{"id":501984,"date":"2025-11-16T17:56:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2188882"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:56:42","slug":"inside-team17-following-the-worms-nft-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/inside-team17-following-the-worms-nft-firestorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Team17, following the Worms NFT firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/inside-team17-following-the-worms-nft-firestorm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Worms developer and indie game publisher Team17 brought the ire of the internet upon itself as bosses attempted to launch a range of collectible Worms NFTs. But while the reveal, swift condemnation and embarrassing backtrack have all now passed, employees at the developer&#8217;s main Wakefield and Nottingham sites remain stunned. They say the incident reflects a company out of touch with its staff &#8211; and which is yet to say sorry to team members left in the internet&#8217;s firing line.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Eurogamer under condition of anonymity to protect their careers, more than a dozen employees have said they felt let down by how Team17 handled the announcement, and that the company&#8217;s refusal to listen to staff concerns has added additional pressure to a workforce already worn thin. Team members I spoke to &#8211; fiercely loyal to their colleagues and proud of the work they do &#8211; were aghast at the public drubbing the company&#8217;s name got last week, and say they have become increasingly upset by the decisions of management over the past few years, as workloads have risen while pay has remained poor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-10-inside-team17-following-the-worms-nft-firestorm\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-10-inside-team17-following-the-worms-nft-firestorm\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Worms developer and indie game publisher Team17 brought the ire of the internet upon itself as bosses attempted to launch a range of collectible Worms NFTs. But while the reveal, swift condemnation and embarrassing backtrack have all now passed, employees at the developer&#8217;s main Wakefield and Nottingham sites remain stunned. They say the incident reflects a company out of touch with its staff &#8211; and which is yet to say sorry to team members left in the internet&#8217;s firing line. Speaking to Eurogamer under condition of anonymity to protect their careers, more than a dozen employees have said they felt let down by how Team17 handled the announcement, and that the company&#8217;s refusal to listen to staff concerns has added additional pressure to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/inside-team17-following-the-worms-nft-firestorm\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inside Team17, following the Worms NFT firestorm | Arcader 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