One of the biggest events in the gaming calendar, The Game Awards, is fast approaching and we’re extremely proud to see that not just one but TWO Team17 releases have been nominated for awards this year!

First up, chaotic co-op cooking game Overcooked! 2 has been nominated for Best Family Game, while pinball-Metroidvania Yoku’s Island Express is up for Best Debut Indie Game!

It means so much to the hard-working people at the Team17 studio, as well as our Games Label partners at Ghost Town Games and Villa Gorilla to be recognised in these categories, but we’d be over the moon if they won. Maybe we’re biased, but we think they deserve it!

How you can help!
The Game Awards winners are decided by a mix of independent judges and fan votes, and in the case of Best Debut Indie Game – in which Yoku’s Island Express is running – the category is 100% decided by fans.

We want to spread the word about these two great games and encourage more people to play them, and we can’t do it without you! So if you’ve played either of these gems and would like to help out then please head to The Game Awards website and cast your vote!

Please note that it is possible to vote once per 24 hours (if you’re feeling super passionate about the awards) and doing so will increase the chances that your game of choice wins. So too will taking advantage of the option to share your choice to social media when prompted to do so.

Try the Yoku’s Island Express demo!
If you haven’t played Yoku’s Island Express and would like to try it before voting, there’s a free demo available on the Steam page. Why not give it a whirl and find out what all the fuss is about…

Thank you all for reading (and hopefully voting). We’ll see you all at The Game Awards on December 6th!

With the release of PLANET ALPHA on 4th September 2018, Team17 will have released 100 games! This landmark includes games developed and/or published here at Team17, ranging from our early Amiga days with the likes of Alien Breed, Body Blows and Project X, through the explosion in popularity of the Worms series, our work-for-hire period on franchises like Lemmings and Leisure Suit Larry right through to the modern age and our indie games label featuring The Escapists, Overcooked and Yooka-Laylee!

https://youtu.be/CfGBMGPl_5s

Our celebration begins today with the retrospective video above, as well as a new trailer for PLANET ALPHA, available to pre-order now with a 10% discount!

There's more to come too! Keep an eye on Team17's Facebook and Twitter channels for more activities throughout the year, including behind-the-scenes retropspectives, competitions and fun with friends!

What's your favourite Team17 game of all time? Why not join us in the official Team17 Discord server and let us know?

It’s been a busy week here at Team17 Towers! Overcooked! 2 launched last Tuesday, Sword Legacy: Omen was released this Monday, Forged Battalion has just come out of Early Access and now… We’ve decided to put almost everything we have on Steam on sale! There’s even an extra game in there that we didn’t publish. How ace is that?

In total, you’ll find 75 items on sale from August 14th – 17th 2018 with discounts of up to 90% across the likes of Worms, Overcooked, The Escapists, Alien Breed, Yooka-Laylee and early access title My Time At Portia! In amongst these sales you’ll also find launch discounts for Sword Legacy: Omen and Forged Battalion as well as 10% off pre-orders on PLANET ALPHA Deluxe Edition!

Check out the full list of discounts below and make sure to check our Publisher Sale Page before August 17th to take advantage.

• Alien Breed 2: Assault - 80%
  
• Alien Breed 3: Descent - 80%
  
• Alien Breed Trilogy - 90%
  
• Alien Breed: Impact - 80%
  
• Aven Colony - 70%
  
• Aven Colony – Cerulean Vale - 50%
  
• Aven Colony – Soundtrack - 50%
  
• Beyond Eyes - 75%
  
• Dangerous Golf (Published by Three Fields Entertainment) - 75%
  
• Flockers - 90%
  
• Forged Battalion (Released from Early Access Discount) - 20%
  
• Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition - 75%
  
• LA Cops - 75%
  
• Lethal VR - 75%
  
• Light - 90%
  
• Mugsters - 25%
  
• My Time at Portia - 20%
  
• Overcooked - 75%
  
• Overcooked – The Lost Morsel - 75%
  
• Overruled! - 75%
  
• Overruled! (4 for the price of 3 Friends Pack) - 75%
  
• Penarium - 75%
  
• PLANET ALPHA (Pre-order Discount) - 10%
  
• RAGING JUSTICE - 40%
  
• Sheltered - 75%
  
• Sword Legacy: Omen (Launch Discount) - 20%
  
• The Escapists - 75%
  
• The Escapists + The Escapists: The Walking Dead Deluxe - 75%
  
• The Escapists – Alcatraz - 66%
  
• The Escapists – Duct Tapes are Forever - 66%
  
• The Escapists – Escape Team - 66%
  
• The Escapists – Fhurst Peak Correctional Facility - 66%
  
• The Escapists 2 - 45%
  
• The Escapists 2: Big Top Breakout - 25%
  
• The Escapists 2: Dungeons and Duct Tape - 25%
  
• The Escapists 2: Season Pass - 25%
  
• The Escapists 2: The Glorious Regime - 25%
  
• The Escapists 2: Wicked Ward - 25%
  
• The Escapists: The Walking Dead - 75%
  
• The Escapists: The Walking Dead Deluxe - 75%
  
• Worms - 75%
  
• Worms Armageddon - 80%
  
• Worms Blast - 75%
  
• Worms Clan Wars - 80%
  
• Worms Clan Wars 4-Pack - 80%
  
• Worms Crazy Golf - 75%
  
• Worms Pinball - 75%
  
• Worms Reloaded - 80%
  
• Worms Reloaded – GOTY - 80%
  
• Worms Reloaded – GOTY Upgrade - 75%
  
• Worms Reloaded Fort Booster Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Reloaded Puzzle Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Reloaded Retro Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Reloaded Time Attack Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Reloaded: The “Pre-order Forts and Hats” DLC Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Revolution - 80%
  
• Worms Revolution – Customization Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Revolution – Funfair - 75%
  
• Worms Revolution – Mars DLC - 75%
  
• Worms Revolution – Medieval Tales - 75%
  
• Worms Revolution – Season Pass - 75%
  
• Worms Revolution 4-pack - 80%
  
• Worms Revolution Gold - 80%
  
• Worms Ultimate Mayhem - 80%
  
• Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Customization Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Deluxe Edition - 75%
  
• Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Four Pack - 75%
  
• Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Multiplayer Pack - 75%
  
• Worms W.M.D - 66%
  
• Worms World Party Remastered - 80%
  
• Yoku’s Island Express - 33%
  
• Yooka-Laylee - 70%
  
• Yooka-Laylee Digital Artbook - 66%
  
• Yooka-Laylee Digital Deluxe Edition - 70%
  
• Yooka-Laylee Soundtrack - 70%

Shepherds Assemble!

We hope you’ve been having as much fun slaughtering saving sheep as we’ve had seeing your posts and screenshots. We’ve been keeping a close eye on these here pages, so we thought we’d share some of our favourite moments.

First up is our favourite user created level so far:

Level of Bafflement, Part 2

This intricate level will take several tries to get the hang of, but once you learn it’s secrets and master the timings, you may scrape by with one star.



This is certainly one of the more challenging user created levels, and it’s most tantalising, yet frustrating aspect is the glimmer of possibility once you know what to expect.



You think you’ll be able to get three stars and save all of the sheep, but then too late you’ll remember another obstacle or explosive, and you’ll reach for the restart button once more, in despair.



So thanks MrKat7214, thanks a bunch.

Download it here.

OSX Update

In the latest update, we’ve improved performance with AMD graphics cards on OSX systems. We discovered an issue which was causing some OSX players to experience poor performance in-game, and this has been fixed in the latest update.

Read the post here.

Screenshots

We’ve been having a fair few screenshots sent our way, so here are a few of our favourites:


From CueZero


From Apodis


From flashn00b

Finally

As a final send off, why not check out Sparrow’s Flockers walkthrough on YouTube?

Just click this link to give it a watch!

From all of us at Team17, thanks for killing saving our sheep.

Jason_Team17

Shepherds Assemble!

We hope you’ve been having as much fun slaughtering saving sheep as we’ve had seeing your posts and screenshots. We’ve been keeping a close eye on these here pages, so we thought we’d share some of our favourite moments.

First up is our favourite user created level so far:

Level of Bafflement, Part 2

This intricate level will take several tries to get the hang of, but once you learn it’s secrets and master the timings, you may scrape by with one star.



This is certainly one of the more challenging user created levels, and it’s most tantalising, yet frustrating aspect is the glimmer of possibility once you know what to expect.



You think you’ll be able to get three stars and save all of the sheep, but then too late you’ll remember another obstacle or explosive, and you’ll reach for the restart button once more, in despair.



So thanks MrKat7214, thanks a bunch.

Download it here.

OSX Update

In the latest update, we’ve improved performance with AMD graphics cards on OSX systems. We discovered an issue which was causing some OSX players to experience poor performance in-game, and this has been fixed in the latest update.

Read the post here.

Screenshots

We’ve been having a fair few screenshots sent our way, so here are a few of our favourites:


From CueZero


From Apodis


From flashn00b

Finally

As a final send off, why not check out Sparrow’s Flockers walkthrough on YouTube?

Just click this link to give it a watch!

From all of us at Team17, thanks for killing saving our sheep.

Jason_Team17

Shepherds!

We're but 2 days away from the launch of Flockers as a full game here on Steam. It's been a hell of a journey through Early Access - together we've slain bugs, tweaked features and saved countless scores of sheep from their horrible, weaponised fate created by the Worms.

...we've also accidentally led countless scores more to their doom, but let's gloss over that minor hiccup.

We can't thank everyone who took part in our Early Access enough. Ewe've* been excellent. The feedback you have given us has helped us to make a really great game that is already getting brilliant reviews, both by players and the games press.

As small thanks, we've uploaded the release version of Flockers to Steam today. Anyone with Early Access can play the full Flockers experience 2 days before general release.

Here's the skinny on the release update:

New Stuff

• 5 New Campaign Levels, bringing the total level count to 60! (NOT including Bonus / Meat Maker levels)
  
• 1 New Bonus Level to unlock!
  
• More Rewards available to unlock!

Bug Fixes & Tweaks

• Fixed a crash that occassionally occurred when launching the game
  
• Fixed a crash in the options menu
  
• Fixed an OpenGL error that caused some users to be unable to launch the game
  
• Fixed an issue effecting blood graphics on some Intel graphics cards
  
• Made optimisations to min spec graphics cards – Flockers can now support Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS/AMD Radeon HD 4650 and equivalent.
  
• Tweaked the loading screens to make transitioning between levels smoother

Over the next 2 days, we'll also be removing all the developer scores from the in-game leaderboards. Your scores will remain, and this is your chance to set the bar for the influx of new players heading to Flockers over the coming months. Do us proud, make them work for the top spot.

It's not all in-game though. We need your Meat Maker levels, your Guides, your Reviews and Discussions to help make the Flockers community an amazing place to be. I'll be highlighting the very best of your creations; in the forums, on Twitter, Facebook and here within Team17 too - we all can't wait to see what you can make!

From everyone here at Team17, thank ewe** for saving our sheep.

MT17

*That's the last time I'll do that during early access, I promise.

**I lied.

Shepherds!

We're but 2 days away from the launch of Flockers as a full game here on Steam. It's been a hell of a journey through Early Access - together we've slain bugs, tweaked features and saved countless scores of sheep from their horrible, weaponised fate created by the Worms.

...we've also accidentally led countless scores more to their doom, but let's gloss over that minor hiccup.

We can't thank everyone who took part in our Early Access enough. Ewe've* been excellent. The feedback you have given us has helped us to make a really great game that is already getting brilliant reviews, both by players and the games press.

As small thanks, we've uploaded the release version of Flockers to Steam today. Anyone with Early Access can play the full Flockers experience 2 days before general release.

Here's the skinny on the release update:

New Stuff

• 5 New Campaign Levels, bringing the total level count to 60! (NOT including Bonus / Meat Maker levels)
  
• 1 New Bonus Level to unlock!
  
• More Rewards available to unlock!

Bug Fixes & Tweaks

• Fixed a crash that occassionally occurred when launching the game
  
• Fixed a crash in the options menu
  
• Fixed an OpenGL error that caused some users to be unable to launch the game
  
• Fixed an issue effecting blood graphics on some Intel graphics cards
  
• Made optimisations to min spec graphics cards – Flockers can now support Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS/AMD Radeon HD 4650 and equivalent.
  
• Tweaked the loading screens to make transitioning between levels smoother

Over the next 2 days, we'll also be removing all the developer scores from the in-game leaderboards. Your scores will remain, and this is your chance to set the bar for the influx of new players heading to Flockers over the coming months. Do us proud, make them work for the top spot.

It's not all in-game though. We need your Meat Maker levels, your Guides, your Reviews and Discussions to help make the Flockers community an amazing place to be. I'll be highlighting the very best of your creations; in the forums, on Twitter, Facebook and here within Team17 too - we all can't wait to see what you can make!

From everyone here at Team17, thank ewe** for saving our sheep.

MT17

*That's the last time I'll do that during early access, I promise.

**I lied.

Flockers!

Looking forward to the full release of Flockers this Friday 19th September? So are Digital Spy!

]Join Digital Spy this Wednesday 17th September from 1PM BST on their Twitch channel as they play the full release version of Flockers.

See you in the chat!

MT17

Flockers!

Looking forward to the full release of Flockers this Friday 19th September? So are Digital Spy!

]Join Digital Spy this Wednesday 17th September from 1PM BST on their Twitch channel as they play the full release version of Flockers.

See you in the chat!

MT17

Shearers of Sheep!

Update 9 has just gone live adding more levels and more rewards to your Flocking experience. Here's the run down:

New Features

• 2 new rewards!
  - Pirate Sheep (Collect 150 crates)
  - Purple Blood (Save at least 17 sheep on level 17)
  
• 5 new campaign missions! Levels 51-55 are now playable

Don't forget to show us your screenshots, we want to see lots of Pirate Sheep this week! And, in case you missed it, check out the news that Flockers will be exiting Early Access and going full release from 19th September.

Catch you in the forums!!

Mike_Team17