Exient Entertainment (also known as Exient Company) is an independent video game developer based in

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with additional development studios in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, and

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. Mainly developing for handheld gaming systems, Exient grew a name for itself shrinking popular series' games to portable systems. It is known for its ports of various games in the ''

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'', '' FIFA'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' series for

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and for developing numerous titles in the

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series. The company was incorporated in 2000 and began operations in January 2001. Until 2013, the bulk of their development was for dedicated portable gaming platforms such as PSP, Nintendo DS, and

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but since 2014 their games have been developed for Android and

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only. Exient currently develops its games on a proprietary, in-house developed, engine named ''XGS''.

Games developed

2019

*''Lemmings'' (iOS, Android) - developed and published by Exient Publishing Limited

2017

*''Top Gear: Donut Dash'' (iOS, Android) - published by BBC Worldwide

2016

*''Dancing with the Stars'' (iOS, Android) - published by Donut Publishing *''Strictly come Dancing'' (iOS, Android) - published by Donut Publishing *''F1 2016'' (iOS, Android) - published by Codemasters

2014

*''

Angry Birds Transformers ''Angry Birds Transformers'' is a run and gun video game. The tenth installment in the ''Angry Birds'' series, the game is a crossover between ''Angry Birds'' and ''Transformers'', featuring battles between the Autobirds and Deceptihogs, ''Angry ...

'' (iOS and Android) - published by Rovio *''Bake Escape'' (iOS) - published by Donut Publishing

2013

*'' Angry Birds Go!" (Android/iOS/Blackberry 10) *'' Diggs Nightcrawler'' (PS3) *'' Angry Birds Trilogy'' (Vita) *''

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''(PS3/PS4/PS Vita/X360/Xbox One/Wii/Wii U/3DS) *''

CSR Racing ''Custom Street Racing'' is a free-to-play drag-racing game by Boss Alien and NaturalMotion Games. In the game, the player takes the role of a new racer looking to gain fame in a deserted city ruled by five racing "crews". A sequel was released ...

'' (Android)

2012

*'' Angry Birds Trilogy'' (3DS/Vita) *''Fireworks'' (Vita) *''Pulzar'' (Vita)

2010

*'' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit'' (Wii) *'' The Sims 3'' (NDS) *'' FIFA 11'' (NDS) *''X2 Football 2010'' (iOS) - published by X2 Games *''X2 Snowboarding'' (iOS) - published by X2 Games

2009

*''

FIFA 10 ''FIFA 10'' (titled ''FIFA Soccer 10'' in North America) is a football simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was released on 2 October 2009 in Europe, 1 October i ...

'' (NDS) *''

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'' (Wii/PS2) *''

'' (iOS) *''X2 Football 2009'' (iOS)

2008

*'' FIFA 09'' (NDS) *''

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'' (NDS) *'' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09'' (PS2/PSP) *''

Skate It ''Skate It'' is a skateboarding video game developed by EA Montreal, Exient Entertainment and EA Black Box for the Nintendo DS, Wii, and iOS. The game is a spin-off of 2007's ''Skate'' and was released in 2008. Overview ''Skate It'' is set betw ...

'' (NDS) *'' Need for Speed: Undercover'' (Wii/PS2) *'' FIFA Street 3'' (NDS)

2007

*''

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'' (PS2) *''

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'' (NDS) *''

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'' (NDS) *'' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08'' (NDS) *'' Need for Speed: ProStreet'' (NDS)

2006

*''

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'' (NDS) *''

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'' (GBA/NDS/PSP) *''

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'' (GBA/NDS) *''

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'' (GBA/NDS) *''

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'' (PSP) *'' Need for Speed: Carbon'' (NDS)

2005

*''

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'' (Gizmondo) *''

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'' (Gizmondo) *''

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'' (GBA/NDS) *''

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'' (GBA/NDS)

2004

*''

Madden NFL 2005 ''Madden NFL 2005'' is an American football simulation video game based on the NFL that was developed by EA Tiburon, along with Exient Entertainment and Budcat Creations, and published by EA Sports. The 16th installment of the '' Madden NFL seri ...

'' (GBA/NDS) *''

FIFA Soccer 2005 ''FIFA Football 2005'', also known as ''FIFA Soccer 2005'' in North America or simply ''FIFA 2005'', is a football simulation video game released in 2004. It was developed by EA Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Play ...

'' (GBA/N-Gage) *'' SSX Out Of Bounds'' (N-Gage) *''

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'' (N-Gage)

2003

*''Total Soccer'' (Mobile) *'' FIFA Soccer 2004'' (GBA/N-Gage) *''

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'' (N-Gage)

2002

*''Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2002'' (GBA) - published by Ubisoft *'' FIFA Soccer 2002'' (PDA) *'' NHL Hitz 20-03'' (GBA) *''FIFA Football'' (GBA)

2001

*''Steven Gerrard's Total Soccer 2002'' (GBA) - published by Ubisoft

Awards

* TIGA Best Casual Game 2013 Diggs Nightcrawler * BAFTA Best Handheld Game (Nominated), The Sims 3 (NDS) * Gamescom 2010 Best Mobile Title (Nominated), The Sims 3 (NDS) * IGN 2007 Best Sports Game * IGN 2007 Best Developer * Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Award 2003 Total Soccer * IGN Best Handheld Sports Game 2003 FIFA 04 GBA * IGN Best Handheld Sports Game 2005 FIFA Soccer 06 NDS * TIGA Best Handheld Games Development Studio 2005 * Develop 100 - The World’s Most Successful Game Studios - 2007 Edition - (position 50) * Develop 100 - The World’s Most Successful Game Studios - 2009 Edition - (position 67)

References

GameSpot – All Games by Exient Entertainment

External links

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Exient Entertainment
entry at MobyGames
Companies House – Exient Limited – Company No. 04028014
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