Flying Wild Hog
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2009 |
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| Headquarters | , |
Key people | |
| Products | Video games |
Number of employees | 100 (2016) |
| Divisions | Flying Wild Hog Cracow |
| Website | flyingwildhog |
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, led by Michał Kuk.[9]
Road Hog Engine
The Road Hog Engine is the game engine developed and used by Flying Wild Hog for all of their games. The engine was designed specifically for PC platforms, supporting both advanced physics and high fidelity graphics. It uses Havok and DirectX 9.0c and DirectX 11. As of 2016, the engine is able to compile games for Microsoft Windows (as x86 and x86-64 binaries), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Developed games
| Release year | Title | Genre(s) | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hard Reset | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows | 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 | Devolver Digital | Reboot of 1997 Shadow Warrior |
| 2014 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | ||||
| Juju | Platform | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Flying Wild Hog | ||
| 2015 | Android | ||||
| Shadow Warrior | First-person shooter | OS X, Linux | Devolver Digital | Ported by Knockout Games | |
| 2016 | Hard Reset Redux | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Gambitious Digital Entertainment | Redux of 2011 Hard Reset |
| Shadow Warrior 2 | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Devolver Digital | Sequel to 2013 Shadow Warrior |
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.