Flying Wild Hog

Flying Wild Hog Sp. z o.o.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Headquarters	Warsaw , Poland
Number of locations	3 studios[a] (2018)
Key people	Michał Szustak (CEO)
Number of employees	330 (2022)
Parent	Supernova Capital (2019–2020) Plaion (2020–present)
Website	flyingwildhog.com

Flying Wild Hog Sp. z o.o. is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw and founded in 2009. The company is best known for the 2013 reboot of Shadow Warrior, and its 2016 sequel, Shadow Warrior 2.

History

Flying Wild Hog was established in 2009. The studio worked on their own Road Hog Engine, a video game engine, which resulted in their first title Hard Reset released in September 2011.^[1][2][3] In April 2012, Flying Wild Hog released Hard Reset: Exile,^[4][5][6] a free DLC for Hard Reset.

In September 2013, they released Shadow Warrior, which was published by Devolver Digital, with the sequel, Shadow Warrior 2 having been announced in 2015 for a 2016 release.^[7][8]

In December 2015, Flying Wild Hog opened a new division in Kraków, led by Michał Kuk.^[9]

In March 2019, Flying Wild Hog was acquired by Supernova Capital, an investment firm started by the former CEO of Splash Damage, Paul Wedgwood, and other members from Splash Damage. The acquisition provides financial security for Flying Wild Hog to focus more on its game development.^[10]

In November 2019, Flying Wild Hog were working on three video games:^[11] Shadow Warrior 3 (published by Devolver Digital), Evil West (published by Focus Entertainment),^[12] and Space Punks (published by Jagex).^[13] All three, along with Trek to Yomi (published by Devolver Digital)^[14] released in 2022. That year, the team also retired the Road Hog Engine in favor of Unreal Engine.^[15]

In November 2020, Embracer Group announced that they acquired the company through Koch Media, which will be the parent company.^[16][17]

Games developed

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)
2011	Hard Reset	Windows	Flying Wild Hog
2013	Shadow Warrior	Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One	Devolver Digital
2014	Juju	PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360	Flying Wild Hog
2016	Hard Reset Redux	PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One	Gambitious Digital Entertainment
	Shadow Warrior 2		Devolver Digital
2020	Devolverland Expo	Windows
2022	Shadow Warrior 3	PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
	Trek to Yomi	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
	Evil West	PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S	Focus Entertainment
	Space Punks	PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S	Jagex

Notes

1. The three studios comprise the headquarters in Warsaw and two addional offices in Kraków and Rzeszów.

References

1. "Shooters Get a Hard Reset". IGN. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
2. "Flying Wild Hog's first game, Hard Reset, shooting to PC in September". Joystiq. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
3. "Hard Reset boots up September 13". GameSpot. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
4. "Gift That Keeps On Gibbing: Hard Reset's Free DLC". Rock Paper Shotgun. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
5. "Hard Reset Just Got Longer With Free Exile DLC". GameSpy. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
6. "Hard Reset Extended Edition, Exile DLC finally available on Steam". vg247. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
7. "Shadow Warrior launching Sept. 26, decapi-tastic trailer released". Polygon. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
8. "Shadow Warrior Launch Date Revealed for PC". IGN. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
9. Morawski, Łukasz (8 December 2015). "Flying Wild Hog z nowym studiem". Ekspert Ceneo (in Polish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
10. O'Conner, Alice (18 March 2019). "Splash cash: Shadow Warrior studio Flying Wild Hog bought up". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
11. Breczk, Bolesław (16 November 2019). "Legenda "ratuje" polskie Flying Wild Hog. "Po setnym pracowniku firmy upadają"". Wirtualna Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
12. Wallace, Chris (30 September 2020). "Focus Home Interactive partners with Flying Wild Hog for an upcoming title". MCVUK. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
13. Takahashi, Dean (17 August 2020). "Jagex signs Flying Wild Hog's next game in third-party publishing deal". VentureBeat. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
14. Yang, George (12 June 2021). "Trek To Yomi Launches In 2022 For PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, And Xbox Series X|S". GameSpot.
15. "Unreal Engine's tech unleashed Shadow Warrior 3's devs".
16. "Embracer Group acquires 34BigThings, Flying Wild Hog, Nimble Giant Entertainment, Purple Lamp Studios, Snapshot Games, Zen Studios, more". Gematsu. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
17. Takahashi, Dean (17 November 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 10 game studios and a PR firm". Venture Beat. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

External links

• Official website