Martyn Brown, cofounder of Team17, passed away at 57.
Martyn Brown, cofounder of Team17, passed away at 58.
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In memoriam: Team17 cofounder Martyn Brown and other game devs who died in 2024

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Martyn Brown, cofounder of Team17 and a 35-year game industry veteran, has passed away at age 57.

Brown started Team17 with Debbie Bestwick and Michael Robinson in 1990.

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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.