Incognito Entertainment (formerly Incognito Studios and Incog Inc. Entertainment) was an American

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headquartered in

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History

Incognito Entertainment was founded in 1999 by Scott Campbell, who had previously led the development of '' Rogue Trip'' (1998) for SingleTrac. In January 2000, the company signed a publishing agreement with a "major North American

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". The studio was originally known as Incognito Studios and later renamed Incog Inc. Entertainment.

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acquired Incog Inc. Entertainment in August 2002 and made it an internal studio of

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(SCEA). At the time, studio employed 51 people. Campbell and

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, alongside the majority of the company's staff, left Incognito Entertainment in July 2007 to form

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, an independent studio backed by SCEA. The remainder of Incognito Entertainment was led by Dylan Jobe and maintained the

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game '' Warhawk''. In March 2009, he and several other staff members left the studio to establish

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Games developed

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