21 Facts About Devolver Digital

Devolver Digital, Inc is an American video game publisher based in Austin, Texas, specializing in the publishing of indie games.

Devolver Digital was founded in June 2009 by Nigel Lowrie, Harry Miller, Graeme Struthers, Rick Stults, and Mike Wilson, five executives who had been involved with Gathering of Developers and Gamecock Media Group, which published games on developer-friendly terms, but due to the high cost associated with releasing retail games saw themselves acquired and dissolved by larger companies.

Devolver Digital started by publishing high-definition remakes of games in the Serious Sam series.

Devolver Digital operated Devolver Digital Films for film distribution, and majority-owns publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment.

Devolver Digital went public on the Alternative Investment Market in November 2021.

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Devolver Digital was founded in Austin, Texas, by Harry Miller, Rick Stults, and Mike Wilson.

Devolver Digital thus aimed at not producing games in physical forms, and instead focusing publishing efforts for digital distribution platforms, such as Steam.

Devolver Digital started with six people, including the three founders, as well as founding partners Nigel Lowrie and Graeme Struthers, business partners from Gamecock.

The partnership proved fruitful, and Croteam and Devolver Digital continued to co-operate for a high-definition remake of the second Serious Sam game, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter.

Devolver Digital then opted to work with smaller independent studios, such as the two-man team Vlambeer, to produces indie games based on Serious Sam.

Devolver Digital signed a few new games, but had to reject many offers due to a lack of capacities.

Devolver Digital cited the lack of support for independent filmmakers at the point of distribution and financial support in production as primary reason for the opening.

Devolver Digital continued to expand its publishing catalog from 2013, publishing roughly ten games per year.

In March 2021, Epic Games acquired Mediatonic, as part of which Devolver Digital sold all its publishing rights of certain Mediatonic games, including Fall Guys.

Devolver Digital used the proceeds from the game and the rights sale for expansion, including mergers and acquisitions.

Devolver Digital then acquired publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment, which had previously been majority-owned by Devolver Digital's executives, in January 2021.

Devolver Digital announced in May 2017 that they were to hold a press conference at the E3 2017 exhibition event.

The conference deviated from common practice, as it was a pre-recorded satirical video, entitled the Big Fancy Press Conference, of a supposed live show, hosted by Devolver Digital's supposed chief synergy officer Nina Struthers, played by actress Mahria Zook.

Devolver Digital held another Big Fancy Press Conference at E3 2019, revealing a direct-to-consumer "Devolver Direct" video .

Alongside several game announcements, Mock interviews with game characters and prominent industry figures, the Direct had frequent cutaways to the ongoing storyline established in past Devolver Digital Directs: As characters try to save Nina who has been enslaved and transformed into a "Trans-interlocal Broadcast Conduit" from which she hosts the Directs against her will.

Devolver Digital operates a film distribution arm, Devolver Digital Films, which was established in 2013.