Flying Wild Hog
 Logo of Flying Wild Hog since 2009 | |
| sp. z o.o. | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder |
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| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
Key people | |
| Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 100 (2015) |
| Divisions | Flying Wild Hog Cracow |
| Website | FlyingWildHog.com |
Flying Wild Hog sp. z o.o. is an independent Polish video game developer founded in April 2009 by Tomek Baran, Michał Szustak and Klaudiusz Zych. Based in Warsaw, Poland, the company is best known for its 2013 reboot of Shadow Warrior, and its 2016 sequel, Shadow Warrior 2.
History
Flying Wild Hog was established in April 2009 by Tomek Baran, Michał Szustak and Klaudiusz Zych. Since then the studio has been working on their own Road Hog Engine, a video game engine, and their first title Hard Reset releasing the game in September 2011.[1][2][3] In April 2012 Flying Wild Hog has 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 being announced in 2015 for a 2016 release.[7][8] On 7 December 2015, Flying Wild Hog opened their new division, Flying Wild Hog Cracow, in Cracow, Poland.[9]
Road Hog Engine
Road Hog Engine was designed specially for PC platforms supporting both advanced physics and high fidelity graphics. It uses Havok and DirectX 9.0c. Support for DirectX 11 was added subsequent to the release of Shadow Warrior.
Developed games
| Release year | Title | Genre(s) | Platform(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hard Reset | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows | First game by Flying Wild Hog |
| 2012 | Hard Reset: Exile | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows | Free expansion for Hard Reset |
| 2013 | Shadow Warrior | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows | Reboot of 1997 Shadow Warrior |
| 2014 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | First console port by Flying Wild Hog | ||
| Juju | Platform | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | First non-action game by Flying Wild Hog | |
| 2015 | Android | |||
| Shadow Warrior | First-person shooter | OS X, Linux | Ported by Knockout Games | |
| 2016 | Shadow Warrior 2 | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Sequel to 2013 Shadow Warrior |
| TBA | Hard Reset Redux | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Redux of 2011 Hard Reset |
References
- ↑ "Shooters Get a Hard Reset". IGN. 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. 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. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Shadow Warrior launching Sept. 26, decapi-tastic trailer released". Polygon. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Shadow Warrior Launch Date Revealed for PC". IGN. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Morawski, Łukasz (8 December 2015). "Flying Wild Hog z nowym studiem". Ekspert Ceneo (in Polish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.