, Valve’s Steam Messaging, and …
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