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Giant Bomb Presents

Giant Bomb Presents: Devolver Digital Just Wants to Help

Co-founder Mike Wilson has been around the gaming block a few times: id Software, Ion Storm, Gathering of Developers. With Devolver Digital, he wants to empower developers by helping them only where they need it.

Giant Bomb Presents is giantbomb.com's home for interviews, previews, and more.

Apr. 11 2014

Posted by: Patrick

In This Episode:

Devolver Digital

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This is pretty interesting, actually.

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Devolver is definitely one of the most interesting publishers out there today.

Great force in the industry.

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Real cool, never knew their name til Hotline Miami. Its nice to know that there are still remnants of the older generation of devs looking out for indies' best interests.

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Oh, this is the guy from that infamous Gamecock / Legendary "Quick Look EX"... thing. At least things seems to be going a lot better for him this time.

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Woof. Gamecock. Wooooooof. Devolver Digital has been a lot more pleasant.

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this is some real talk

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I cannot wait to listen! I am excited and apprehensive about the 2nd. I think that this has been my favorite game in the last 3-5 years!

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Devolver has been making smart moves. I hope it pays out for them.

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Damn this is refreshing to hear about a publisher just trying to be a group of decent human beings.

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Most of my favourite games in my Steam library have been published by Devolver. Long may they continue to be good guys working with good guys.

Also, my dumptruck theme is still available...just sayin'.

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This was a really good listen. I already knew they were a good group of guys but this solidifies that fact even more.

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devolver digital is the only publisher I know of that sell their games in Australia at the same price as it is in the US.

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Great insight, I like how it sounds just like a casual conversation, rather than a interview. Thanks!

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This conversation is just one of many reasons why I love Devolver Digital and will continue to support them and the indies they publish. They just get it and I love 'em for it.

Thanks for this interview Patrick. :)

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Indie games main struggle is with obscurity, true.

Love these publisher interviews, last one with Nordic Games.

4 people in Austin, and 2 in London and no office? haha

Fabio Screensaver and Richard Simmons Deal A Meal CD-Rom are real things...

One of my favourite publishers right now, so many really cool games (Shadow Warrior, Hotline Miami, Luftrausers, Gods Will Be Watching) under them. Their principle is great of maintaining a good relationship with developers rather than owning them or expecting returns.

Devolver Digital at PAX East:

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Fork Parker's Twitter account is hilarious.

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It's going to be a long time before I forget the bullshit Gamecock pulled.

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I can really get behind what these guys are doing. Wish them all the best of luck on whatever they got cooking next.

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This was a really interesting interview. Glad you did it, Patrick.

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Not sure I've ever actually played a Devolver published game.