Mike Wilson (left) and Ryan Douglas of DeepWell.
Mike Wilson (left) and Ryan Douglas of DeepWell.
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DeepWell will publish games with therapeutic value

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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DeepWell Digital Therapeutics (DTx) plans to develop and publish games that have therapeutic value and can treat a variety of health conditions.

The Seattle company was founded by medical device expert Ryan Douglas and Devolver Digital cofounder Mike Wilson, who has a decades-long career in games. Devolver went public in November 2021 with a valuation of $950 million, and that enabled Wilson to finance his new dream.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.