Wired Productions
{{Short description|British video game publisher}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Wired Productions
| logo = WiredLogo Black SVG.svg
| type = Private
| industry = Video games
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2008}} in Watford, United Kingdom
| founders = {{unbulleted list|Jason Harman|Kevin Leathers|Leo Zullo}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| website = {{URL|wiredproductions.com}}
}}
Wired Productions is a video game publisher company based in Watford, United Kingdom. The company publishes games on all main gaming platforms (PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch) working on international projects, founded by Jason Harman, Kevin Leathers and Leo Zullo.{{Cite web| url=https://www.gamespress.com/de/Wired-Productions-go-LIVE-with-new-focus-on-digital-video-content-and-|title=Wired Productions go LIVE with new focus on digital video content and the launch of a range of documentaries, podcasts and more!|access-date=2022-02-19|date=2022-02-03|website=gamespress.com}}{{Cite web| url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-05-30-wired-productions-launches-online-store|title=Wired Productions launches online store
|access-date=2022-03-09|website=gamesindustry.biz|date=30 May 2017
}}{{Cite magazine| url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/we-do-what-we-can-to-support-developers-and-gamers-thats-the-kind-of-level-we-aspire-to-wired-productions-on-its-next-gen-plans/|title="The best thing we can do is to get people talking about difficult subjects" – Wired Productions on its next-gen plans |access-date=2022-03-09|website=mcvuk.com|date=29 October 2020 |last1=Wallace |first1=Chris }}{{Cite web| url=https://www.polygon.com/22933016/martha-is-dead-censored-ps4-ps5-version-violence|title=Gory mystery thriller Martha is Dead will be censored on PlayStation, devs say|access-date=2022-02-19|date=2022-02-14|website=polygon.com}}{{Cite web| url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/218924/Try-the-new-Express-Puzzles-app|title=Try the new Express Puzzles app!|access-date=2022-02-19|date=2010-12-23|website=express.co.uk}}{{Cite web| url=https://tiga.org/news/wired-productions-bring-lets-fish-hooked-on-to-playstationvita-in-europe-and-the-us|title=Wired Productions bring Let's Fish! Hooked On to PlayStation®Vita in Europe and the US|access-date=2022-02-19|date=2012-08-09|website=tiga.org}}{{Cite web|title="We do things our own way, rightly or wrongly…"|url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/we-do-things-our-own-way-rightly-or-wrongly-wired-on-last-nights-wired-direct-its-new-black-label-editions-and-2021-slate/|access-date=2021-03-30|website=MCV|language=en}}{{Cite magazine| url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/wired-productions-acquires-global-distribution-rights-for-surf-world-series/|title=Wired Productions acquires global distribution rights for Surf World Series
|access-date=2022-02-19|website=mcvuk.com|date=20 September 2017}}
Before moving into publishing in late 2013, Wired Productions began as a video game production company by producing We Sing Robbie Williams and We Sing. Wired Productions first release was Let's Fish! Hooked On, a sports fishing video game developed for the PlayStation Vita.{{Cite web| url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/1/21/3900362/lets-fish-hooked-on-launching-jan-29-for-playstation-vita|title=Let's Fish! Hooked On launching Jan. 29 for PlayStation Vita|access-date=2022-02-19|date=2016-01-21|website=polygon.com}} In 2016, Wired Productions released Super Dungeon Bros for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.{{Cite web| url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/XboxOne/Test/36484/82177/0/Super_Dungeon_Bros.html|title=Test: Super Dungeon Bros|access-date=2022-02-19|date=2016-11-03|website=4players.de}} In 2017, Wired Productions launched Fractured Minds that won a BAFTA award.{{Cite web| url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/emily-mitchell-creator-of-fractured-minds-receives-her-mcv-develop-award/|title=Emily Mitchell, creator of Fractured Minds, receives her MCV/DEVELOP Award|access-date=2022-02-20|date=2020-03-13|website=mcvuk.com}} In 2020, Wired Productions released The Falconeer. The video game was nominated for Best Debut Game by BAFTA Games Awards.{{Cite web| url=https://www.ign.com/articles/bafta-games-awards-2021-nominations-announced|title=BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Nominations Announced|access-date=2022-02-20|date=2021-03-02|website=ign.com}}{{Cite web|title='Martha Is Dead' censored on PS4 and PS5 with physical edition delayed|url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/martha-is-dead-censored-on-ps4-and-ps5-with-physical-edition-delayed-3160199|access-date=2021-03-30|website=nme.com}}
In 2019, Leo Zullo and Neil Broadhead co-founded video games mental health charity Safe In Our World.{{Cite web| url= https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/20/safe-in-our-world-launches-campaign-to-support-mental-health-awareness-in-game-industry/ |title=Safe in Our World launches campaign to support mental health awareness in game industry |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=venturebeat.com|date=20 May 2020 }}
In 2022, Wired Productions announced Martha Is Dead was being censored on PlayStation.{{Cite web| url= https://www.ign.com/articles/martha-is-dead-content-removed-playstation-why |title=Martha is Dead: Here's What Was Removed on PlayStation, and Why|access-date=2022-03-11 |website=IGN|date=24 February 2022 }}{{clr}}
Games published
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External links
- [https://wiredproductions.com/ Official website]
Category:Video game publishers
Category:Video game companies established in 2008
Category:Video game companies of the United Kingdom