Flying Wild Hog Sp. z o.o. is a Polish video game developer based in

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and founded in 2009. The company is best known for the 2013 reboot of ''

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'', and its 2016 sequel, ''

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''.

History

Flying Wild Hog was established in 2009. The studio worked on their own Road Hog Engine, a

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, which resulted in their first title ''

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'' released in September 2011. In April 2012, Flying Wild Hog released ''Hard Reset: Exile'', a free DLC for ''

''. In September 2013, they released ''

'', which was published by

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, with the sequel, ''

'' having been announced in 2015 for a 2016 release. On 7 December 2015, Flying Wild Hog opened a new division in

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, led by Michał Kuk. Flying Wild Hog was acquired in March 2019 by Supernova Capital, an investment firm started by the former CEO of

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, and other members from Splash Damage. The acquisition provides financial security for Flying Wild Hog to focus more on its game development. As of November 2019, Flying Wild Hog is working on three unannounced video games: ''

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'' with

, ''Evil West'', which would be published by

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, and an unannounced game with

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. '' Trek to Yomi'', which would be published by

. The team also retired the Road Hog Engine in favor of

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. In November 2020,

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announced that they acquired the company through

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, which will be the parent company.

Games developed

References

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