Fatshark

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Fatshark AB

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2008
Founder	Martin Wahlund Rikard Blomberg Joakim Wahlström Johan Jonker[1]
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Products	War of the Roses Warhammer: Vermintide series Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Number of employees	180[2]
Parent	Tencent (2021–present)
Website	www.fatshark.se

Fatshark AB is a Swedish video game development studio based in Stockholm. Fatshark acted as a subcontractor for several AAA titles for PC and consoles, and the studio also develops its own games.

History

Fatshark originated from a company called Northplay,^[3] which subcontracted for various Swedish companies between 2003 and 2008.^[4] The company is best known for its involvement with the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, developing Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 and versions of their PC game Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West for both.^[5]

In January 2019, Tencent acquired about a 36% stake in Fatshark in a deal worth approximately 500 million kr (around US$56 million).^[6]

Later, in January 2021, it was reported that Tencent had acquired a majority stake in the company valued at around 2.2 billion sek (around US$260 million).^[7]

Games

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Refs.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West	2010	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3	[8]
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2	2011	PlayStation 3, Xbox Live Arcade
Hamilton's Great Adventure		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Android	[9]
Krater	2012	Microsoft Windows	[10]
War of the Roses			[11]
War of the Vikings	2014
Escape Dead Island		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Bloodsports.TV	2015	Microsoft Windows
Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	[12]
Warhammer: Vermintide 2	2018	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide	2022	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S	[13]

References

1. "Fatshark official about page". Fatshark. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
2. "About".
3. Arnroth, Thomas (24 March 2011). "Flatshark reste sig ur ruinerna av Grin" [Fatshark rose from the ruin of Integrin] (in Swedish). IDG.se. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
4. "Exclusive Interview With Lead and Gold Developer Fatshark". THGTR. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
5. "Fatshark profile page". IGN. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
6. Dring, Christopher (9 January 2019). "Tencent takes minority stake in Warhammer: Vermintide developer Fatshark". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
7. "Kinesiska Tencent tar kontroll över svensk spelsuccé i miljardaffär". digital.di.se/. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
8. Watters, Chris. "Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
9. "'Hamilton's Great Adventure' (ALL) Developer Interview With Fatshark". Worthplaying.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
10. Grayson, Nathan (5 November 2011). "Fatshark announces post-apocalyptic RPG Krater, valiantly attempts to explain it". PC Gamer. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
11. Meunier, Nathan (5 October 2012). "War of the Roses Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
12. Jarvis, Matthew (1 April 2016). "Fatshark's Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide passes 500,000 sales". Develop. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
13. Gurwin, Gabe (15 July 2021). "Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Gets Delayed To 2022". GameSpot.

External links

• Official website