Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse has taken a strong stance against the use of generative AI, banning its use in games it publishes by way of contract. Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender spoke on the ...

Tim Bender isn't shy about calling out some problems in the indie game scene.

Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse (publisher of Manor Lords and Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era), recently shared his thoughts on Steam, the discoverability of new games, and why, quite simply, ...

Tim Bender, indie publisher and CEO of Hooded Horse—known for its extensive catalog of deep strategy, simulation, and role-playing games, particularly on Xbox Game Pass—has recently criticized the ...

The indie publisher keeps striking gold, but CEO Tim Bender is still "fundamentally unambitious", prizing stability and ethics over massive growth and profits. When you purchase through links on our ...

I have said many times here on The Escapist that Hooded Horse is my favorite publisher. They rarely miss a step, they find and publish games that literally always seem to suck away hours of my life, ...

The CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse, Tim Bender, has detailed his company's approach to developer contracts, saying that the way most legal agreements in the space are written "violate a lot ...