VD-dev

VD-dev (formerly Digital Concept and Velez & Dubail Dev. Team) is a French video game development studio founded in 1990. The studio was closely affiliated with Atari and Ubisoft, working on games commissioned by them before stepping into independent game development.

VD-dev

Formerly	Digital Concept Velez & Dubail Dev. Team
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	1990
Founder	Fernando Velez Guillaume Dubail
Headquarters	France

History

The studio was founded by the programmer Fernando Velez and the graphic designer Guillaume Dubail, with both working on game design.^[1] 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 (Guillaume Dubail worked on Jim Power's graphics while Fernando Velez programmed Mr. Nutz and Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues for Game Boy). They were credited under their names beginning in 1996, then as Velez & Dubail Dev. Team from 2002 (V-Rally 3) and eventually as VD-dev from 2007.^[2] In 2013, they were reunited by Frédéric Zimmer, animation programmer for Ubisoft's Watch Dogs.^[3] Fernando Velez died in July 2016; he was 46 years old.^[4]

Games developed

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)
1992	Jim Power in Mutant Planet	Amiga	Loriciel
1996	The Smurfs Travel the World	Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System	Infogrames Multimedia
	Lucky Luke	Game Boy
1997	The Smurfs' Nightmare
1998	V-Rally Championship Edition		Infogrames Multimedia (Ocean)
	The Smurfs' Nightmare	Game Boy Color	Infogrames
1999	V-Rally Championship Edition
	Bugs Bunny & Lola Bunny: Operation Carrot Patch
2000	Le Mans 24 Hours
	Wacky Races
	Supercross Freestyle
2002	V-Rally 3	Game Boy Advance
2003	Stuntman
2004	Asterix & Obelix XXL		Atari
2005	Driver 3
2009	C.O.P. The Recruit	Nintendo DS	Ubisoft
2011	Driver: Renegade 3D	Nintendo 3DS
2015	IRONFALL Invasion		Self-published
2018	RISE: Race The Future	Microsoft Windows[5][6]
2019		Nintendo Switch