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'''Team 17 Digital Limited''' ('''Team17''') is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two companies consisted of and were led by Michael Robinson, Martyn Brown and Debbie Bestwick, and Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and Peter Tuleby, respectively. Bestwick later became Team17's chief executive officer until 1 January 2024. After their first game, ''Full Contact'' (1991) for the Amiga, the studio followed up with multiple number-one releases on that platform and saw major success with Andy Davidson's ''Worms'' in 1995, the resulting franchise of which still remains as the company's primary development out, having developed over 20 entries in it.

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~~==The Escapists controversy==~~

'''Team 17 Digital Limited''' ('''Team17''') is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two companies consisted of and were led by Michael Robinson, Martyn Brown and Debbie Bestwick, and Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and Peter Tuleby, respectively. Bestwick later became Team17's chief executive officer until 1 January 2024. After their first game, ''Full Contact'' (1991) for the Amiga, the studio followed up with multiple number-one releases on that platform and saw major success with Andy Davidson's ''Worms'' in 1995, the resulting franchise of which still remains as the company's primary development out, having developed over 20 entries in it.

~~Recently~~ Team 17 ~~purposely deleted the~~ game "The ~~Escapists" off~~ of the ~~Google Play store stating that it was not supported~~ by ~~modern devices~~. ~~The~~ game ~~can no longer be re~~-~~downloaded~~ on ~~newer devices even if~~ it ~~was previously bought at~~ the ~~game~~'s ~~listed price~~ (~~$5.99~~)~~. The stated motive was as follows~~: ~~"Unfortunately~~, ~~this title~~ is ~~not updated nor supported on more recent tech", however this is not true as games delisted long ago like Flappy Bird are still downloadable from your purchase history even if you have~~ an ~~old Android device that should support it~~. ~~The game is still fully functional if~~ the ~~APK file is sideloaded onto Android 12~~.

==Consumer-impact summary==

{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):

* User freedom

* User privacy

* Business model

* Market control}}

==Incidents==

{{Placeholder box|Add one-paragraph summaries of incidents below in sub-sections, which link to each incident's main article while linking to the main article and including a short summary. It is acceptable to create an incident summary before the main page for an incident has been created. To link to the page use the "Hatnote" or "Main" templates.

===~~Email Chain Between~~ Team 17===

If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example). }}

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===The Escapists controversy (''2024'')===

In 2024, Team 17 purposely deleted the game "The Escapists" off of the Google Play store stating that it was not supported by modern devices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/theescapists/comments/1gexak6/the_escapist_gone_from_play_store/|title=the escapist gone from play store|authors=u/gayanyway_|date=2024-10-29|work=Reddit|access-date=2025-07-07|archive-url=https://archive.ph/H3O3j|archive-date=2025-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref> The game can no longer be re-downloaded on newer devices even if it was previously bought at the game's listed price ($5.99). The stated motive was as follows: "Unfortunately, this title is not updated nor supported on more recent tech", however this is not true as games delisted long ago like Flappy Bird are still downloadable from your purchase history even if you have an old Android device that should support it. The game is still fully functional if the APK file is sideloaded onto Android 12.

====Team 17's response====

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==References==

==See also==

*[[Rovio]]

[[Category:Team 17 Digital Limited]]

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-'''Team 17 Digital Limited''' ('''Team17''') is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two companies consisted of and were led by Michael Robinson, Martyn Brown and Debbie Bestwick, and Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and Peter Tuleby, respectively. Bestwick later became Team17's chief executive officer until 1 January 2024. After their first game, ''Full Contact'' (1991) for the Amiga, the studio followed up with multiple number-one releases on that platform and saw major success with Andy Davidson's ''Worms'' in 1995, the resulting franchise of which still remains as the company's primary development out, having developed over 20 entries in it.
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-==The Escapists controversy==
+'''Team 17 Digital Limited''' ('''Team17''') is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two companies consisted of and were led by Michael Robinson, Martyn Brown and Debbie Bestwick, and Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and Peter Tuleby, respectively. Bestwick later became Team17's chief executive officer until 1 January 2024. After their first game, ''Full Contact'' (1991) for the Amiga, the studio followed up with multiple number-one releases on that platform and saw major success with Andy Davidson's ''Worms'' in 1995, the resulting franchise of which still remains as the company's primary development out, having developed over 20 entries in it.
-Recently Team 17 purposely deleted the game "The Escapists" off of the Google Play store stating that it was not supported by modern devices. The game can no longer be re-downloaded on newer devices even if it was previously bought at the game's listed price ($5.99). The stated motive was as follows: "Unfortunately, this title is not updated nor supported on more recent tech", however this is not true as games delisted long ago like Flappy Bird are still downloadable from your purchase history even if you have an old Android device that should support it. The game is still fully functional if the APK file is sideloaded onto Android 12.
+==Consumer-impact summary==
+{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):
+* User freedom
+* User privacy
+* Business model
+* Market control}}
+==Incidents==
+{{Placeholder box|Add one-paragraph summaries of incidents below in sub-sections, which link to each incident's main article while linking to the main article and including a short summary. It is acceptable to create an incident summary before the main page for an incident has been created. To link to the page use the "Hatnote" or "Main" templates.
-===Email Chain Between Team 17===
+If the company has numerous incidents then format them in a table (see [[Amazon]] for an example). }}
+This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
+===The Escapists controversy (''2024'')===
+In 2024, Team 17 purposely deleted the game "The Escapists" off of the Google Play store stating that it was not supported by modern devices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/theescapists/comments/1gexak6/the_escapist_gone_from_play_store/|title=the escapist gone from play store|authors=u/gayanyway_|date=2024-10-29|work=Reddit|access-date=2025-07-07|archive-url=https://archive.ph/H3O3j|archive-date=2025-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref> The game can no longer be re-downloaded on newer devices even if it was previously bought at the game's listed price ($5.99). The stated motive was as follows: "Unfortunately, this title is not updated nor supported on more recent tech", however this is not true as games delisted long ago like Flappy Bird are still downloadable from your purchase history even if you have an old Android device that should support it. The game is still fully functional if the APK file is sideloaded onto Android 12.
+====Team 17's response====
 '''''Team 17'''''
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 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
+==See also==
+*[[Rovio]]
 [[Category:Team 17 Digital Limited]]