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Flying Wild Hog

Flying Wild Hog

Polish video game developer


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.

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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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References

  1. "Shooters Get a Hard Reset". IGN. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. "Hard Reset boots up September 13". GameSpot. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. "Shadow Warrior Launch Date Revealed for PC". IGN. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. Morawski, Łukasz (8 December 2015). "Flying Wild Hog z nowym studiem". Ekspert Ceneo (in Polish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. O'Conner, Alice (18 March 2019). "Splash cash: Shadow Warrior studio Flying Wild Hog bought up". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. Breczk, Bolesław (16 November 2019). "Legenda "ratuje" polskie Flying Wild Hog. "Po setnym pracowniku firmy upadają"". Wirtualna Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. Wallace, Chris (30 September 2020). "Focus Home Interactive partners with Flying Wild Hog for an upcoming title". MCVUK. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  8. Takahashi, Dean (17 August 2020). "Jagex signs Flying Wild Hog's next game in third-party publishing deal". VentureBeat. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. 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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