First title to be published by Devolver Digital
Among the madness and mayhem ofthis weekend’s Devolver Direct presentation, one of the quieter announcementswas the collaborationbetween the zany publisher and new indie studio Beans Team, an outfit created by two former Ubisoft developers.
Based in Toronto, Canada, Beans Team (or simply “Beans”) was put together this year by Gabriela Salvatore and Dean Evans. Salvatore worked at Ubisoft for four years, performing game design, narrative writing, and motion capture production on titles such as open-world adventureFar Cry 5and multiplayer battlerFor Honor. Evans previously worked at Ubisoft for a meaty 12 years, during which time he acted a designer onSplinter Cell: Convictionand, most interestingly, was the creative force behind wildFar Cryspin-offBlood Dragon.
“A lot of people have been complaining about the AAA business and the lack of risk-taking, that I’d be a total fucking hypocrite if I moved forward and didn’t take any risks,” said Evansin a previous interviewwith GamesIndustry.biz. “So fuck it, I think I might go out and set up my own studio and see where that goes.”
Beans has already begun development on its first title for Devolver Digital, and is currently looking to hire programmers, artists, animators over on itsdelightfully old-school website. Given the hyper-kinetic tone ofFar Cry: Blood Dragon, it seems like Beans and Devolver are already set to be a match made in heaven/hell (delete as applicable).
