Overcooked Joins Team17’s Games Label (Video)

Award-winning veteran games developer and international games label Team17 has today announced its partnership with Cambridge based independent developer Ghost Town Games to publish the chaotic, couch co-op cooking game, Overcooked, on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

The Onion Kingdom is in danger and only the finest cooking can save it! In Overcooked players must journey through a variety of cruel and unusual kitchens on their quest to become master chefs capable of conquering an ancient edible evil which plagues the land. Play solo or engage in classic, chaotic couch co-op for up to four players in both co-operative and competitive challenge modes. You’ll have to cook a range of different dishes and work together in order to become the most effective and ultimate team!

Overcooked is the wonderful creation of Ghost Town Games, a new independent two person development team comprising of ex-Frontier Developments staff, Phil Duncan and Oli De-Vine.

Debbie Bestwick, Team17’s CEO said, “We’re huge fans of couch gaming, and have been specifically looking for a game in this genre with mass market appeal. It was instantly clear just how unique and hilarious the game is, play it – it’s incredible. We are delighted to welcome Ghost Town Games to our label.”

“We’re really excited to be working with Team17 to help us release Overcooked. We’ve been working on the game for over a year now and it’s just great to have the help and support of a team with 25 years’ experience that has as much love for local multiplayer gaming as we do!” added Phil Duncan, Designer and Co-Founder at Ghost Town Games.

Overcooked will be heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC later this year.

Those attending MCM London Comic Con later this week will be able to see Overcooked live on the Resero Games Stage from 12pm on Saturday 28th May! There Team17 will also be showcasing Strength of the SWORD: ULTIMATE, which is brimming with old school attitude, on stage at 12pm and the forthcoming, hilarious Worms W.M.D at 4pm.

More About Overcooked
OVERCOOKED is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for 1-4 players

A NEW TYPE OF CO-OP GAME
Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff. Take part in an epic journey across the Onion Kingdom and tackle an increasingly challenging and bizarre gauntlet of kitchens which will push your skills of co-operation and co-ordination to the very limits.

A WORLD OF FOOD

The Onion Kingdom is a rich world full of cruel and unusual kitchens for you to conquer. Each level brings a new challenge for you and your team to overcome, whether it’s sliding around on a pirate ship, moving between speeding trucks, cooking on an ice floe or serving food in the bowels of hell itself, each level will test the mettle of even the bravest chefs

SIMPLE CONTROLS/DEEP CHALLENGE

Overcooked is so easy to pick up that anyone can join in the fun, but finding a team who can communicate and co-ordinate their actions when the pizza hits the fan, that’s when only a well-oiled team of super-chefs will come out on top!

DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY

As you play the game you’ll unlock new levels, new chef characters and even competitive challenge levels which allow teams of 2 to go head-to-head in the kitchen. There’s also the ability to share a pad with a friend allowing 2 players to play using on one pad (or if you’re feeling really masochistic you can try to control both chefs on your own!)

However you want to play, if you think you can stand the heat, then get ready to enter the kitchen!