Team17 Announce Support For Ivent Games & Strength of The Sword

Developer Ivent is the latest studio to be signed up by Team17’s indie label, on the back of the studio’s successful Kickstarter for Strength of the SWORD: ULTIMATE. Ivent, a Bulgarian duo, will be releasing Strength of the Sword: ULTIMATE on PC and other platforms after it reached more than triple its intended Kickstarter goal.

Debbie Bestwick, Team17’s Managing Director said:

Recently someone told me if Carlsberg could create a Publisher it would be Team17’s Indie Label. If Carlsberg could create games creators Ivent would be on that list. We are very proud to welcome them into our family of Indie studios from around the world. So far we have announced around a dozen partners all with the same vision and focus to become sustainable studios with successful self-owned IP. Together we are building something the games Industry has needed for decades. A Label that puts the creators first and helps them build long term.

Once the partnership had been announced, Ivent Games’ Lyubomir Iliev said:

“And so… we are extremely excited that we are partnering up with the awesome guys and girls at Team17 in an epic effort to bring Strength of the Sword: ULTIMATE to everybody we possibly can! Woohooo!”

Team17 seem to be ever growing their catalogue of independent studios, with the assisting and their joint ventures have certainly paid dividends recently with The Escapists, Light and LA Cops, to name but a few. The anticipation for Strength of the Sword: ULTIMATE seems to be high since the Kickstarter total finished with almost four times its original goal. With the amount so far surpassed, the studio have said that there will be a PC version, with PS Vita and Wii U versions also in the works, as part of the Kickstarter stretch goals at least. A release date has yet to be scheduled.

A video clip of gameplay and what players can expect can be found on the game’s Kickstarter page.