VD-dev


VD-dev is a French video game development studio founded in 1990. It was closely affiliated with Atari and Ubisoft, working on games commissioned by them before stepping into independent game development.

History

The studio was founded by the programmer Fernando Velez and the graphic designer Guillaume Dubail, with both working on game design. After abandoning a shoot 'em up concept in 1989, they developed Jim Power in Mutant Planet under the name Digital Concept. They parted ways between 1992 and 1996. They were credited under their names beginning in 1996, then as Velez & Dubail Dev. Team from 2002 and eventually as VD-dev from 2007. In 2013, they were reunited by Frédéric Zimmer, animation programmer for Ubisoft's Watch Dogs. Fernando Velez died in July 2016 at the age of 46.

Games developed