Polish video game developer
Flying Wild Hog Sp. z o.o. Company type Subsidiary Industry Video games Founded 2009; 15 years ago (2009 ) Headquarters , Poland
Number of locations
3 studios (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]
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Games developed
References
^ "Shooters Get a Hard Reset" . IGN . 2 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Flying Wild Hog's first game, Hard Reset, shooting to PC in September" . Joystiq . Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Hard Reset boots up September 13" . GameSpot . Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Gift That Keeps On Gibbing: Hard Reset's Free DLC" . Rock Paper Shotgun . 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Hard Reset Just Got Longer With Free Exile DLC" . GameSpy . Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Hard Reset Extended Edition, Exile DLC finally available on Steam" . vg247 . 12 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Shadow Warrior launching Sept. 26, decapi-tastic trailer released" . Polygon . 21 August 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ "Shadow Warrior Launch Date Revealed for PC" . IGN . 20 August 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013 .
^ Morawski, Łukasz (8 December 2015). "Flying Wild Hog z nowym studiem" . Ekspert Ceneo (in Polish). Retrieved 8 December 2015 .
^ O'Conner, Alice (18 March 2019). "Splash cash: Shadow Warrior studio Flying Wild Hog bought up" . Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved 18 March 2019 .
^ Breczk, Bolesław (16 November 2019). "Legenda "ratuje" polskie Flying Wild Hog. "Po setnym pracowniku firmy upadają" " . Wirtualna Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2019 .
^ Wallace, Chris (30 September 2020). "Focus Home Interactive partners with Flying Wild Hog for an upcoming title" . MCVUK . Retrieved 26 October 2020 .
^ Takahashi, Dean (17 August 2020). "Jagex signs Flying Wild Hog's next game in third-party publishing deal" . VentureBeat . Retrieved 18 May 2021 .
^ Yang, George (12 June 2021). "Trek To Yomi Launches In 2022 For PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, And Xbox Series X|S" . GameSpot .
^ "Unreal Engine's tech unleashed Shadow Warrior 3's devs" .
^ "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 .
^ Takahashi, Dean (17 November 2020). "Embracer Group acquires 10 game studios and a PR firm" . Venture Beat . Retrieved 17 November 2020 .
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