Digital Jesters

{{Short description|British video game publisher}}

Digital Jesters was a British video game publisher, based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. The company was founded in 2003 by veterans from CDV UK (after the UK office was shut by CDV), and their first UK-releases were TrackMania and Virtual Skipper 3, both by Nadeo.

In the beginning, they concentrated on the UK market only, but began publishing games in other regions as well. Notable releases included TrackMania Sunrise (UK & Scandinavia), Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich (UK & Scandinavia), the Pro Rugby Manager series (UK) and Chaos League (UK).

Despite a well publicised investment,[http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12445 Digital Jesters director slams insolvency rumours // News // GamesIndustry.biz] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218073441/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12445|date=2005-12-18}} on 22 December 2005 a winding-up order was made against the company in the Birmingham District Registry of the UK High Court on the petition of Kaoscontrol Limited.{{Cite web |title=Digital Jesters ordered liquidated by UK court |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/digital-jesters-ordered-liquidated-by-uk-court/1100-6142224/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/a4bc528a36d218c2f82edbb179432115/insolvency search on Digital Jesters, and click on company name, and then insolvency history for full details, detailed access not always available This followed a period where the company was accused of withholding payments to various developers{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61573 |title=Devs slam Digital Jesters News // None /// Eurogamer |access-date=2006-04-16 |archive-date=2007-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034958/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61573 |url-status=dead }} they had worked with, resulting in some developers terminating contracts with the publisher.[http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61889 Bet On Soldier dev ditches DJs News // PC /// Eurogamer] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223055034/http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61889|date=2006-02-23}} Their website disappeared soon after.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}

The last game the company released was a racing game based on the Crazy Frog licence in November 2005.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}