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Laid-off Humble Games staff found new indie-focussed publisher and are partnering with Ziff Davis again"A new course for the future"
“A new course for the future”
Image credit:Humble Games
Image credit:Humble Games
Back in July, the Powers That Be at Rock Paper Shotgun’s parent company Ziff Davislaid off all 36 members of Humble Games, in response to “challenging economic times for indie game publishing”. Now, Humble Games’s former general manager Alan Patmore and global publishing VP Mark Nash have foundedGood Games Group, a new indie publisher who will work with many of the same development partners from their Humble days. They’re also partnering with Ziff Davis again, providing support for Humble’s previously released games.
“Partnering with Ziff Davis allows us to continue working with the amazing indie developers we collaborated with at Humble Games, while also allowing us to chart a new course for the future,” Patmore writes on the new publisher’s website.
The “restructuring” of Humble Games - which followed a wave of layoffs last November - sent ripples of dismay through the indie development community. “We are devastated to hear today about the apparent closure of our publishing partner, Humble Games,“wrotethe developers ofSignalis. “We were lucky to work with really wonderful people who were laid off in November and today and hope they can all land on their feet and find amazing new jobs elsewhere quickly.” It’s nice to learn that at least a few of them have.
